Sentences with phrase «last year of expansion»

A combination of strong demand and measured new supply additions has resulted in very healthy fundamentals for the hotel industry, but experts say 2016 may mark the last year of expansion in this cycle...

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In 2016, he bought the former Textile Museum, a 27,000 - square - foot mansion in Kalorama, and last year he began a massive renovation and expansion — the plans for which foretell the ambitiousness of the life he intends to have here.

Despite a dramatic expansion of reserves via the Fed's operations over the course of the last few years we have seen no pick - up in lending.

Last year, the central bank sounded an alarm, ranking the expansion of personal credit as the biggest threat to the economy, which is why everyone was shocked when Poloz suddenly cut interest rates in January.

Does BHP Billiton really want to expand its loss - making Nickel West division, or is it engaging in a strange game of promoting an expansion plan of the Western Australian business in order to restart the sales process that collapsed last year?

«Management highlighted its global expansion as a new leg of growth opening 10 offices in the last two years and adding key hires with experiences in overseeing Europe and Asia regions,» writes Marsh.

The biggest hurdle for the pro-industry side: The rapid expansion of fracking over the last five years has resulted in confirmed cases of drinking water contamination, a house explosion, and air pollution.

In the meantime, Target has been rolling out a sophisticated branding operation here honed by 50 years of slow, steady and massively successful expansion in the U.S.. From a family - owned Minneapolis department store, Target has grown into a discount retailing force rivalled (and still consistently dominated) only by Walmart, which posted US$ 264 billion in U.S. sales last year.

So is this company, thanks to the completion of a two - year highway - expansion project: first - quarter sales for 1997 were up by more than 40 %, compared with the same period last year.

Vietnam's gross domestic product grew 6.81 percent last year, faster than an expansion of 6.21 percent a year earlier.

«We still expect a long lasting economic expansion of moderate growth, which should rival the US record of 10 years with S&P EPS growth averaging 6 % until the next recession, on 5 % sales growth, flat margins, 1 % share shrink,» Bianco wrote.

China's exports rode a global trade boom last year, expanding at the fastest pace since 2013 and serving as one of the key drivers behind the economy's forecast - beating 6.9 percent expansion.

The economy is expected to expand 4.1 percent this year, a Reuters poll showed last month, well below both the 7.4 percent expansion in 2017 and the government's target of 5.5 percent.

There is no doubt that the inexhaustible knowledge of someone who was one of the strongest people in the global economy will help us move the company forward following the dramatic steps we took last year (expansion into the insurance industry, N.Y.).

That expansion lasted exactly 10 years and was powered by the rise of the internet.

Usage of our proprietary cards increased 10 basis points over the last year in the quarter reaching 48.7 % and while on the subject of credit I want to point out that we signed over new loan expansions of our partnership with Citi that now goes until 2025 instead of 2016 expiration of our original contract.

Concerns about global trade tensions between China and the U.S. and the fear that the stellar earnings could be as good as it gets for stocks are all combining to undermine the sort of confidence that was in abundance during last year's run of repeated records for equity benchmarks, as the U.S. economy enters it ninth year of expansion and as the Federal Reserve moves to normalize monetary policy from crisis - era levels.

Aldi, for instance, opened nine stores in Houston last spring, and in a recent press release announcing a major expansion to Southern California, the company noted it's been adding an average of 80 new stores every year.

Last year, as part of its retail expansion strategy, the bank opened two new «mini banks» in Tashkent.

Earlier this week, it was reported that the 19 - member eurozone economy expanded by 2.5 % in 2017, the fastest rate since 2007, and ahead of the 2.3 % expansion the U.S. saw last year.

Following aggressive store expansion and a strong summer trading period, discount clothing chain Primark expects full - year sales to be 22 % ahead of last year.

The Commerce Department last week reported publicly the findings of two investigations undertaken last year about steel and aluminum imports under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.

Last year we estimated that they could use $ 500,000 — $ 1 million more than their 2016 budget of $ 2.5 million, primarily to be used to establish an operating reserve1 and to begin some of their additional planned expansion.2 This year they are attempting to exceed that additional funding estimate, with a fundraising goal of $ 4.66 million.3 This includes the second half of their $ 1 million grant4 awarded by The Open Philanthropy Project (Open Phil) in 2016.5

To capitalize on the growth in international trade made possible by the port expansion, more than 9million square feet of new industrial space has been delivered to the market in the last three years.

On the basis of the above measures, both of the previous expansions lasted 6 — 7 years.

Indonesia's economy posted its lowest growth rate during the first quarter of 2013 in over the past two years despite having topped FDI records, exhibiting a mostly declining expansion trend since the last quarter of 2010.

Last year, demand for ETFs was driven primarily by a constructive backdrop for US stocks: a synchronized and broad global economic expansion, and historically low levels of US stock market volatility.

Massner says SG Construction and Shearer's Foods have had a long and fruitful relationship that has lasted more than 25 years, which is a major component of why the company received the contract to build the new expansion.

January bloomed bright for the Australian manufacturing industry, whose 2.4 point increase on the Performance of Manufacturing Index at the end of last year suggested industry expansion in the...

Romero has been with McIlhenny Company for 23 years and has served as vice president of International Sales for the last 15 years during which the Tabasco brand experienced robust international growth and expansion into multiple new markets and territories.

Unsurprisingly growth in the sector closely mirrors that of the FMCG industry which has seen a tremendous expansion in demand for packaged goods over the last five years.

Both consumers and chefs have helped drive rapid expansion of the Greek yogurt category over the last several years creating more demand at retail and restaurants.

Most teams will be forced to expose a lot of high - priced players in the expansion draft — as baseball teams did in the major league expansion draft last year — and the Bottles and the Cakes, with decent coaching, should win some games early.

The last 16 years have seen the creation of the MLS professional league, an expansion of the game's United States fan base to more than 90 million and now a roster of four million registered youth players.

Wideouts Corey Bradford (Packers), Jabar Gaffney (a second - round draft pick from Florida) and Jermaine Lewis (Ravens) give Houston a better set of receivers than any of the last three expansion teams — Carolina and Jacksonville in 1995, Cleveland in 1999 — fielded in year one.

In the summer of 2016 and at other points over the last few years, the Big 12 publicly flirted with expansion beyond 10 teams.

Last year there were 18 losing teams, tying 1999 (Year 2 of the most recent expansion) for the most losers in a seayear there were 18 losing teams, tying 1999 (Year 2 of the most recent expansion) for the most losers in a seaYear 2 of the most recent expansion) for the most losers in a season.

The 23 - year - old Paraguayan was linked with Arsenal last summer; acquiring his signature, as an expansion team, was considered a sign of the overall seriousness of Atlanta's intent.

Last year, the capital improvement budget totaled more than $ 10 million on such projects as construction of an aquatic park, expansion of a health club and gymnasium and renovations at Camera Park, the village's largest park.

The lightning growth of Chinese media is part of the dramatic expansion of the presence of Chinese diplomats, peacekeepers, commercial actors (state - owned or private) and ordinary citizens that has been transforming the African continent in the last 10 - 15 years.

«Here we are in the ninth longest national economic expansion and as we see over the last eight years we keep cutting funding for a lot of core state programs to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals in the state.»

Since failing last year to halt the expansion of Success Academy Charter Schools, run by his old political foe Eva Moskowitz, Mr. de Blasio has softened his rhetoric toward charter schools, even as his liberal allies continue to seethe.

Credits Leadership Council for Milestones of Jamaica NOW Action Plan Reached Since its Launch One Year Ago Allocates $ 7 mm in Capital Toward Planned Renovations and Expansion of Baisley Park Community Library QUEENS, NY — During remarks at last night's meeting of Community Board 12, Borough President Melinda Katz provided updates on recent investments into the -LSB-...]

Any expansion of the Close to Home initiative, approved in last year's budget.

During a very public disgreement between the two men last year over funding for de Blasio's signature campaign initiative of pre-kindergarten education expansion, Cuomo said, pointedly, that de Blasio risked creating «more inequity and inequality.»

The letter, which was addressed to both Cuomo and the members of the Gaming Facility Location Board, notes the original, stated intent of the casino expansion amendment approved by voters last year was to increase job growth and aid to schools.

Other issues seemed increasingly likely to be pushed to next year, such as ride - sharing — its backers were pessimistic they would get a deal to allow an upstate expansion — and the tax break and development program known as 421 - a, which was the subject of some last - minute negotiations with little progress.

In their first legislative collaboration, Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito are set to announce a significant expansion of legislation passed last year to provide workers with...

New York City's boom is one of its largest expansions since World War II, with employment increasing by 18.9 percent between 2009 and 2017 — reaching 4.4 million jobs last year.

The Albany - area Regional Economic Development Council announced projects it wants funded in the $ 800 million race this year for state grants and tax credits, including redevelopment of the old Starlite Theater property in Colonie and the Palace Theatre's proposed renovation and expansion, which was on the wish list last year.