Sentences with phrase «operation of a number of years»

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Over the last few years, we've seen a number of smart SMBs embrace technology, automate their operations and expand their reach.

«Every 15 years, the number of passenger miles flown doubles,» says Simon Pickup, director of business operations for Airbus Americas.

The big automakers are also running leaner operations — they closed a number of underperforming plants during the crisis — and their balance sheets are the cleanest they've been in years.

Perth - based Swick Mining Services has won a number of new contracts and renewals with Newmont Mining, with 15 rigs expected to be in operation by early next year.

The police operation, which involved help from Microsoft and ESET, a Slovakian cyber security firm, was significant both for the number of computers infected worldwidew and because Andromeda had been used over a number of years to distribute scores of new viruses.

As operations become more complex for companies doing business both online and in store, out - of - stocks, overstocks and returns are costing retailers $ 1.75 trillion a year — a number that's only moving higher.

This deal pushes US operations to 10 % of total earnings for CIBC, and management has communicated that they want to increase this number to 25 % within the next five to seven years.

President and CEO Jeff Connally presented «Franchisee of the Year» to CMIT Solutions of Cherry Hill owner Bob Riesenbach and his team for their series of high marks in all areas of criteria judged, including total revenue, revenue increase, operations, number of managed seats, and participation within the franchise system.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

These numbers might not spell all - out trouble if it weren't for Amazon's performance during the same period: The company's electronics and general merchandise business — basically the core of its retail operation — grew 35 percent in North America in the quarter, marking the segment's highest growth rate in several years.

Prior to this, Hugo held a number of senior roles at Tati Nickel in Botswana, one of LionOre Mining's major mining operations, including Head of Engineering, Project Manager of the DMS plant, one of the world's largest and acted as General Manager of Tati for two years.

The number of companies using internal carbon pricing to assess and control the carbon impact of their operations has jumped eightfold in the last four years, according to new research from CDP, driven...

The RBA had been accepting bank bills in its operations for a number of years, so it was a sensible progression to accept highly rated asset - backed paper sponsored by the same institutions.

Kansas City Southern (KSU) stock has sputtered this year, likely reflecting the prospect of increased competition in its Mexico operations, but each of the other nine equities in the group have produced positive total returns so far in calendar 2014, with a number showing double - digit gains.

In the first few years of operation, WIGB has experienced rapid growth and achieved a number of milestones, including:

Long into the 19th century, corporations were circumscribed as to the amount of capital they could solicit ($ 100,000, for instance, in New York under the law of 1811); they were usually confined to a single type of operation (say, textile manufacturing or flour milling); and they were required to dissolve after a specific number of years, 20 or 30.

At the time, Friedman says, the three operations combined were utilizing approximately 300 to 400 rail cars each year, but after converting some of its truck operations to rail that number reached 1,500.

Although 25 years of operation is plenty of reason to celebrate, McCracken admits that there were a number of areas to enhance at the restaurants when DLR took charge.

At the time, the three companies were utilizing about 300 to 400 rail cars per year each, and converting some of their truck operations brought that number up to about 1,500 rail cars.

After a year - and - ahalf in the role, Khan and a partner purchased a number of bankrupt Church's Chicken units and became vice president of operations and COO in 1997 of Best American Hospitality.

The sale follows a number of company reshuffles over the past year, as the Swedish dairy group aims to focus on its core brands and to expand operations in emerging markets.

As part of Nestlé Waters» ongoing efforts to improve the water efficiency of their operations, the company has implemented a number of conservation techniques and initiatives in their factories over the years, including reverse osmosis to better filter and reuse wastewater, advanced water mapping to more carefully manage the flow of water in and out of the plants, and xeriscaping to reduce supplemental irrigation on the grounds of each factory.

In addition, the Productivity Commission's review was also required by clause 8.1 of the 2006 Council of Australian Government's (COAG) Competition and Infrastructure Reform Agreement (CIRA) which called for a five year review of a number of the agreement's operation and terms.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

First grade is a year to explore and introduce a number of different concrete building blocks of math, such as problem solving, operations and number sense.

And that's before accounting for some of the factors that the model doesn't consider: the disagreement in the polls, the unusual nature of Trump's candidacy and the demographic changes it is producing, Clinton's superior turnout operation, the possibility of «shy Trump» voters, the fact that the news cycle is still somewhat fluid headed into the final weekend, the declining response rates to polls, and the substantial number of high - profile polling misses around the world over the past few years.

The European Central Bank's 3 - year longer term financing operation (LTRO) announced in December of 2011 has, according to a growing number of analysts, brought the Eurozone crisis to an end (see left for a depiction of this sophisticated monetary policy).

Both are trying to mimic the methodology of President Obama, whose highly technical field operations last year and in 2008 drew unprecedented numbers of Virginia voters.

That uninspiring number in the program's first full year of operation has drawn plenty of criticism.

The Mall is expected to reduce the number of costly emergency department visits by more than 3,400 in its first year of operation as expanded primary care options decrease the need for unnecessary emergency department visits.

Multiple sources said 1199's political operation has been less coordinated over the past year, following the departure of former political director Kevin Finnegan, whose responsibilities have been split among a number of people within the organization.

Updated August 2017 job numbers for BBG Ventures submitted to the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency forecast 65 full - time equivalent (FTE) jobs by the third year of operation, 40 of them professional, managerial or skilled workers whose average pay plus benefits were estimated at around $ 54,000 a year.

New government figures show that the state lost a thousand small farms last year, even as the number of larger operations increased.

According to state data, the number of these operations have gone from 62 to 77 in the last year alone.

The number of breast cancer patients undergoing immediate breast reconstruction operations after mastectomy has grown steadily over the past 15 years, most notably among women who were once considered too high - risk for reconstruction procedures according to new research findings published in the October 2014 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

During 30 years of a surgical career, it has been my not quite tongue - in - cheek observation that a patient's chance of survival is inversely proportional to the number of anesthesiologists required to get the operation under way; a figure of six or higher is a virtual guarantee of death.

In addition to reducing the number and size of bug residues, the coatings have to be durable enough to withstand a lot of time in operation — years even.

More than 10 years ago, Polish archaeologists carried out a dig at Beec, the first of the Operation Reinhard camps, where the Nazis killed more than 434,000 Jews and an unknown number of Gypsies (Roma) and Poles, according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

A number of the photo plates date to the telescope's first years of operation.

Although laparoscopy — the technical term for minimally invasive surgery — has been around for more than a century, its use has grown substantially in the last 20 years since medical researchers have demonstrated that it is not only safer but also less expensive than open surgery for a number of different types of operations.

In three short years, from the 1996 — 97 school year to that of 1999 — 2000, the final year of our analysis, the number of charter schools in operation in North Carolina rose from zero to 74.

Microsoft Excel required Years 3,4,5 Tests the 4 basic operations Look at the Letters and substitute the Numbers to solve New set of questions on a spreadsheet every time the file is opened No more photocopying from a text book!

Years ago, early childhood teachers recognized the importance of math tubs to explore numbers and operations.

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Practices that didn't seem to affect student achievement, on the other hand, were class size, parent contracts, or the number of years schools were in operation, according to the report.

Instead of trained professionals with Connecticut experience, Pryor has handed the operation over to a former Achievement First, Inc. administrator Morgan Barth who managed to spend a number of years illegally teaching at a Achievement First school despite his lack of proper state certification.

They brought with them pro-school choice literature that — while paid for by a little - known, at least in North Carolina, nonprofit called Public School Options — almost exclusively plugs the controversial N.C. Virtual Academy, an online school run by for - profit operator K12 Inc. that's been troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.

Net growth is the number of charter openings minus closures in a given year, and shows whether the overall number of charter schools in operation is expanding.

Ball points to out - of - state school choice proponent Public School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.»

Treatment group teachers are engaged in two years (8 days per year) of CGI professional development workshops, provided by the Teachers Development Group, focused on the mathematical domains of number, operations, and algebraic thinking.