Sentences with phrase «of last»

The White House initially cited a Justice Department memo criticizing Comey's handling of last year's investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails as the impetus for Trump's decision.

Trump and congressional Republicans opened another controversial area, Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, to drilling as part of last year's tax bill.

This example might be obvious, considering the events of last year.

Shares of Daktronics (dakt) fared well in the second half of last year after starting off slow, finishing the year at $ 10.70, up more than 15 % for the year and 80 % higher than the stock's low point for the year of $ 5.92.

Reuters surveyed 119 firms to determine its figures, following up on a survey it carried out in September of last year.

According to Bloomberg News, he will lead the search for a new CEO along with a group of directors that includes the former Dollar General and VF Corp CEOs, Rick Dreiling and Eric Wiseman respectively, two of the most respected and successful retail leaders of the last few years.

Indeed, as labour economist Jim Stanford recently pointed out, our GDP growth fell behind six of the G7 in the second and third quarters of last year, beating only Italy with an average advance of 1.7 % during the six - month period.

If anything, I almost want to get married again so I could live stream the event — I wish I had thought of it last year.

Lastly, incoming MBAs are byproducts of the last global financial meltdown.

In February of last year, Trump described the removal of authorized immigration by his administration as «a military operation,» a comment that contrasted with other officials in his administration, who stressed that deportations would not be pursued en masse or in the style of a military operation.

Farmers planted more than 300 million acres of them last year, an 80-fold increase since 1996.

Construction outlays were up 10.5 % compared to November of last year.

«For the supermajors, the U.S. shales may be just the portfolio medicine needed to repair short -, mid - or long - term portfolio damage as a result of the last several years of severe exploration cutbacks,» Brian Lidsky, managing director at PLS, said in a briefing on 2017 dealmaking.

Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said about 5,000 of the most dangerous tank cars will be pulled off the tracks within a month, part of a series of measures in response to recommendations by the Transportation Safety Board in the wake of last summer's deadly derailment and fire in Lac Megantic, Que.

There are a host of last - minute disputes, but the Democratic Party has filed at least seven federal lawsuits in an effort to stop so - called «ballot security» campaigns by either the Republican National Committee, local Republican parties, the Trump Campaign, or Stop the Steal.

On average, the CEOs would allocate 19 % of new government money to paying down the debt, versus 33 % in October of 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.

The state of Nebraska just cleared one of the last hurdles for the Keystone XL pipeline, potentially ending a decade - long saga over the 1,700 - mile pipeline.

Preparation, instead of last - minute rushing, ensures that your clothing will be freshly laundered and pressed, and gives you time to think of different outfit pairings that will fit the day to come.

He said the company failed to properly pay his taxes on his behalf, made unauthorised loans, and overpaid for «security and other services,» costing him «tens of millions of dollars» and leading to financial trouble, of which he claims to have only become aware of in March of last year.

Trump's positive outlook on relations with Kim Jong Un is a marked departure from social media taunts in November of last year, in which he called Kim «Little Rocket Man» and noted that his people and military «put up with living in such horrible conditions.»

I'm a firm believer that there's always a better way and that's a part of the culture we're trying to federate through the organization so we can celebrate where we break something down that perhaps we were really proud of last year.

That's a lot of words, a lot of ideas, a lot of last - minute angst before pressing «publish» and a lot of lessons learned.

Richard Clarke, senior analyst for European hotels and leisure at AB Bernstein, speaks about the repercussions of last week's terror attack in Barcelona, Spain.

Tighter regulation on bond markets has crimped appetite for bonds in the region, he said, noting that subscriptions for three government bonds issued at the end of last year lagged expectations.

Since February of last year, de Gaulle has been under an upgrade and refit in France, a process that is expected to take 18 months to complete.

According to Spotify's official figures, calculated at the end of last year, it has 159 million users, 71 million of whom are paying subscribers.

Dan began building his fortune in the 1960s, and has spent much of the last few decades giving it away.

While Comey has drawn anger from Democrats since he reopened the email investigation in the closing days of last year's campaign, they didn't buy that justification for his firing.

«SBA loans have gone from being the lender of last resort to the lender of only resort for many small businesses in this country,» says Beth Solomon, the president and CEO of the National Association of Development Companies, the trade association for organizations providing financing through the SBA's 504 loan program.

After hitting record highs at the end of last year, these cryptocurrencies suffered large falls in the first quarter of 2018, but have slowly started to recover.

U.S. jobs data lit the fire at the end of last week, with higher - than - expected wage increases prompting inflationary concerns.

China is starting to roll back measures meant to prop up its currency after a recent surge in the yuan erased all of last year's losses.

Dedicate one day for an off - site meeting where you can map out the upcoming year, set short - term and long - term goals (both company - wide and on an individual basis), and discuss and celebrate the milestones of the last year.

As of last August, Forbes had ranked Ma, the Executive Chairman of the Alibaba Group, as the wealthiest man in all of Asia, with a net worth of $ 37.4 billion.

Most of last year was just making the product ready and we just crossed a big milestone.

SpaceX was cash - flow - positive in the fourth quarter of last year and is on track to reach profitability when the books close on 2007.

Despite the optimistic outlook, the increase in spending is expected to fall short of last year's gain of 5.2 percent.

These requests are a standard part of the process and ask the applicant for more information, but between January and November of last year, the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services department issued about 40 percent more requests than in all of 2016, according to data from the department.

I returned to Las Vegas at the end of last summer to find out how much progress Hsieh had made.

It was also one of my last.

As a result, phage therapy is now used only for the sickest patients, as a treatment of last resort.

Bitcoin is continuing its good performance of the last few days.

ICOs have raised more than $ 350 million in each of the last five months.

Apple supported it with new versions of MacOS through 2015 and issued software fixes to it through the end of last year.

Tesla had $ 2.67 billion in cash on hand at the end of the first quarter, down from the $ 3.37 billion at the end of last year.

According to Fed data, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley held $ 35.2 billion in physical commodities at the end of last year.

So far, 2016 has seen mainland firms launch a record $ 181 billion of overseas mergers and acquisitions — about 70 % more than the whole of last year.

«I had the same position that I have right now with this in December of last year with regards to ransomware hitting the health - care sector,» said Scott.

The service, which had a few thousand users at the beginning of last year, had close to 800,000 at the beginning of this one.