Sentences with phrase «more of a down year»

Statistically, he had more of a down year but by doing so it resulted in more wins.

Not exact matches

Carol Meyrowitz stepped down but as CEO of American retailer TJX, but will stay on as executive chairman for three more years.

Shares of the tech giant are down 2.4 percent, while the S&P 500 is down 1 percent and the tech sector is up more than 3 percent this year.

Earlier this year, the company whittled down its more than 70 different privacy agreements for all of its products to just one.

More than half of all business startups shut down in the first five years, and the top reasons are all related to financial mismanagement and a lack of operational capital.

More importantly for J.P. Morgan's shareholders, however, the bank also set out a clearer succession plan in preparation of Dimon's potential departure five years down the road.

The publisher lost more than $ 112 million in the quarter, down from a loss of almost $ 1 billion a year earlier.

Apple now has more stores in China than any other region outside of the U.S. Despite that, China revenue fell to $ 45 billion in the latest fiscal year, down from a record $ 59 billion in 2015 amid greater competition from local phone makers like Huawei Technologies and Xiaomi.

And though it is down one spot from its ranking last year, 10 more of its companies made this year's list.

One of my constant points on this blog for the last several years has been that households» refinancing of their mortgage debt at lower and lower rates has put more money in their pockets for spending and for paying down debt.

Speaking of which, hiring for the year is slightly down — at 1.7 percent — and the average paycheck is flat, meaning small businesses have been able to grow revenue without spending more on either new or existing employees.

However, in the last two years, the practice has decreased (falling down to just 30 percent of purchases in 2013) as businesses have found more effective ways to fight back.

After a seven - year legal battle, European authorities came down hard on Google on Tuesday for taking advantage of its dominance in online searches to direct customers to its own businesses, fining the tech giant a record 2.42 billion euros ($ 2.72 billion) and raising the prospect of more.

The yen has already gone down more than 16 percent against the dollar since the beginning of the year, and it is now down 12 percent in trade - weighted terms compared with the year before.

Turn on the TV, and you're more likely to see breathless coverage of a stock that's up or down 10 % today than of a company's 20 - year plan, observes Kozun.

Plunging sales two years ago sent Fitbit's shares into a tailspin — they're down more than 70 % from their 2015 initial public offering price — although it has unveiled a well - reviewed watch of its own called Versa.

The administrative costs of updating and tracking down that information are estimated to be more than $ 2 billion dollars a year for the health - care industry.

More than a third of millionaires polled in CNBC's Millionaire Survey say the stock market will be flat to down next year.

Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder will step down this year after more than 12 years in charge of the company, with this morning's announcement confirming months of speculation that he will be replaced by his deputy, Rob Scott.

Isn't it likely that many Canadians, deep down, share the anxieties of English and American voters who responded last year to more protectionist, defensive rhetoric?

For instance, Olavsrud at FBB Capital Partners said that it's more advantageous to do it during a year when your income is lower or when the market is down, lowering the value of the assets in the account.

According to the organization, the national price of regular gasoline is hovering above $ 2 per gallon, down more than 30 cents from the comparable period last year.

The Alerian MLP Index, which tracks about 75 percent of the market capitalization of MLPs operating in energy - related businesses such as pipelines or energy storage, was down more than 30 percent this year through Nov. 13, and even more from its peak in the summer of last year.

That's down three points from 2015, when 56 percent of respondents reported not having taken a vacation in a year and 41 percent admitted to having not been on a leisure trip of at least a week to a place 100 miles or more from home in more than two years.

For example, if you look at a graph of the 10 - year Treasury rate from the height of its peak in 1981, at 15.41 %, to the bottom in June 2016 (during Brexit), at 1.49 %, the chart looks more like a roller - coaster ride versus a simple straight line down.

Starbucks's stock is down 9 percent for the year, and Schultz is likely hoping that any customer backlash due to his vocal opposition of Trump will dissipate as Election Day grows more distant.

These end - of - the - year pledges tend to be either dour commitments to do something unpleasant but healthful like paying down debt, hitting the treadmill, or eating more Brussels sprouts, or vapid self - help - type resolutions like «realize your potential!»

Tesla has already sought this month to play down Wall Street speculation that it would need to return to capital markets this year to raise more funds as it ramps up production of the Model 3 sedan seen as crucial to its long - term profitability.

Shares of Sprint fell more than 6 percent Monday and are now down more than 5 percent for the year, at $ 7.97.

Booking site Hipmunk reported that its reservations for Trump hotels are down nearly 60 percent over this time last year, the Globe said, while a survey of more than 2,000 Americans by travel trend tracking website Skift found 56.9 percent of respondents said they were less likely to stay in a Trump hotel because of his campaign.

Right to Rise, a pro-Bush PAC, saw contributions fall to about $ 15 million in the second half of the year, down from more than $ 100 million in the first half.

American businesses flush more than a billion gallons of fresh water down the toilet every working day and throw out 15 million plastic toner cartridges every year.

Only 31 percent knew that they should draw down no more than 4 percent of their assets a year in retirement — even though 65 percent expect to live to at least age 80.

But the policy issue boils down to this: CCPC owners can defer paying taxes on far more income, passively invested by their small businesses, than the upper limit of about $ 26,000 a year in RRSP contributions allowed for salary - earning taxpayers.

The new chips are manufactured at a scale of 12 nanometers, down from 14 nm for last year's Ryzen line, which should make them more energy efficient and higher performing.

Doug Renfro, president of Renfro Foods in Fort Worth, has his public relations firm send about 200 cases a year of his salsas and dips out to movie sets in the hopes they'll do more than be scarfed down by the cast and crew.

Dozens of malls have closed in the last 10 years, and many more are at risk of shutting down as retailers like Macy's, JCPenney, and Sears — also known as anchor stores — shutter hundreds of stores to staunch the bleeding from falling sales.

For UnitedHealth Group the focus next year is more about getting ahead of potential competition from tech heavyweights such as Amazon and Apple than getting bogged down in the twists and turns of health reform in Washington.

That was fine when the firm only employed a handful of people, but about a year and a half ago the head of HR came to Siegel and explained that it was past time they nail down something more formal.

On the other side of the ledger, 135 stocks, or 27 %, were down for the year, and 72 (14 %) fell by 10 % or more.

The digital currency is down around 16 percent this year, having fallen from a record high of more than $ 19,000 in December last year.

Bonds, as measured by the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index ETF (BND), were down more than 2 percent year - to - date through the end of February.

The Bank of Canada's current estimate of the neutral rate of interest is 2.5 to 3.5 per cent, down from a range of 3.0 to 4.0 per cent a little more than three years ago.

The extraordinary growth of the business of golf these last 15 years, he argued, was almost entirely down to the hype around Woods (and to the incredible way he validated it, beginning with his first green jacket in 1997 just months after he turned pro, and continuing across more than a decade of dominance).

The drug maker, which is facing a number of legal and regulatory hurdles, recently announced that it was selling off a major gut drug unit to raise cash; its stock is down more than 82 % year - to - date.

Last year, the share of bidding wars for the hottest apartments fell by more than half to a four - year low, adding to evidence that the market slowed down.

Facebook is down more than 12 % since news of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal broke on March 16, and last month was the social media giant's worst in four years.

Doubling down on his stance, he said the fact that the United States has historically had a tighter inflation range and broader unemployment range than that of the euro zone, Britain and Sweden suggests the Fed could have been even more stimulative over the past five years.

Dixons Carphone remained at the bottom of the European benchmark, down more than 23 percent, after lowering its full - year profit on tougher market conditions.

That could explain why Germany, or manufacturing the euro zone more broadly, turned down at the end of last year,» he said.