Sentences with phrase «last years story»

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For residents, the big draw is the opportunity to be around other Indian immigrants, according to a story by NPR last year.

«Yesterday, seeing Sonny Boy for the first time in 20 years, it was incredibly overwhelming, and I went to bed last night, just thinking to myself, that often we tell the story that in the last 30 years (that) extreme poverty has halved, but in some ways, I think that masks the present reality of suffering for so many people living in extreme poverty.

Wired has a blockbuster cover story on Mark Zuckerberg's last two years, which have been rather testing for the Facebook CEO.

The first story, from Bloomberg, notes that hedge funds and mutual funds invested 42 % less in startups in Q1 compared to the same quarter last year.

Corporate tax stories involving major multinationals like Apple, Google and Starbucks made international headlines last year.

The Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell story on Monday, reporting that U.S. counterintelligence officials warned Jared Kushner last year that Wendi Deng Murdoch could be using her close friendship with Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump to advance interests of the Chinese government.

It is also a sequel to a story that AB InBev kicked off last year, when it controversially teased the craft beer industry with an ad campaign called «Brewed the hard way,» which also debuted during the Super Bowl.

, which is a story on the rise of Samsung over the last two years from smartphone also - ran to powerhouse player giving iPhone a run for its money.

The company may still face fines from California, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington — all of which were believed to be investigating Zenefits» business practices, according to a Buzzfeed story from late last year.

But plain old advertising is expected to power revenue for the company in the years to come: Sales jumped 69 % to $ 55 million last quarter, trumping Wall Street's expectations (see the feature story on Yelp).

The story was first reported by Trade Secret, which said Google initiated a meeting last year, then independently backed up by RBC, which also quoted sources as saying Durov's proposal was not to Google's liking.

If the stories concept sounds familiar, that's because it is: Snapchat pioneered it nearly four years ago with its own Stories feature, and Facebook - owned Instagram copied it last stories concept sounds familiar, that's because it is: Snapchat pioneered it nearly four years ago with its own Stories feature, and Facebook - owned Instagram copied it last Stories feature, and Facebook - owned Instagram copied it last summer.

Last year, as I listened to various speakers share their stories, one woman who stood out to me was Carrie Kerpen.

Becky Hammon, who became the first NBA assistant coach last year, and this year coached the San Antonio Spurs to a win in the NBA's Summer League, told Fortune, «Now that this door has been opened, maybe we'll see more of it, and hopefully it will not be a news story.»

The story takes place years after Nathan Drake's last adventure.

Finally, reporter Emily Canal tells the compelling story of Windcatcher, a small business that appeared on Shark Tank last year — and subsequently discovered that a rival company was selling a similar product.

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.

Today's must - read story is by Fortune contributor Heidi Hartmann, an economist, MacArthur Fellow, and president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, who reports that the gender pay gap hit a record low last year.

Last year, he donned fishnet stockings to dress up as the leg lamp from «A Christmas Story,» and in 2010 he was a gingerbread man whose leg had been eaten.

One of Blackstone's biggest success stories has been hotel company Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc, which went public last year.

When I spoke with Forrester vice president and analyst Sucharita Mulpuru for a retailing story last year, she said the dirty little secret of Amazon Prime is that it often doesn't even deliver in two days.

Over the last six years, more than nine of 10 journalists were killed in countries that scored lower than 45 on the index, and one in five journalists who died was covering a story about corruption.

Even BuzzFeed, the other company that often gets mentioned as a new - media success story, is a relative pipsqueak by comparison: It raised $ 50 million in a financing last year, one of the largest rounds in the media industry, but that values the company at just $ 800 million.

The whiskey market's dominance, which was highlighted in a Fortune cover story last year called «The billion - dollar bourbon boom,» continues without any signs of a slow down.

(I've heard countless horror stories of the latter, especially from the auto industry when I was closely covering the self - driving car startups last year.)

«Part of the reasons active measures have worked in the US election is because the commander - in - chief has used Russian active measures at times against his opponents,» Watts said, pointing to Manafort and Trump's citations of fake - news stories pushed out by Russian - linked entities last year.

But late last year, the Bechtel family and top managers decided to tell their story to Fortune by granting extensive interviews for an in - depth corporate profile — the first time the company has ever lifted the veil.

«Often we tell the story that in the last 30 years, extreme poverty has halved, but in some ways, I think that masks the present reality of suffering for so many people living in extreme poverty.

The Lululemon «story today is not exactly the same [Lululemon] story that we've come to love over the last several years,» wrote RBC analysts Howard Tubin and Tal Wooley in a research note this morning.

WA success story Dynamic Digital Depth, which moved its corporate headquarters from Bentley's Technology Park to the US last year, has teamed up with Germany - based 4S - Vision GmbH to speed up the delivery of glasses - free 3D to market.

Facebook has come under intense pressure to tackle the spread of false stories, which came to prominence during the U.S. presidential election last year when many inaccurate posts were widely shared on it and other social media services.

Growth in Snapchat's user base slowed down last year after Facebook's Instagram copied Snapchat's «stories» feature, which lets users post short video clips that disappear after 24 hours.

Villar has been unable to find several of the medications needed to treat his wife's multiple sclerosis in Venezuela for the last two years, a story not uncommon in a country whose public health system has been crippled by shortages.

In between stories last week about Jack Dorsey saying that bitcoin will be the world's single digital currency in about 10 years...

«Last year they were somewhat challenged by the outflow story, so they underperformed peers, but we continue to be very positive on them long - term.»

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Last year, only 29 percent of State of Social respondents had created stories on Instagram or Snapchat.

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee selling life story by The Toronto Star The international fugitive John McAfee captured headlines last year

This story is about the growth of the city's startup ecosystem, which has been gaining momentum over the last several years.

RXR Realty scored its first big renewal at 237 Park Avenue after acquiring the 21 - story office property with Walton Street Capital early last year.

Jungle Island plans to present a plan for a 13 - story family - friendly hotel to the Miami City Commission on May 24, after another hotel plan failed last year.

Moreover, one of the most important stories of the last several years is how the structure of Silicon Valley itself is changing, particularly when it comes to funding.

Has any financial story been more relentlessly covered in the last few years than the market's worries about bond market liquidity drying up?

First, the story remains from last night that EIA import estimates are still significantly below NEB estimates of Canadian exports, but there's also the increased growth projected for Canadian imports over-and-above last year's levels.

Though, the numbers tell that story too: It reported first - half profits last year of $ 273 million on revenue of $ 2.03 billion.

Last year we made an update to News Feed to reduce stories from sources that consistently post clickbait headlines that withhold and exaggerate information.

Over the last few years, inventory shortages were the big story in many local real estate markets.

Low housing inventory was one of the big real estate stories of the last couple of years.

The story was no different on Friday, as the Commerce Department reported a surge in retail sales last month, increasing 1.6 % sequentially and 4.4 % year over year.

A moderated panel discussion will give leaders the platform to share their success stories with regards to last year's commitments.