Sentences with phrase «lasted for years now»

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«The worldwide market for green bonds in the last year has doubled, and it's now estimated to be more than $ 346 billion — those are U.S. dollars.»

«The best example I can give you right now is Nickelodeon, which for the last 10 years has been, to great success, running the sprockets off SpongeBob SquarePants.»

If you've been living under a rock for the last 10 years, you may be shocked to hear that most people use smart phones and that smart phone searches now account for a more search volume than desktop searches.

Rempel is now being talked about as a contender for the Conservative leadership, a prospect she addressed in a series of sardonic tweets last year, including, «All your DMs with DO IT aren't helping.

While Walmart has been offering in - store pick up for several years now, this is first year the retailer is pushing the service this hard, in a move aimed in part at preventing stores from being overwhelmed by panicked last - minute shoppers.

After returning to Serbia in late 2015 after 12 years in detention, Seselj led his party back into parliament last year as the strongest opposition force, and he now hopes for success in a presidential election due in April.

The world's biggest beer makers have been angling to tap rising interest in the craft category, which generated $ 19.6 billion in retail sales last year and now accounts for 11 % of the total beer market, according to industry trade group the Brewers Association.

For now, though, since launching the website and the iOS app at the end of last year, the cofounders say it hasn't been hard for their innovative concept to take hold in the UAE markFor now, though, since launching the website and the iOS app at the end of last year, the cofounders say it hasn't been hard for their innovative concept to take hold in the UAE markfor their innovative concept to take hold in the UAE market.

Revolut praised the country as «one of the most exciting fintech hubs in Europe right now» in a statement last year announcing they were applying for a banking license there.

Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos and Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) CEO Warren Buffett, Facebook (FB) COO Sheryl Sandberg, Google (GOOG) CFO Patrick Pichette, and others who dominated the voting last year are now in the Hall of Fame to make way for some fresh faces.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the action Tuesday against the company, which is now called Altaba after its email and other digital services were sold to Verizon Communications for $ 4.48 billion last year.

At Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting last May, for example, Buffett expressed regret for not investing in Google (now known as Alphabet)(googl) and Amazon (amzn) stock years ago, having failed to appreciate the tech companies» great potential.

Following launches of the Shanghai - and Shenzhen - Hong Kong Connect programs in the last few years, Chinese regulators now have plans for international and mainland investors to trade in ETF products in the Special Administrative Region, Shanghai and Shenzhen, Hong Kong media reported.

«International investors have embraced the positive changes in the accessibility of the China A shares market over the last few years and now all conditions are set for MSCI to proceed with the first step of the inclusion,» Remy Briand, MSCI Managing Director and Chairman of the MSCI Index Policy Committee, said in a release.

Last year, Google launched voice typing in Docs, but now lets you customize content with commands for changing text color, deleting words, inserting links and comments, plus a number of other ways to do hands - free formatting.

Analysts are now calling for earnings per share of $ 12.79, up 4 percent from the same period last year, according to crowdsourced data.

Comparing state - by - state flight searches for travel over the end - of - summer holiday to last year's Labor Day searches, Kayak's data crunchers found that online searchers in Michigan, Oregon and Tennessee have been checking out vacations in the U.K. — now more affordable thanks to a deep swoon in the British pound.

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.

But the biggest push for Minuum came during an Indiegogo campaign last year, which Walmsley worked on with friends (and now fellow Whirlscape employees) Xavier Snelgrove and Severin Smith.

Buffett, who for much of his career avoided tech stocks, has capitalized on that rally by doubling — or, if you will, sextupling — down on Apple stock: He owns six times as much of it now as he did at this time last year, making him one of the iPhone maker's largest shareholders.

The ball gave birth to a company, Uncharted Play, that is now «a profitable startup with gross profit margins that have doubled year after year for the last three years,» says Matthews.

«And for the last 10 years now, every competitor is trying to imitate, which is very rewarding for us.

BP's (BP) total fine for dumping 4 million barrels into the Gulf of Mexico last year came to around $ 3.5 billion, around a third of what Chevron is now facing with its 3,000 barrel belch.

Now there's talk that Google (which apparently considered a $ 30 billion bid for the startup last year) is working on a similar product of its own.

Apple last week announced it now has 38 million paying subscribers for Apple Music, a little over half as many as Spotify's reported year - end 2017 total.

Added to last year, when it lost 20.5 % in a relatively flat year for markets, the fund's declines are now greater than its 2014 gain.

Rotman, which required applicants to answer two pre-recorded questions on video last year as a pilot, is now introducing them as a screening tool for admissions.

Last year, Adobe announced that all of its male and female employees in the U.S. are now receiving equal pay for equal work.

Ecomagination's decade - long manufacturing of energy - efficient technologies like these — along with the acquisition of Alstom's power division last year — has now made GE responsible for about one - third of the world's electricity capacity, making its commitment to clean energy a critical step for the future.

For the last few years my mantra has been to buy dips, now the time has come to sell into strength.

They also took out 40 percent of home mortgages last year and, according to a 2017 report, now account for more than a third of U.S. home buyers.

There are now 34 homes publicly listed for $ 100 million or more around the world, compared with 19 last year.

«Momentum has been up, up, up for the last 20 years, and now, it's stalling.

Honda established a division late last year to develop electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its long - held goal for lower - emission gasoline hybrids, plug - in hybrids, EVs and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to account for two - thirds of its line - up by 2030, from about 5 percent now.

Money managing giant BlackRock said last week a no - hike scenario is possible for 2016, while Bank of America Merrill Lynch also tore up its forecast, now calling for one hike this year — in September, for which the market is pricing in just a 38 percent chance — and no more until March 2017.

«The argument is the types of things we're doing now with information technology just don't show up in GDP because a lot of what we do on the Internet is free,» or very nearly so, says Philip Cross, a former chief of economic analysis at Statistics Canada who wrote a paper on the slow - growth economy for the Fraser Institute think tank last year.

At the same time, wireless service revenue growth for the entire industry slowed to 2 % last year from 6 % in 2011 — in part because most customers now buy their phone outright instead of getting subsidies.

«It's essentially been a flattish market for the last five years; now 2017 is plus 20 percent, that's an amazing rebound,» said Bruno Lannes, Shanghai - based partner at Bain, adding lower pricing and government support were key drivers.

«From a business perspective,» wrote Peter Tertzakian, chief economist at ARC Financial, last year, «each new barrel of oil must now compete for market share instead of being always guaranteed a top - dollar buyer.»

U of T and Cornell shared the 16th last year, but now Toronto has edged the Ivy - leaguer into 17th place and remains among the Top 20 for the third year in a row.

According to Bloomberg data, Hass avocados from Mexico's major wholesale producer are now selling for more than double last year's price.

The most populous nation on earth instated the ban in 2000 for fear of corrupting its youth, but will now allow for distribution of consoles in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone — a 29 - square - kilometer testing ground for new economic reforms established last year.

Consider, for example, that one in three U.S. colleges now offers some sort of accredited degree online, more than double the number that did so last year.

Craig Alexander, chief economist for the Conference Board of Canada, said the country had the strongest growth in the G7 last year, but is now entering 2018 on a soft note at an increasingly uncertain time.

Analysts said that although steps taken by the European Central Bank and European policymakers last year, such as formally setting up a bailout fund to provide assistance to troubled member states, provided a degree of support to markets, the euro now looked poised for a period of volatility.

For a company that had hedged a quarter or half of its oil production last year at $ 80 or $ 90 per barrel, they will now suddenly feel the pain of oil trading at $ 60 per barrel.

For now Gowalla, based in Austin, has a home - field advantage, «but despite that Foursquare arguably came out on top last year,» says Mooney.

It's not about what it's been about for the last 100 years: it's now something totally different.»

I don't know, but for now I prefer to sit back and reflect on the last eight - plus years; ones that were supposed to bring nothing but grief and suffering.

Ryanair has been trying, without success, to prevent OTAs selling its tickets for the last ten years, and they are now invoking new, ill - founded grievances.»