Sentences with phrase «last year increased»

Youth unemployment last year increased to more than 20 million as the talent gap becomes more defined.

The number of tourists that stayed in accommodation in the Netherlands last year increased by nearly 9 percent to 42 million.

So when the Massachusetts legislature last year increased the state tax to 28 cents a gallon, they indexed future tax rates to inflation, avoiding the need to revisit the issue again and again.

The capacity of new solar panel installations last year increased 95 percent compared to 2015, the Research and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced Tuesday.

Now in its sixth year, the fair has become a key fixture on the art calendar, having last year increased its number of stands to 60 with great success.

Kansas Humane Society Highlights from 2016: Total animals in our care - 15,660 Live animal intake - 11,918 Live animal outcomes - 10,330 Euthanasia - 1,588 which is down 554 from last year Increased Save Rate from 83 % to 87 % Performed a total of 8,651 Spay / Neuter surgeries to help reduce overpopulation (2,843 of those were donor - subsidized for low - income familes) The Youth Education Program reached 14,311 children in our community

Nevertheless, the stock has a fine yield (5.5 %), and last year it increased its payout by 5 %, which is a good rate of increase to go with a yield that high.

Traffic deaths last year increased 5.6 percent compared to 2015.

At the same time, the percentage of teachers responding that a calm school environment conducive to teaching and learning was better this year than last year increased by 45 percentage - points.

Statistics published in December showed the number of GCSE grades changed after marking review last year increased by 52 per cent, with over 25,000 more changes than in 2016.

In its own analysis, ANet says the number of its youngsters who scored proficient or above on state tests last year increased by 7 percentage points in English and 4 percentage points in math in Chicago, and by 5 points in English and 3 points in math in New Orleans.

We only had her there two days a week for the first year and then last year increased it to three days.

In the last year I increased my carb consumption to taste — probably around 250 grams per day.

The number of Staten Island potholes filled last year increased 118 percent from 2013.

When all of those groups are included in Katko's contributions, his total haul of PAC money last year increased to about $ 635,000 of the more than $ 1.1 million in total receipts, according to Federal Election Commission records.

«Last year we increased our revenue by 50 %, did over a hundred million dollars in revenue.

Persecution last year increased an average of 2.8 points in each of the 50 countries, stated the report.

In the United States, he added, spending last year increased by 38 per cent to $ 120 billion.

But last year the increase in private sector jobs was almost five times the fall in public sector work.»

George Osborne announced last year an increase, on average, of 3 % in pension contributions across the public sector from next April to raise # 2.8 billion by 2014 - 15.

Apparently, over the last year an increasing number of corporations have pressured Amazon to stop the «wild west» selling of products.

A map of the sea ice increase from the same month last year Increase twice the size of Germany: «colder weather» to blame.

Not exact matches

Last year, 6.15 million Chinese travelers took international trips, a 7 percent increase from 2016, with overseas spending estimated to amount to about 100 billion yuan (nearly $ 16 billion).

The increase in air strikes has led to concerns over civilian casualties, particularly after the United Nations reported a spike in deaths caused by air strikes last year.

Revenue for the first half of this year was $ 560.6 million, an increase of 51 percent over the same period last year.

CNBC contributor Mike Khouw added that companies will continue to face increased pressure from a strong dollar, something that has plagued the U.S. earnings picture for the last year.

Similar data for China was not available, but the country's consumption has been growing, Last year, Chinese consumers reportedly spent 840 billion Chinese yuan (just under $ 140 billion) in retail and catering services over the week - long holiday, an increase of 11.4 percent from 2016.

Investors poured US$ 4.6 billion into agri - tech startups last year, a nearly tenfold increase from 2012.

The ecommerce behemoth made over $ 5.6 billion in profits last year, with a big growth focus on increasing their subscription revenue.

The transport bottlenecks have increased the discount buyers take for Canadian oil over U.S. light crude and Cenovus said its differentials averaged $ 24.28 per barrel in the first quarter, a 67 percent jump when compared with last year.

«Global levels of debt across all sectors rose by $ 21 trillion last year accounting for more than 80 % of the total $ 25 trillion increase since 2012.»

Canada - wide, 67 % said property sales to foreign buyers increased in the last year (a number that's largely diminished because of a decrease in foreign buying in Calgary).

New vehicle sales in Western Australia registered a slight increase in March compared with the same month last year, while sales for the 12 months to March were up 5.3 per cent on the prior year, according to the latest data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.

However, while overall debt levels increased sharply last year, it was actually slower than the increase recorded in nominal GDP, seeing the global debt - to - GDP ratio fall to 318 %.

These excellent results are supported by the success of our innovation drive in advanced materials, the benefits of increased production capacities in specialty molecular sieves in France and PVDF in China last year, the integration of XL Brands in adhesives and the confirmation of the very good performance of our intermediate chemical businesses.

Earlier Wednesday, research firm NPD Group estimated that the industry's sales increased by 5 % last year, boosted by Star Wars toys — a property that is closely associated with Mattel rival Hasbro (has).

Well, survey respondents were discussing cutting costs to increase profit last year.

While the percentage of the deals that went to women increased last year, women actually lost ground when it comes to the share of VC dollars.

Analysts also say Nvidia's competitive advantage is only likely to increase when it moves its Volta chip architecture, launched last year and only currently present in data - center GPUs, into gaming chips later this year.

And the amount of money these mutual funds are pouring in is worth noting: «Last year alone, global mutual fund investors poured $ 23.7 billion into 192 VC transactions — the highest amount of capital invested ever and a 66 % increase from the year prior,» states the release.

The plummeting price of clean energy has allowed the US to decrease its carbon emissions over the last three years while the country's GDP has increased.

A worry is that the increased capacity, especially the U.S. market, where United last year had said some fares had dropped to $ 10, will mean the airline will have to match competitor fares.

Over the last 10 years, real personal spending increased on average about 0.15 % monthly.

The committee's increased scrutiny of foreign acquisitions led to delays in closing HNA's deal to purchase Scaramucci's ownership in SkyBridge last year.

To get an idea of its scope, consider that the company sold more than $ 14 billion worth of goods at its annual Singles» Day sales event on Nov. 11, a 60 % increase from last year.

As for «peak earnings,» Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist and CIO of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, said in a note to clients on Sunday that» [W] e think the market is digesting the fact that the tax cut last year has created a lower quality increase in US earnings growth that almost guarantees a peak rate of change by 3Q.»

Sallie Mae also expanded its loan portfolio 20 percent to $ 18.6 billion since last year and increased loan origination by 7 percent to $ 2 billion.

Ask yourself: Has the value your adviser provided more this year than last, or has your situation changed so much that it calls for an increase in your fee?

A 2014 survey conducted by Powersports Business magazine and RBC Capital Markets indicates retailers that sell BRP vehicles are outperforming their competitors: 32 % of BRP dealers reported an increase in motorcycle sales of at least 20 % in the fourth quarter of last year (compared with 13 % for dealers overall), and 42 % of BRP dealers expect another 20 % jump in sales for 2015.

The Insurance Commission of Western Australia increased spending on the Bell Group litigation to $ 9.6 million last financial year, while also revealing in its annual report it has applied to the Supreme Court for a single trial to cover all related matters.