Sentences with phrase «longer than the past year»

Some of these feel like a lot longer than the past year. -RCB-

Not exact matches

The shares have fallen by more than 50 % in the past two years, and assets like Nickelodeon and MTV are widely seen as being long in the tooth and not forward - thinking enough.

For long - term growth, the company must continue its international expansion, and its record in the American market is decidedly middling.While it doubled its U.S. presence over the past five years, now boasting more than 645 outlets, it was also forced to close 54stores there in 2010.

As a long - time fan, I actually quite enjoyed this year's installment, Call of Duty: Ghosts, more so than the past few releases.

Over the past year, the bond yield curve has been positive but flattening (short - term yields remained lower than long - term yields, but the differential has narrowed).

«Canadians are living longer than in years past, and they want active and productive lifestyles in retirement,» explains Jean Salvadore, Director, Wealth Insurance, RBC Insurance.

This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

Yet on the whole, given their positive experience both with receiving more income than they could get from the fixed - income sector in recent years and the potential for capital appreciation over the long haul, dividend stocks and the ETFs that own them have demonstrated their long - term value to the investors who've gravitated toward them during the low - rate environment of the past decade.

This leaves roughly 1.4 % of historical long - term returns which can be attributed to past expansion in the Price / Earnings multiple (i.e. over the past 50 years, prices have grown somewhat faster than the 5.7 % average rate of earnings growth).

I have written repeatedly over the past year (and longer than that) that the US banking system is very weak — more specifically, that it is weaker than the Fed, Treasury and financial press would have us know.

In particular, indicators of business confidence remain above long - run levels, overall profitability remains strong, and business investment is expected to continue to grow, albeit more slowly than in the past two years.

And I bet I'd remember it far longer than I have every other article I've read on the subject in the past year.

Also, over the past forty years or so, intermediate - term bonds have seen drawdowns that are roughly 70 % lower than long - term bonds, on aver... -LSB-...]

It began in March 2009, and at 5.75 years of age, it is longer than the 3.8 - year average bull market duration of the past 80 years.

And investment sales listings languished for far longer than they had in years past due to the widening divide between buyers and sellers on pricing.

As an aside, one might ask why I have such confidence in our long - term prospects when the Oakmark Fund has gained less than the S&P 500 in the past year.

The six biggest banks have reduced their workforces by more than 44,000 positions in the past year, while J.P. Morgan told investors it was done with an aggressive branch expansion and would no longer add to its network of 5,600 locations.

For longer than I can remember my life has been interwoven with the Church, and during the past ten years I have been brought closer to it both through seminary teaching and through contacts in the ecumenical movement.

Last year's event drew a chain of motorcycles seven miles long and brought the total number of donations to more than a half - million dollars during the past 12 years.

For a long time, you'd rarely see baking recipes call for anything other than white sugar or white flour, but that has certainly changed over the past few years.

Members of the public who attend the full - day Good Food Festival programming have the opportunity to learn directly from experienced farmers and gardeners through long - form DIY workshops and «Good Food Commons» mini-sessions; hear from thought leader panelists about the future of our agricultural system; watch cooking demos, emphasizing local food, by culinary leaders such as Frontera's Rick Bayless and One Off Hospitality's Paul Kahan (both past recipients of FamilyFarmed's Good Food Chef of the Year Award); and engage with more than 150 farmer, food business, and nonprofit exhibitors.

They are nowhere near as big a club as we are but they managed to attract a young talented manager who developed and attracted players talented enough to get into the top 4 and compete for the PL title a lot longer than we have for the past two years.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

I would rather want quality over quantity, and in the past he was forced to buy cheap and ultimately not really get the best players... but now I feel I would rather buy one world class player at a time and bind them in for the long term, than buy 2 mediocre players and then moan about them a year down the line when they are not consistent enough and under performing.

Asked while on Norway under - 21 duty whether he had extended his contract at Madrid past its initial end date of June 2018, the 18 - year - old told VG that his deal now lasts «a little longer than 2018, at least.»

I sleep trained my little boy, without ever leaving him to cry for longer than 5 mins before soothing him, and he has slept through the night the majority of the past two years.

And they are for many, many, many years past Hollywood but the fact that I have read that as well that many children who do breastfeed for an extended period of time, longer than the six months, longer than a year and sometimes longer than two, they are the ones that are more outgoing and more self - confident which is again kind of breaks that myth of that not being the case.

A long - standing 3M distributor, Spandex has been selling 3M window films for more than 25 years and in the past year has introduced new products as stock items, including Fasara Glass Finishes, Dichroic Glass Finishes and DI - NOC Architectural Finishes from 3M.

Mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis and Governor Andrew Cuomo have a long relationship, with Catsimatidis, his wife and his companies contributing more than $ 200,000 to Andrew Cuomo's campaigns over the past 12 years.

But that's a supporting role rather than a central one, and a long way from some of the overblown social hype of the past few years.

«Over the past 25 years the number of women in full - time employment has increased by more than a third and there have been many steps towards gender equality in the workplace, with flexible working and the Equal Pay Act, however, there is still a long way to go.

North Hempstead Highway Superintendent Thomas Tiernan collected more than $ 134,000 in overtime in the past five years, making him the only town highway department head on Long Island to be paid for working extra hours.

This is the finding from Understanding Society, a long term study of 40,000 UK households, which asked more than 2,000 10 - 15 year olds how frequently they stayed out past 9.00 pm without their parents knowing where they were.

The Tea Party Express, a leading Tea Party organization, endorsed O'Donnell on July 21 and spent more than $ 250,000 to help the once long shot candidate defeat Castle, a brand name in Delaware thanks to two terms as governor and the past 18 years as the statewide congressman.

Start - Up NY ads were the largest component of more than $ 161 million spent by the state on advertising and promotional campaigns over the past two years, according to data provided to Gannett News Service after a year - long delay by ESD.

With the capital program now delayed longer than past plans, MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast has fretted about the future of big - ticket projects like bringing Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal and replacing the 20 - year - old MetroCard system.

There's a real sense of hope that Robinson will bring representation and change to the long - struggling neighborhood, even as he tries to shed the stigma of a drug - related past that included running a marijuana enterprise and spending more than six years in federal prison.

The Long Life Family Study (LLFS) reported that the odds of living up to the top fifth percentile were two times higher for women who had their last child past the age of 33 years than for those who had their last child before the age of 29.

Although more people are living or living longer with cancer than in years past, that is still not truly curing cancer.

Indeed, tree - ring chronologies provide much longer histories than observational records and corroborate that variability and synchrony have risen over the past hundred years, and to levels that are as high as any observed over the past three centuries, according to the researchers.

The 30 or so bits of bone, none more than 7 centimeters long, have suffered much since they were entombed: Ice sheets have scoured Ellesmere Island several times in the past few million years, and today's freeze - thaw cycles continue to splinter fossils into ever - smaller fragments, Rybczynski says.

To understand why the long - spined urchins have not returned to the reef more than 30 years later, Scripps scientists Katie Cramer and Dick Norris analyzed the amount of fossilized urchin spines that accumulated in reef sediment layers over the past 3,000 years to paint a picture of life on the reef before it was altered from the disease outbreak and human activities such as fishing and pollution.

With the primarily positive developments of 2007, the potential for a long - term agreement between the United States and DPRK is greater now than at any time in the past five years.

Crucially, they also found that an ice core extending that far into the past should be between 2.4 and 3 - km long, shorter than the 800,000 - year - old core drilled in the previous expedition.

Given the very long lifespan of some Amazonian trees, with some living for more than 400 years, many forest plot sites may still be recovering from past human disturbances.

The spice can no longer be considered an herbal remedy as it has demonstrated efficacy in more than 240 peer reviewed research studies over the past year alone.

In the past I only would open the doors 2 - 3 times per year because most guys ended up staying way longer than 6 months so free spots would rarely be available.

The singer shared her new style on her Instagram Story last night, and it's dramatically different than the long waves she's stuck with for the past year.

It's Just Lunch ($ 1,800 for a year - long membership) has experienced more than 16 % growth in membership over the past 6 months.