Sentences with phrase «last year contributing»

High incentives last year contributed to huge losses at the Chrysler group.

In addition, the closure of four unprofitable magazines last year contributed to the revenue decline.

Not exact matches

«We grew more than 50 percent last year and I would say that BarkBox contributed 60 to 70 percent of that growth,» says Chen.

The whistleblower, who would only describe himself a 20 - year veteran of buy side firms, told CNBC that the manipulation he's seen through «irregular patterns» contributed to last week's market plunge.

And last year passengers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International contributed more than $ 11,000 to help support the USO operations at the airport.

The simultaneous release of two new phones — Apple has not released separate numbers for the 5S and 5C models --- has contributed to the increase of sales from last year.

The average amount workers contributed to their accounts over the last year, which includes both employee contributions and employer matching, was $ 10,200, the highest such figure to date.

The Beer Institute study found that the beer industry as a whole — encompassing brewers, distributors, retailers and importers — contributed $ 252.6 billion to the U.S. economy last year.

Last year, the investment bank contributed 54 % to group revenue and the retail division 38 %.

Have you seen a change over the last 10 - 15 years, where corporate identity is closely aligned with employees being able to contribute «beyond» their job descriptions?

Southeast Asia, on the other hand, saw the worst geographic performance from last year, though it still contributed $ 937 million to the bank's income.

Gary remains in the music business and contributed extra funding to the Polaris Music Prize last year, boosting the award to $ 50,000 from $ 30,000.

Close to 8 - in - 10 Canadians (79 %) who will contribute to an RRSP will contribute more than last year (37 %) or the same amount (42 %).

Majority contributing same or more this year than last

Over the last few years, we have observed that when participants in The Regis Company simulations become aware of some the contributing factors to breaker moments, they do better at filtering incoming data, helping them when they need to make tough calls.

Over the last six years, Facebook investors have contributed extravagant sums during multiple rounds of funding as the social network's own user base has grown by leaps and bounds.

The very last day you're allowed to contribute to your RRSP is December 31 of your seventy - first year.

Kodak said in a filing that it contributed about $ 245 million to its United States pension obligations last year, and that it has been unable to shrink those liabilities to a more manageable level.

Worries about charging infrastructure and an official bias toward bolstering homegrown competition may have contributed to the company's lackluster Chinese performance last year, which ended with the resignation of Tesla's China president.

According to Vanguard, there are more than double the number of contributions during this crunch before the tax deadline; investors who contribute last - minute will experience a «procrastination penalty» and miss out on compounding throughout the year.

Overall, he added, the U.S. businesses contributed $ 1.43 billion to its bottom line last year.

Last year, angels and seed investors contributed 68 % to the venture deal funnel.

Our inability to save has contributed to a 21 % decline in household median net worth between 1998, the year median incomes peaked in America, and 2013, the last year for which Fed stats are available.

Last year, that commodity contributed 53 % of its gross profit and it supplied nearly 75 % of the total during the first quarter of 2017 due to a spike in steelmaking coal prices.

For example, if your business's goal is to increase online revenue by 20 %, your goal as a marketer might be to generate 50 % more leads via the website than you did last year to contribute towards that success.

Also contributing to the decrease, the company's Latin America sales channels were down roughly $ 2.1 million compared to the second quarter of last year, as the company continued to be impacted by a stronger U.S. dollar.

Contributing to the employees» disenchantment were Ms. Mayer's protracted deliberations over a corporate reorganization last year that led to the departure of several key lieutenants and broke up the much - ballyhooed mobile team, prompting many mobile engineers to seek other jobs.

Among the R.G.A. documents is a 21 - page schedule of the policy committee's Carlsbad meeting last year that lists which companies attended, who represented them and what they contributed.

Specialty pharmaceuticals have contributed substantially to the rise in the nation's drug costs over the last several years, and these costs are projected to increase by more than 65 % by the end of 2017.

You can also catch up if you didn't max out your investments in earlier years; to find out how much you can contribute, check out the Notice of Assessment that you got after filing your taxes last year.

Last year I was able to contribute $ 52,416 dollars to my 401k.

However, LongHorn had extra media in April this year compared to last year and less media in May this year compared to last year, which contributed to stronger same - restaurant sales growth in April and less robust growth in May.

The film's merchandise lifted last year's U.S. retail toy sales and contributed to a strong quarter for Disney, which also saw steady growth from its television and cable networks including ABC and ESPN.

Net losses were down by about 60 % from year - ago levels, and even though production was down slightly from the third quarter of 2016, Whiting managed to make considerable progress even with sales of assets that had contributed substantially to production in last year's results.

Both industrial production and service sector output contributed to this increase, continuing the positive trends prevailing since early last year.

While public spending increases were important in sustaining activity last year, stronger private spending, particularly personal consumption, has contributed the bulk of the increase in demand in recent months.

He has contributed to Cisco Systems» strategic and tactical intelligence initiatives since joining the company in 1995, the last 18 years as a member of Cisco Investor Relations team.

«A 10 % increase on the same show last year is a clear sign more people want to buy overseas, tax changes on second homes in the UK announced in the recent budget is one factor contributing to buyers looking abroad.»

Improvements in technology have only been marginal in the last few years, and have contributed very little to the reduction in again so - called «breakeven» prices.

Contributing to your RRSP throughout the year rather than with a lump - sum purchase the last week of February has many benefits: automatic savings helps with cash flow management and it's less painful than having to find money for your contribution in February.

The backdrop and general momentum of the cannabis sector is positive as the reality of its national growth potential becomes more and more apparent, but the shake out of individual players that began last year will continue in 2015, as hype will not be enough to sustain companies in the eyes of investors, and may contribute to action by regulators.

China's theft of intellectual property, officials said, contributed to its trade surplus of $ 375.2 billion with the United States last year.

In the U.S., where a population of about 320 million contributed to gross domestic product of $ 19 trillion last year, the median wealth of an American was $ 55,876, according to the 2017 Credit Suisse's Global Wealth Report.

In addition to contributing $ 197,000 to North Bay nonprofits last year, BPM's North Bay team personally jumped in to help with relief from the October wildfires.

«We are convinced that «quant» funds», which have attracted hundreds of billions of dollars in the last few years and a significant portion of which use leverage, and whose models and various strategies are largely based on price action and correlations extracted from the reasonably - recent past when volatility has been low (largely of their own making), have contributed mightily to the illusion that market risk is low.

These businesses contributed nearly half a trillion dollars to our economy last year alone.

A surge in intraregional mergers and acquisitions and a pickup in Islamic debt, or sukuk, issuance contributed to a 19 % rise in investment banking fees in the Middle East last year, as oil - producing countries in the Gulf funneled some of their export earnings into the purchase of companies in neighboring countries.

In addition, max out all deductible savings plan - for example if you started a job mid-year you can withhold nearly all of your paycheck to a company retirement plan the last few checks of the year to get the maximum amount in for the year - and make sure you contribute to HSAs - or any other deductible plans you are eligible for.

A disagreement over the handling of the issue contributed to divisions among senior figures at Tata Sons, the holding company which last week abruptly ousted Cyrus Mistry, its chairman of almost four years.

The company also suffered from a broader drop in shopping - mall traffic, contributing to 11 quarters of same - store sales declines and a 77 percent plunge in profit last year.