Sentences with phrase «numbers are better year»

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To be specific, Comcast's subscriber base grew by 53,000 during the most recent quarter, substantially more than most analysts were expecting, and a much better performance than the same quarter a year earlier, when the number of subscribers shrank by 8,000.

Half of small business social media users complain that the platforms take more time than they'd thought, but almost the same number believe it's time well - spent — that their social media initiatives will pay off financially in a year or less.

Now its average speed is 24.5 miles an hour; that's about 1 mph better than its velocity through most of 2014, but well below the average of 26 mph the previous year — a number it plans to exceed in the next 12 months.

Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.

With more MBA programs than ever before serving a record number of students — about 10,000 students are registered in Canadian MBA programs this year, up from 4,800 in 1998 — specialization has become a defining trend, helping schools compete for the best students, and graduates compete for the best jobs.

Almost three years ago Netflix challenged number crunchers worldwide to develop a better movie recommendation engine, and after a dead heat, the victors were announced yesterday.

Ten years is a good number to retain institutional memory but not have a life - time appointment.

Finnegan is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, in which I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can leverage to get ahead in 2018.

Despite the battling numbers, all indications are that the economy is steadily improving and that you should plan for a good year ahead, experts say, barring something totally unforeseen.

In a conversation last month, before the sales numbers were reported, he downplayed concern over preorder numbers, saying «We see purchase intent well above last year and we see engagement with the brand in social media channels all being markedly up, so I'm still optimistic.»

For Allegiant, however, such great numbers actually mark a stark drop from the past two years, when its almost 30 percent margins were among the best in the industry worldwide.

Project Jasper, a joint effort between the private sector and Canada's central bank and payment systems operator over the past two years, is a good example of this type of work, and is a blueprint that the U.S. should follow if we ever want to see blockchain become a viable Social Security number replacement.

Key takeaway: Numerous discount stores have been earning record numbers in recent years, but none do a better job at turning consumers into aspirational customers than Five Below.

Little do these skeptics, who rain on the home business owner's parade, know is that the number of people working from home, and making very good annual incomes, has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years.

The star broke his own record last month for the number of three - pointers made in one season; he's already netted 339 balls so far this season, well exceeding the 286 he made in the previous year.

The federal government has made sweeping cuts to red tape as small and medium businesses grow more confident about the year ahead, but a growing number believes the state government is working against their best interests, according to the latest Sensis survey.

As well, several consumer - confidence studies published in March reported improved confidence numbers — about 25 % of Canadians believe they will be better off financially a year from now.

By offering a number of paid sick days each year, you give good employees breathing space for those rare occasions when they are too ill to come in.

Prince, who won a bronze medal in the 400 in London and finished sixth in the 200 metres in Rio, said the biggest difference that he has seen between the 2012 Paralympics and this year has not been a new piece of technology, but rather the number of competitors who are using the best equipment available.

A reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted EPS for the company's FY18 projections as well as comparable numbers for the year ended December 31, 2017 (FY17) is shown below for comparison.

A Tesla spokesperson told Mercury News, «While we can always do even better, the BBB numbers are based on a tiny number of customer issues dating back several years, most of which were resolved a long time ago.

Women have largely flocked to medical and law schools in greater numbers over the past few years, but they are now turning to business school as well in part because business schools are mindful of the shortage of women students and are recruiting them more aggressively than they have before.

But some argue there's another, less - well - known threat, in the form of private equity firms who have bought a number of major retail chains in recent years.

The number who believe that life in the U.S. is better than life in Mexico has fluctuated over the years, but as of last year was measured at 48 %, a slight decrease from 51 % seven years earlier.

Season to date, World News is up versus the same point last year in both total viewers and adults 25 - 54, delivering its most - watched season in five years and best news demo number in three years.

Some technology companies have been operating this way for years, and a growing number of traditional as well as new industries are adopting unlimited vacation.

«As recently as three years ago, Black Friday — dominated by Big Store brands — was clearly better than smaller brand - focused and clothing - focused Cyber Monday, in terms of the number and quality of deals, as well as the number of participating retailers,» says de Grandpre of DealNews.

Johnson ended up building 105 locations, and his numbers were good enough that in 2010, after a 12 - year partnership, Starbucks acquired the other half of the business from Magic Johnson Enterprises.

What's notable isn't just the sheer sales number (or the fact that it's likely to climb higher before the holiday season ends), but also the fact that it tops the company's initial full - year sales estimate as well as the sales of its predecessor, the Wii U.

However, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like methane.

«People indulged Unilever on USLP in the early years when the reporting numbers were going well,» Deboo says.

In previous years, Trump had been the butt of any number of jokes at the dinner, particularly those poking at the real estate mogul's relentless suggestions that President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. as well as jokes about his time as host of reality show The Celebrity Apprentice.

The key numbers to focus on here are cash - flow oriented: various expenses (program services, general administrative overhead, and fund - raising), as well as beginning - and end - of - year fund balances.

The best fiscal rules are more flexible, promising to keep the structural deficit in check, for example, or pledging to balance the budget over a number of years.

A recent survey of small - business owners conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive reported an 11 percentage point rise in the last year in the number of owners who are unsure of whether their business will be better off in the future than it has been in the past.

She's been on a very solid track for a number of years, even running good increases over the past year and a half when the women's business as a whole has been really struggling.

After heading to Asia for year - end client meetings, Levkovich wrote: «A 10 % total return in the next 13 - 14 months was perceived as being too conservative by many even as our year - end target is in line with mean and median top - down forecasts... Interestingly, several clients suggested that our outlook was far below the bullishness expressed by other even when our numbers are pretty much well within the Street's consensus.»

More good news for recent graduates: in the same time frame, the same number of employees are expected to retire each year.

While a number of the year's key themes will be carried over into 2015, including even larger digital sales and better integration of on - and offline, below are five less obvious trends that experts predict will shape the retail world in the coming year.

As a well - compensated ~ 28 year old HF professional in NYC from a prestigious top 10 school, these numbers look exactly correct to me and are actually slightly conservative projections of my last 6 years of net wealth.

The opportunity is not just about good numbers; it's about good feelings: «Africans are exceptionally optimistic about their economic future» says the McKinsey report, with «84 % say [ing] they will be better off in two years.»

For the first example that would probably be fine because they would be used to living on $ 30K a year and once their SS kicked in chances are they would be able to run the numbers and determine when it would be best to take it to maintain their $ 30K a year.

Cable sports giant ESPN's struggles in recent years have been well - documented, with the Walt Disney - owned network shedding more than 12 million subscribers in the past six years as the number of cord - cutters has ticked upwards and cable providers have started offering slimmer bundles that don't always include ESPN.

Yielding hundreds of millions of dollars per year, the established «kings» of the space have the same business model we intend to execute... so our upside is well beyond the numbers shown in our financial projections.

Annual budgets in most of Canada's major cities are a mess — excluding key activities, using inconsistent accounting, burying crucial numbers where only experts can find them, and often voted well after the fiscal year has started, according the 2016 edition of the C.D. Howe Institute's Municipal Fiscal Accountability report.

The economy has performed well, the job market has been strong with very low unemployment numbers and the province has consistently had surplus money left over at the end of each year.

While growth to date has been led mainly by the United States and China, there have been encouraging signs over the past year that growth is becoming very broadly based, with conditions improving in Japan as well as in a number of other economies.

And I've been teaching at Columbia for a number of years, I have been doing that 22 years now, but you know that time in the early 2000s, I've been doing it for a bunch years in and we had been making money using the same principles that Buffett uses, you know buying cheap good businesses.

While a number of simple measures of valuation have also been useful over the years, even metrics such as price - to - peak earnings have been skewed by the unusual profit margins we observed at the 2007 peak, which were about 50 % above the historical norm - reflecting the combination of booming and highly leveraged financial sector profits as well as wide margins in cyclical and commodity - oriented industries.

These numbers are outstanding for any advisor and even though last year was a great year for me, this year is much better.