Sentences with phrase «last year approached»

SERAP had last year approached the court praying that the court should order the Federal Government to name the high - ranking public officials and private individuals, they recovered looted funds from.

Recall that the Federal government had last year approached the court where it sought that the group be proscribed.

A new way of looking at value investing However last year my approach to investing changed substantially.

Not exact matches

Perhaps not surprisingly, VC funding for ed - tech startups was estimated to approach $ 3 billion last year, according to CB Insights.

Late last year, Wheeler floated a «split the baby» approach, whereby ISPs might be regulated under Title II in their dealings with large content providers such as Netflix and Google's YouTube.

Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, whose company is owned by AOL (which was itself acquired by Verizon last year), sent out a memo to employees on Friday saying the company is shifting its approach to video.

Senior executives are pledging to maintain a cautious approach to investment and spending despite the recovery in oil prices over the last two years.

Finally, last year, as we were approaching 1,000 employees and 15 million users, I proposed the unthinkable to my team: «Guys, I want to put a 1 - 888 number right on our home page.»

Moghadam later attributed some of his behavior to the effects of the then unknown brain tumor, but the first indication that Moghadam's unruly approach could do damage came late last year, after his surgery had been deemed a success.

Lending Loop, when it launched its online peer - to - peer loan portal last year, first tried the Uber approach, but it quickly ran afoul of provincial securities regulators.

«Trump's current approach is basically ignoring an entire industry that has grown up over the last 10 years or so and is quite robust,» Liz Delaney, program director at EDF Climate Corps, told Business Insider.

For me, one of the most important, and surprising, discoveries over the last few years has been that choosing the best approach to balancing business and social concerns starts with a decision to make shareholder interests the higher priority.

This paper, however, proposes a different approach: Before pressing the overdrive button on money printing presses, Tokyo might wish to take a careful look at why the last 15 years of ultra-loose credit policies failed to move the economy closer to its estimated potential growth rate of 1.5 percent.

As we approach the heaviest shopping season of the year, many of us will do our holiday shopping from the comfort of our homes, taking advantage of the Cyber Monday deals, or praying Amazon makes that last - minute delivery in time for gift giving.

Nevertheless, luxury - goods companies were trying to maintain a buoyant attitude last year as 2009 approached; Bain & Co. even suggested in an October 2008 report that some ritzy categories (particularly watches) would remain strong.

Bush was recently named one of GLG's Social Impact Fellows because of the group's innovative approach and quick growth (last year, the organization got roughly 5,600 applications for 140 spots).

The approach appears to be working: Although the company is not yet profitable, it's been steadily increasing its customer base both in retail stores and online, and doubled its revenue to $ 1 million last year.

Triggertrap has decided to do things a bit differently in 2015, designing a new four - point approach to vacations that significantly tweaks the simple «no tracking time off» policy that didn't work so well last year.

SeatGeek initially approached TopTix last year because it wanted to license its software to run the back - end technology of SeatGeek Open.

Last year Beane told of his plans to recreate a simulated reality using mathematical models known as the lattice QCD approach.

As we saw in the United States last year, when legal debt limits are approached, politicians invariably vote to raise them.

After 25 years of recruiting and talent development for strategy consulting, I now see clear signs that the traditional MBA is approaching the last phase of its product life cycle, the phase of decline.

Last year, GED Testing Service approached PathSource to integrate the career - management startup's tools into the 75 - year - old testing giant's website.

But it's a perfect example of a marketing approach being used (to varying degrees of success) over the last five years often dubbed «brand utility.»

«Employees who ask their boss directly for a bonus are twice as likely to be successful in that request than last year, so making proactive, bold moves in 2017 could pay off, but one always needs to approach these conversations with care,» said Accounting Principals president, David Alexander.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Or your PC can fetch files relating to that approaching customer or colleague and prompt you with zingers like, «Oh hi, boss, just noticing that sales are up 14 percent so far this month over last year at this time,» or «Gee, Mr. Freedman, you must have heard about the special we're having on the Monster Lawn 6000 tractor for Teeny Lawn 300 owners.»

Despite the previously overstated metrics and 4 % decline in ad revenue from this time last year, Twitter's growth results and signs of approaching profitability sent shares soaring 12 % in premarket trading on Thursday.

The idea was discussed in February at the first meeting of London Mayor Sadiq Khan's advertising steering group, which was set up last year to monitor TfL's approach to advertising.

Tom Knox, the chairman of UK advertising trade body the IPA who was one of the attendees at the meeting, told Business Insider he suggested TfL could take a similar approach to a competition Channel 4 ran last year.

At last year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, I asked Dennis Durkin, chief operating and finance officer for Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, if the vertically integrated approach with the video game console could be applied to other parts of the company.

Last year a number of companies created powerful, pro-female ads and videos designed to inspire, motivate and strike an emotional chord — an appealing approach that seems to be winning with women.

«Everything that has happened in the last 20 years has suggested that the commission is moving away from these required carriage regulations and is much more in favor of a market - based approach,» says Nick Ketchum, a consultant and former senior director with the CRTC.

Zara's biggest competitor in the fast fashion space, Sweden's H&M, tried a different approach last year already to marry online and classical retail, when it put cash registers and sales advisers in the fitting area, allowing customers to avoid standing in line at checkouts.

In the last year, he's been more introspective about that approach than usual, he told us for an episode of Business Insider's podcast «Success!

Before the Wall Street Journal reported Hasbro's approach last week, Mattel shares were down 47 percent year - to - date, while Hasbro shares were up 18 percent.

Our economy has evolved over the last 30 years, which could require that we take a more nuanced approach to some comparisons.

Over the last 60 years, Franklin Mutual Series» consistent, deep value approach has benefited shareholders with long - term investment horizons.

The U.S. average retail price for a gallon of gas is approaching a point where at least one analyst said last year there may be economic consequences.

This approach allowed MacNair to consistently grow through intense disruption (airlines stopped paying travel agencies commissions and more than 1 / 3rd of travel agencies have disappeared in the last 15 years) and two intense recessions.

And while the venture capital industry has seen a fair amount of change over the last twenty years, our approach to the venture business has remained quite consistent.

Britain has already felt the impact of the tougher Xi approach over Hong Kong with the refusal late last year to allow a Commons select committee to visit the former colony and, in January, the snubbing of the Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire by the two most senior Hong Kong officials.

Unfortunately, in practice, 3D Systems» jack - of - all trades approach has been plagued with execution issues and a lack of focus, and has missed Wall Street expectations on numerous occasions over the last two years.

Get a free San Diego mortgage rate quote Over the last few years, San Diego home prices rose steadily and approached the peak levels seen during the last housing boom.

Over the last few years, San Diego home prices rose steadily and approached the peak levels seen during the last housing boom.

This time last year, Freddie Mac estimated that the average rate for a 30 - year mortgage would approach 5 % by the end of 2015.

It is a demonstration that discipline lasts a lifetime (will you walk up stairs on your hands when you approach 80 years of age?).

Signs of stress that reflect a growing shortage of physical gold to support the paper market include the prolonged backwardation of the co-basis which has existed now for 3 1/2 years and now approaching extremes last seen at the bottom of the gold market at year end 2008:

EIP 1011, if implemented, would be a first, partial step toward the full move to Casper, introducing a hybrid system that combines proof - of - work and proof - of - stake, an approach discussed in papers unveiled last year.

«When handing Canada the Colossal Fossil last year we pointed to the unfair advantage in this competition that the carbon doping of the tar sands is providing for Canada since the Harper government's tar sands addiction determines its abysmal approach to climate policy.