Sentences with phrase «numbers the years from»

We see signs of continuity in the way we still number our years from the supposed birth date of Jesus Christ, and we still preserve the Christian holy days as our holidays.

The Jews, for example, number their years from the first day of the creation of the world, as calculated from the Books of Moses.

Secondly, the calendar which numbers the years from the supposed birth year of Jesus of Nazareth was established by Christians, and is peculiar to the Christian tradition.

Not exact matches

The number of active Corporate VCs — which serve as the investment arms of giant firms and include Intel Capital, Bloomberg Beta and GE Ventures — has grown by 15.5 percent year - over-year between 2011 and 2015, compared to a growth rate of 12.8 percent overall for VCs of any type in the same period, according to data from CB Insights.

It's a paltry number, but a noticeable improvement from 10 years ago, when female founders were involved in just 2.95 % of deals.

A good indicator: The number of companies represented at this year's TechDay NYC doubled from the year before.

Overall, in both chambers, the number of top Democratic committee members from coastal states will decline in next year's Congress.

«There are a number of core lessons I have pulled from this book over the years.

Revenue from its broadcasting unit dropped significantly, but that was mostly because the network had the Super Bowl last year, and so most of its broadcasting numbers looked worse by comparison.

Last week, a report from the China Tourism Academy and Ctrip said they expected the number of outbound Chinese travelers this year to reach a new record of 6.5 million.

You can palliate that feeling with any number of distractions now... but what about 40 years from now?

The number of actual tickets sold in 2015 was essentially flat compared to the previous five years and the number was down by about 2.5 % from a decade earlier.

For whatever reason, the infrastructure money from last year's budget hasn't really shown up yet in the numbers.

By those numbers, the US GDP would be negatively affected by about 0.10 % to 0.35 % a year from now until 2025.

When choosing a business opportunity, keep in mind that if you buy an opportunity from a company with a sizable number of outlets that's been in business for at least three years, you'll pay more for this established concept that you would for a newer one.

Airbus said its order intake for its helicopter unit fell 5 percent last year from 2016, while demand for passenger jets is surging as record numbers of travelers take to the sky.

«Five years from now, T - Mobile will be easily the number - one wireless player in America.

The number of distributed denial - of - service (DDoS) attacks — which are designed to paralyze a target network with a deluge of messages, often sent from a bevy of hijacked computers — leaped more than 170 % last year, and Cisco projects it will jump again by a factor of two or more by 2021.

«Firearm - related deaths are the third leading cause of death overall among U.S. children aged 1 to 17 years, surpassing the number of deaths from pediatric congenital anomalies, heart disease, influenza and / or pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory disease, and cerebrovascular causes,» wrote the CDC in its report.

Amazon was ranked number one, as it was the past two years, and Tesla rose to third from ninth.

That might sound like a lot of companies getting funded, but in terms of the number of deals it's actually quite a steep drop — 19 percent from a year earlier — and the lowest number since the first quarter of 2012.

From oil prices to income inequality to employment rates to housing prices, these are the numbers to watch in the year to come

The number of people using the online room rental service on the continent rose by 143 percent to about 765,000 guests in 2016 from the year before, said Nicola D'Elia, the firm's Africa and Middle East chief.

The number of coworking spaces is expected to jump from 11,300 in 2016 to 13,800 by the end of this year.

But researchers looking at data from the Department of Homeland Security believe that the number of people entering the country illegally has fallen to historically low levels in recent years.

The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) cited higher than anticipated third quarter gross domestic product (GDP) numbers in the revision of its full - year forecast to 2.1 percent from 1.8 percent.

To grow a year from now, next year's models would have to be even more expensive or the number sold would have to start increasing again in what many consider to be an already globally saturated smartphone market.

The number of iPhone units sold fell from a year ago, despite expectations of modest growth — this time last year, Apple sold 78 million iPhones.

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.

Last week, a study published by the Kauffman Foundation using census data from the past 50 years, revealed some eye - opening statistics about the number of immigrant - led companies in America.

According to new data from the Pentagon, incidences of rape and sexual assault within the U.S. military are up 10 % over the last fiscal year, reaching the highest number of reported assaults since at least 2006.

I think five years from now there will be a number of S&P 500 CEOs that will wish they'd started thinking earlier about their AI strategy.»

Other familiar faces from years past popped up in solos and group numbers, including Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, David Cook, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Jordin Sparks and Kimberley Locke.

The number of Chinese companies attending this year's CES hit a record, with some 871 vendors showcasing everything from huge TVs to 3D printers.

The number of Canadian homes sold in March plunged 23 per cent and the national average price was down 10 per cent from the same month last year amid double - digit plunges in most housing markets across the country, according to the latest monthly sales data released Friday.

Meanwhile, the number of companies surveyed by Mercer who rewarded their CEOs with time - vesting restricted stock fell to 22 % last year from 23 % in 2012.

The numbers got a boost this year from adding the sales from various new channels, including its affiliates and investees.

Figures from Australia - which imposed plain packaging three years before the UK - found that restricting the colour, size and font on cigarette packets led to a noticeable drop in the number of people smoking.

Back when Uncle Sam thought it would have to import increasing volumes of natural gas from abroad (which was only a few years ago), it built a number of LNG import terminals on the Gulf Coast, including the Freeport facility and the only other one with the same export permit, the Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass Liquefaction project in Louisiana.

In the first year, the number of users jumped from 2.2 million to 3.1 million, and average site visits increased from 95 seconds to 138 seconds.

It expects total monthly active users in March to number 168 - 171 million, including those who use the service for free in return for watching advertisements, up from 157 million at the end of last year.

Buffett typically makes his donations in July, reducing the number of shares by 5 percent from the prior year.

In fact, the number of written prescriptions is so high that Wall Street analysts are feeling compelled to boost their sales projections, predicting that Dupixent will bring in anywhere from $ 215 million to $ 320 million this year.

Looking at the number of options awarded by S&P 500 companies for the roughly two decades between 1992 and 2010, they found about 20 % of the time boards simply kept the number of options they granted to their top executive the same from one year to the next.

And as the number of telecommuters increases (studies suggest about 35 % of employees do some telecommuting, up from about 20 % four years ago), attitudes toward productivity are also changing.

If you decide to stay in town year round, there are a number of activities that you can take up, from surfing and deep sea fishing to riding horses along the beach.

That number is down from the previous year's monthly average of $ 8.6 billion in IPO volume.

Because option values can be difficult to understand, boards have tended to issue a certain number of options from year to year, regardless of the grant's dollar value, rather than calculate a desired dollar value and vary the number of options.

That was down from $ 123.3 million or 50 cents per share a year earlier when the Montreal - based company recorded a number of favourable non-operating items.

This spring, he spent two weeks running the numbers and battling insomnia before making a dramatic announcement to his 120 - member staff on April 13, inviting NBC News and The New York Times to cover it: Over the next three years, he will phase in a minimum wage of $ 70,000 at Gravity and immediately cut his own salary from $ 1.1 million to $ 70,000 to help fund it.