Sentences with phrase «more raises this year»

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The Fed maintained its forecast for two more rate hikes this year, following speculation on whether budding inflation would push it toward raising its outlook to three more increases.

The Federal Reserve's decisions over the past 12 months to continuously raise interest rates from the near zero percent level of the past few years have made it more profitable for big banks to lend money.

The 12 - year - old company, which calls itself «the front page of the internet» and boasts more than 300 million monthly users, has raised an additional $ 200 million in venture capital funding that gives Reddit a valuation of nearly $ 1.8 billion.

For the past five years, venture capital firms have pumped 25 percent to 100 percent more than they've raised into a diverse array of investments, including clean energy technology, health care, and pharmaceuticals.

More than two in five employees expect a pay raise in the next 12 months, a nearly 2 - year high.

Bitcoin - related startups raised $ 343 million from venture capitalists in the first half of 2017, according to CB Insights, and more than $ 2.2 billion from all sorts of investors so far this year through so - called ICOs, or «initial coin offerings,» according to CoinSchedule.

Like many post-recession pros, I rotate through freelance and contract gigs to earn dough, which made me give serious side - eye to a recent Glassdoor study finding that 89 % of 18 - to 34 - year - olds would prefer more perks to a pay raise.

-- Ilya Rosenberg, co-founder and CEO of touch technology company Sensel, which has raised more than $ 10 million in funding and raised over $ 500,000 for its crowdfunding campaign last year

As a result, late - stage growth companies are likely to encounter more difficulty raising financing in the years to come.

The last thing he wants is to have to spend the next few years publicly defending legislation that takes away health insurance from tens of millions of Americans and raises the premiums for tens of millions more (whether he believes in the merits of that legislation or not).

Garmin reported a higher - than - expected profit for the eighth straight quarter, selling more of its GPS - based outdoor activity gadgets such as underwater watches, leading it to raise its full - year revenue forecast.

Kiosk - based health startup HealthSpot reportedly raised more than $ 54 million before shutting its doors last year.

It's unclear why the company would need to raise so much more money less than a year after a previous fundraising round, Recode reports.

This year, the sector is on track to raise $ 2 billion in funding, with average deal sizes higher than ever, suggesting companies, at least in more instances, are attracting the capital they need to not just innovate, but scale.

The firm raises more than 20 million chickens a year for McDonald's in the world's second largest economy.

Labour has said it will raise income taxes on people earning more than # 80,000 ($ 103,152) a year, promising no increases for the other 95 % of taxpayers.

While she did have $ 1.6 million in freshly raised equity capital, a cash - flow crisis that only a little more than a year before had forced her to cut salaries and staff was still fresh in everyone's mind.

WSJ notes that, of 294 startups that raised more than $ 50 million in the easy money years, 216 are still private and haven't raised more money since.

Last year Bustle broke even on $ 30 million in revenue, which raises the question as to why it needs more money.

Hence the question: Is it reasonable to expect that marginally looser policies would now lead to more than tripling of the growth rate (to 1.5 - 2 percent) over the next two years, while raising the inflation rate from -0.3 percent to 2 percent — as the Bank of Japan is promising?

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.

Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan think tank, said this meeting is more serious than in past years largely because of the fallout from Brexit, which is raising concerns about Ireland's economic prospects and the future for Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.

The Federal Reserve has locked itself into a strategy to raise rates one more time this year despite whoever is leading the central bank, a global economist of UBS Wealth Management said.

Two years ago, the house, constructed from untreated woods and equipped with water - saving laundry equipment and compact lighting, was the subject of a story in the Burlington Free Press under the headline «Greenhouse» — which raised the hackles of many hard - core Vermonters, including more than a few former Seventh Generation employees.

While O'Leary managed to raise a massive amount of money from investors initially — the company's assets totalled more than $ 1 billion within two years — the performance took a dive in 2011.

Investors get a pledge of double - digit returns within a few years, while producers can raise productivity without spending more of their own money.

Kaltura, for example, was founded eight years ago and has since raised more than $ 100 million from various venture capitalists and banks, all without the aid of an investment bank.

Companies raising ICOs tend to raise more, especially earlier this year, but the median amount raised seems has rapidly approached the median amount raised by Series A companies.

And it follows a move by McDonald's to raise its average minimum wage to more than $ 10, and to give employees with a year's service 20 hours of paid time off.

For example, a pledge made at CGI America last year by Detroit business incubator TechTown to help second - stage companies successfully transition from startups to sustainable businesses has raised $ 278,750 in funds, pulled in five new partners (including Kiva Detroit), and served more than 40 local entrepreneurs since June 2012.

Nine - year - old Vivienne Harr used a lemonade stand to raise more than $ 100,000 to support efforts to eliminate child slavery around the world.

The Chicago - based company raised more than $ 400,000 on Indiegogo this year for what it says is the world's first rideable luggage.

Harvard's famed Women in Business (HUWIB) organization named Cool president in 2006, a title earned after she developed HUWIB's 2005 fundraising campaign and raised more than double the funds compared to the previous year.

If Texas offered Saban 4.5 % of its revenue, it can give him a salary of $ 7.3 million per year, a raise of more than 30 %.

WeWork, which is said to be raising a new round of financing at a valuation of more than $ 20 billion, has grown its offerings over the last year.

What's more, this change flies in the face of almost everything we've been told by so - called experts about raising successful kids — at least for the past 15 years or more.

More than 4.5 million people have signed up for Coursera's 400 - plus MOOCs, and the company has raised $ 43 million this year — bringing its funding to $ 65 million from backers including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and the World Bank.

A year ago, after the company announced it had raised $ 50 million in Series D funding, Wojcicki said that they were focused on lowering cost to bring in more users — a million by the end of 2013 was the company's stated goal.

The new deal would raise the caps far more than the increases under the two previous two - year measures.

This should not surprise anyone, since economists have been pondering for more than a year now when the Fed might raise rates.

Meanwhile, the surprising results of the presidential election have convinced markets that there will be even more need next year to raise rates further.

It is still not clear to me, but the company had only raised less than $ 2 million and after more than a year of fighting against a larger company, and after many hundreds of thousands of dollars, they finally settled out of court.

With a total market capitalization of more than $ 24 billion, these 116 companies have raised more than $ 1 billion in equity capital for five consecutive years.

Tesla on Tuesday sought to quash any speculation it might need to raise more capital this year and also announced it built 2,020 of its Model 3 sedans in the last seven days.

This kind of situation is going to be a fact of life for the next year or two, as more start - ups run fail to raise their next round of financing.

Since the beginning of the year, real estate companies have raised more than $ 2.9 billion on TSX and TSXV, with the lion's share being raised by REITs.

A little more than a year later, it raised $ 130 million, and a year after that, an additional $ 175 million, bringing its valuation to about $ 1.2 billion.

The Fed is likely to raise interest rates three or four more times this year, and that will have far - reaching consequences for consumers.»

This follows a continuing trend among SEP IRAs, which have raised maximum contributions for the past two years, making them even more valuable and appealing.

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.