Sentences with phrase «many of last year»

Manafort's ties to Russia came under scrutiny in August of last year, when The New York Times discovered that a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine designated him $ 12.7 million in undisclosed cash payments.

The scale of demand to borrow Sainsbury's stock has remained broadly stable since the end of last year.

Overall, there was roughly $ 9 trillion in ESG assets for U.S. - listed products as of last year.

By the end of last year, the Aquilinis saw their plans to build a four - season ski resort at Garibaldi Mountain finally move forward.

SBA Administrator Karen Mills said the program led average weekly loan approvals to leap by 87 percent compared to the weekly average before the passage of last year's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Sales of craft beers — which take up an estimated 10 percent of the suds market — were up 18 percent in the first half of last year.

The New York Times reported yesterday that, in October of last year, Uber altered its testing program by putting only one safety monitor in each autonomous car rather than two, over the safety concerns of some employees.

Meanwhile, Google spinoff Waymo alleged in an explosive lawsuit that Uber had stolen technology from it by way of former Waymo executive Anthony Levandowski, who was fired from Uber in May of last year.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster but still anemic rate at the end of last year.

From January to July of last year, investors sank $ 3.5 billion into U.S. - based retail ESG funds and ETFs.

A summer drought stunted the growth of their soybeans and corn, so their yield will probably be half of last year's harvest.

In order to pay back creditors, Kobayashi has sold 35,841 Bitcoin and 34,008 Bitcoin cash on behalf of the company since September of last year.

He dismisses the unfortunate events of last year as the kind of short - term problems that any business undergoes during a transition.

After the success of last year, AmEx is working to make it an even better 2011.

The $ 665 billion deficit for fiscal year 2017 will rise to about $ 800 billion this year and jump to $ 1.1 trillion in 2019, a result of the last year's tax deal and an early 2018 spending...

The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are updated versions of last year's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, featuring glass backs and slightly modified designs.

His move follows the retirement of Ian Cochrane at the end of last year.

While the year isn't over yet, 2016 is shy of last year's figure at less than $ 500 million.

The U.S. government's fiscal deficit for 2017 was $ 665 billion and that is expected to rise to about $ 800 billion next year, jumping to $ 1.1 trillion in 2019, a result of last year's tax...

Its stock soared for most of last year, climbing more than 50 % and taking the family fortune to new heights.

Spending on this type of software was already projected to hit US$ 2.5 billion globally at the end of last year, according to Deloitte, up 52 % from 2012.

She applied to The Flatiron School, and attended from September through December of last year learning web development at The Flatiron School.

Papa John's stock tanked after the company and the NFL mutually decided to end the pizza firm's sponsorship of the professional football league, and after Papa John's missed analyst expectations for the fourth quarter of last year.

EPA chief Scott Pruitt, crediting Trump with creating almost 50,000 jobs «in the coal sector» since the fourth quarter of last year.

At the beginning of last year, for example, Facebook officials revealed a useful fact: Users spend, on average, seven seconds watching the videos on their Facebook feeds, and two - thirds don't bother turning on the sound.

The biggest player here is Oceaneering, which at the end of last year operated about 35 percent of ROVs worldwide and held a global market share of roughly 60 percent, nearly triple that of the next closest competitor.

The blame for the sub-zero performance of last year's top 10 dividend payers fell squarely on a single stock, without which this basket would have rewarded investors with a 7 % gain.

As of last year, about 950,000 women were self - employed, good for one - third of the national total.

Its net interest income, the «spread» between what it charges on loans and pays for the deposits that fund those borrowings, jumped from by $ 900 million or 9 % to $ 11.2 billion, compared with Q2 of last year.

«Based on the success of last year's test, we built a 3,000 - square - foot building this year, and it was off the charts.»

In a replay of last year's Worldwide Developers Conference from Apple, the company will hold this year's gathering again in San Jose at the McEnery Convention Center.

For example, at the end of last year, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz called the risk of war between Russia and Ukraine a grave threat to his outlook.

Obamacare enrollment was off to a red - hot start when the sign up period began on November 1, far outpacing the rate of last year's enrollments.

Papa John's founder John Schnatter, who stepped down as CEO at the end of last year, had blamed falling sales on the NFL's failure to resolve the raging controversy over players taking a knee during the national anthem, in order to protest against police brutality.

As of last year, Google's Cloud Vision AI was as good as or better than a human at recognizing the contents of images (so was Microsoft's AI for that matter).

Before the summer of last year, it has been years since crude was considered «cheap» for an extended period of time.

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 U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) subpoenaed cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, and Tether, a digital coin company at the end of last year.

While some viewers called it «gross» and «vulgar,» the spot racked up some 20 million YouTube views by the end of last year, at one point yielding one share for every nine views — proof positive that schoolyard humor never goes out of style.

Starting in January of last year and due to continue throughout 2018, OPEC and 10 other producers agreed to production cuts to overcome a glut and push up prices.

A new report says state tax revenues increased in the final three months of last year as the improving economy boosted income and sales taxes receipts.

In February of last year, the U.S. airline CEOs met with President Donald Trump at the White House and asked him to push Middle Eastern carriers to comply with Open Skies agreements designed to ensure all airlines compete on a level playing field.

Tesla had $ 2.67 billion in cash on hand at the end of Q1, down from $ 3.37 billion at the end of last year.

«With heavy hearts, Laurence and I quietly separated and began the dissolution of our marriage in the early fall of last year,» Torres told People magazine.

At the start of last year's federal election campaign, Bardish Chagger left Waterloo, Ont., for an out - of - town meeting.

So says Fraser Reid, starter at Ancaster's historic Hamilton Golf & Country Club (host of last year's Canadian Open).

This energy consulting company, which works with businesses to manage energy use and supply tailored renewable solutions, had just six employees as of last year — but made a whopping $ 5.1 million in revenue.

Prioritize customer service: According to a study of last year's holiday trends, shoppers care as much about the shopping experience as they do about the gifts they buy.

Financial technology («fintech») startups have received more than $ 11 billion in venture capital funding so far this year, 83 % more than all of last year, according to CB Insights.

Bhavesh Patel, 39, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after a witness saw him sitting in the passenger seat of his car, the driver's seat empty, as it drove along the famous M1 highway on May 21 of last year.