It's been a transformational
year for Jason Lucash.
That vision and his company's incredible financial performance — Nvidia has been growing profits at better than 50 % annually and its stock has leapt from $ 30 to above $ 200 in two years — make Huang the clear choice as Fortune's Businessperson of
the Year for 2017.
But 2015 was mostly a very good
year for the industry.
Here are three practices that can help make this season the most wonderful time of
the year for you and your loved ones.
David Vieau, A123 Systems president & CEO, discusses the tough
year for his company, and how he plans to rebuild after laying off 125 workers from a Michigan plant.
Although the recent turmoil in world markets might portend otherwise, 2016 is likely to be a strong
year for initial public offerings.
With Pokemon GO still taking the world by storm and Nintendo's new Switch console flying off the shelves, 2017 looks set to become another bumper
year for the resurgent games company.
Our chamber reaches out for nominations
each year for small and large size business awards.
The 2016 budget earmarked $ 800 million over the next four
years for «cluster funding.»
Tuition assistance offered: According to Glassdoor, employees who have worked at Fidelity for at least six months can earn up to $ 10,000 per
year for work - related courses at an accredited college or university.
This has been a banner
year for Universal, thanks to a diverse group of hits like «Furious 7,» «Jurassic World,» «Fifty Shades of Grey» and «Minions.»
Overall, it has been a good
year for small business lending and Small Business Administration (SBA) lending.
3Com went on to go public in 1984, and in 1999, its peak
year for sales, the networking tech company did $ 5.7 billion in sales.
Meanwhile, 40 cars used by Uber contractors have been impounded since the beginning of
the year for operating without a licence.
After reaching a peak in 2000 at 634,000, the annual number of new firms fell to 505,000 in 2010, the last
year for which BLS has data.
Lauzon's Middlefield Income Plus Class Series A fund won a Lipper Award last
year for the best - performing Canadian equity balanced fund over a 10 - year period.
It's been a mixed
year for Participant Media, the production house owned by tech executive turned media mogul Jeff Skoll.
But those universities that are left standing, he says, will have to do a much better job at identifying talented students, who can't afford to pay $ 61,000
a year for school.
The company dished out another $ 7 million
this year for cancer research at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus.
Tuition assistance offered: According to Glassdoor, Norfolk Southern Corporation offers its employees approximately $ 5,000 per
year for tuition reimbursement.
Dan Eisenhardt: The overall theme
this year for TEDx Vancouver is around the perceptions and realities of personal identification — who we are, where we're going — and within that theme my talk is honing in on the role of vanity in technology adoption, specifically wearables.
While tech IPOs are at their lowest number since 2008, health care, including biotech, is one of the hottest sectors of
the year for number of filings, per Renaissance Capital's third quarter report.
Usually happens this time of
year for me.»
«Based on the potential for yield, and the potential for the price right now, I think it will be a good
year for producers,» said Erickson.
Notable wins for the CFPB include its $ 100 million fine against Wells Fargo Bank last
year for its practice of opening unauthorized deposit accounts and credit cards.
Convergence Group's Eiley said Netflix is paying $ 2.5 billion
a year for programming while North America's TV providers pay $ 50 billion yearly.
2016's movie industry highlights include a monster
year for Walt Disney, as the Mouse House set a new yearly global box office record, becoming the first studio to ever top $ 7 billion in worldwide ticket sales.
In a statement, he said, «2017 was a strong
year for McDonald's, as customers responded to the many ways we are making their experience more convenient and enjoyable.
Small Business Saturday will be the busiest day of
the year for many independent businesses, with millions of shoppers expected to participate in the nationwide occasion on November 25.
Doubling of the Treasury Board's budget for open data and open government initiatives, providing an additional $ 11.5 million over five
years for these activities.
«This is going to be a very good
year for us.
Canada moves from 14th - place and a «D» grade in 2009 to 2nd place and a «B» grade in 2013 (the latest
year for which comparable data are available).
Jay Z, née Shawn Carter, bought the Swedish company Aspiro, which offered high - quality «lossless» music downloads, early
this year for a reported $ 56 million.
Employees who have been at the company for a year, they can be selected to earn up to $ 25,000 per academic
year for a nursing degree, associate degree, undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or any job - related degree.
Here are five reasons 2013 is a great
year for starting your own business, and why it might be easier than you think to find your route to success.
With 2015 shaping up as the worst
year for investing since the Great Recession, investors are wondering where to turn.
(He stepped away from the role in 1990, and was arrested the following
year for indecent exposure at an adult theater.
He is best known as the founder of wireless carrier Wind Mobile, which was sold last
year for $ 1.6 billion.
Brisbane - based law firm Shine Corporate has made its second acquisition in Western Australia, paying $ 13.3 million for personal injury specialist Bradley Bayly Legal, after paying a higher price last
year for Stephen Browne Personal Injury Lawyers.
Bill Gates goes off the grid for a week
every year for deep reflection.
And while overall life expectancy has decreased, the numbers are slightly less grim for women: female life expectancy remained the same at 81.1 years, while it dropped to 76.1
years for men.
UBM bought trade show organizer Advanstar last
year for $ 972 million, capping off a five - year spree in which it acquired 53 companies, most of them bolt - ons.
In October 2015, rumors surfaced that the company was in talks to buy Major League Gaming, a well - known organizer of video game tournaments, though Activision (atvi) ultimately acquired the company earlier
this year for $ 46 million.
2013 was a big
year for CEO Matt Brezina whose company Sincerely got acquired.
It was «
a year for the record books.»
2009 was a tough
year for the state's dealmakers, but there's a firm belief things have turned the corner.
And through the decade ended in 2015, (the last
year for which such results are available) colleges also trailed a passive stock and bond index.
2016 was an especially monster
year for Disney at the box office distinguishing it from much of Hollywood as the movie studio continues to close ranks around its core franchises, such as Pixar and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The State Government has demanded Canberra hand over $ 339 million that has been sitting in Federal coffers for almost nine
years for the now - abandoned Oakajee port project.
Overall, 2017 has been a good
year for small business lending.