Sentences with phrase «over a number of years in»

The LOS is a longitudinal survey which means it will interview the same people over a number of years in order to assess whether or not life opportunities for people with disabilities are improving.

A framework of an agreement on the state budget is in place that would increase New York's minimum wage to $ 15 over a number of years in different regions while also providing a $ 1 billion tax cut for joint filers earning under $ 300,000, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this afternoon.

PAT online has been developed over a number of years in response to feedback from teachers.

On her website, Westergren calls her series of classic still lifes, painted over a number of years in homage to Dutch and other masters, La nature morte, or The end of progress.

Curators Julian Page and Joanna Bryant seek to offer an alternative and thoughtful approach to Gill's photographs, whose practice, established over a number of years in Hackney, East London, continues to surprise.

Naomi has established a broad practice over a number of years in the Civil Courts, regularly conducting claims in the County Court with particular emphasis on possession, disrepair, tenancy deposit disputes and anti-social behaviour.

Benefit periods are typically three to five years, and correspond to the lifetime benefit cap, or the maximum dollars that will be paid by the insurance company on the policy; these figures are related in terms of the maximum daily benefit over the number of years in the benefit period.

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The number of data professionals in Canada — people employed as statisticians, mathematicians and actuaries — has increased by 48 % over the past five years, making it the fastest - growing job category in the country.

The slowdown in mining project work has resulted in a 26 per cent fall in the number of environmental professionals employed at the state's biggest consulting firms over the past year.

The shift is reflected in Canada, where the total number of employees in the industry in 2012 rose 5 % to 16,500 over a year earlier, according to the Entertainment Software Association of Canada.

The fact that the number of women entrepreneurs has increased over the years has been made possible, in part, by their passion, talent and dedication and their ability to obtain essential business support including access to capital.

Meanwhile, the turmoil at Politico may be giving some media watchers déjà vu, or at least flashbacks to another Allbritton - backed venture that went through substantial upheaval: In 2010, a number of senior journalists including former Washington Post digital chief Jim Brady started an ambitious hyperlocal effort called TBD, only to have the entire effort implode in less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the sitIn 2010, a number of senior journalists including former Washington Post digital chief Jim Brady started an ambitious hyperlocal effort called TBD, only to have the entire effort implode in less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the sitin less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the site.

A number of in - house publications — including The Nib, Re: form and The Message — have either been shut down or restructured over the past year.

Average annual core return on equity over a period is the ratio of: a) the sum of core income less preferred dividends for the periods presented to b) the sum of: 1) the sum of the adjusted average shareholders» equity for all full years in the period presented, and 2) for partial years in the period presented, the number of quarters in that partial year divided by four, multiplied by the adjusted average shareholders» equity of the partial year.

Over the past year, the number of CLOs, which are also significant investors in energy companies, holding defaulted debt has skyrocketed.

We're getting guys who do this over and over again, so if you look at the number of companies that have been bought in M&A over the last 20 years, it's something like 1,500.

Over the past few years a growing number of entrepreneurs have forged a quiet revolution in compensation plans, jettisoning traditional salary structures and carving out bold new incentive programs for their entire organizations.

More favourable growing conditions this season should lead to a sharp increase in the number of red and white grapes crushed, while regions such as Swan and Manjimup should continue to see increasingly larger yields over the next five years.

The number of workers aged 20 to 29 will peak in about four years, then drop sharply over the next 15.

Walmart has its work cut out for itself: the number of unique visitors to its mobile app rose 20 % year over year in October, but Amazon's rose 64 % to 49 million during that period.

He's the number one professor six years running at Wharton, one of the leading business schools in the country; a New York Times bestselling author multiple times over; and a frequent keynote speaker, researcher and consultant.

Barclays said, given the growth in Netflix's programming over the past year, the number of hours viewed per subscriber should arguably have increased, not held steady.

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.

He identified three obstacles that could affect any possible recovery in the global employment rate: «Over the fore ¬ seeable future, the world economy will probably grow less than was the case before the global crisis,» complicating «the task of generating the over 42 million jobs that are needed every year in order to meet the growing number of new entrants in the labor market.&raOver the fore ¬ seeable future, the world economy will probably grow less than was the case before the global crisis,» complicating «the task of generating the over 42 million jobs that are needed every year in order to meet the growing number of new entrants in the labor market.&raover 42 million jobs that are needed every year in order to meet the growing number of new entrants in the labor market.»

Over the past decade, the number of two - year - old - in - training sales has risen, Wagner notes, a symptom of racehorse investors» looking for a quick route to the winner's circle.

We referenced their numbers when we looked at the changing anatomy of U.S. oil imports, or when showing the decline in coal use over recent years.

The authors claimed that an «Increasing numbers of academic studies are finding that mental health problems have been soaring among girls over the past 10 - and in particular five - years, coinciding with the period in which young people's use of social media has exploded.»

The State Department estimates that the surge of passport renewals that will be spilling over into 2018 and 2019 — combined with other new passport applications — will push the number of passports issued this year to more than 21 million, after more than 20 million applications in 2017.

Over the last 30 years or so, the number of people starting new businesses has been in serious decline.

Screening isn't completely effective in preventing genetic diseases in children, though a 2008 report showed that the state of Massachusetts was able to reduce the number of babies born with CF by 50 % over four years, compared to the previous four - year period.

Airports across the country are seeing lines balloon in size, thanks to a «perfect storm» of conditions — the number of airline passengers has increased to 700 million; there's massive attrition of TSA security screeners each week; TSA has cut staff by 10 percent over the last three years; and not enough passengers have enrolled in TSA's PreCheck program, the Associated Press reports.

With 5,000 independent repair technicians, known as iTechs, in over 500 cities in the U.S. — and expecting to more than double that number by the end of the year — Forsythe says his company is the largest company of its kind in the country.

Over the course of a year, the number of listings increased 16.2 percent to 802 homes from 690 in 2016.

The media startup, valued at $ 11 billion in its latest round of funding, says the number of «pinners,» or people sharing images and links, has doubled on its platform in the last 18 months and the number of searches on its service have increased by 81 % over the last year.

Founded in 2004, the company has grown its number of units over the past few years, going from 52 franchises in 2014 to 115 in 2018.

While there have been improvements in some labour market indicators, the number of people who have been unemployed for over a year has remained frustratingly high since the end of the recession, as shown in the graph below.

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.

The eventual number of jobs going is expected to be balanced out by increased hiring in India, China and Boston, with more than 500 posts being created over the next two years.

As the CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting, I have seen firsthand, over the last five years, an increase in the number of world - class companies seeking to hire top - performing B2B salespeople.

Speaking at the American Institute of CPAs last week, IRS Small Business / Self - Employed division head Faris Fink said the agency will be shifting its auditing focus from corporations to small - business partnerships, which have grown significantly in number over the last six years.

That means TASER would have to spend money to sign up the customer, but revenue would trickle in over a number of years.

The number of tourists this year is a 5.7 percent rise from the 6.15 million over the same festive season in 2017.

The 47 hour figure has remained largely consistent over the past 14 years, Gallup reports, even as the number of jobs began to plummet on the heels of the recession in 2007.

Outlook: Growth in the number of financial managers has plateaued, remaining essentially unchanged over the past five years.

To illustrate this trend over the last 10 years, we took 2001 and 2011 education expenses for Nova Scotia, Ontario and B.C.. Each province's population of persons aged five to 24 in 2001 and 2011 was used to arrive at a per capita number.

Drilling site managers, who oversee exploration projects, are in huge demand, with both number of employees and salaries up by more than a third over five years.

Pete Champion has pulled a number of successful bank jobs over the years, including ones in Britain, India and Turkey.

Retailers have been grappling with a number of new competitors in Canada over the past year, including the arrival of Target and a more aggressive rollout of Walmart supercentres.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

At WD - 40, employee engagement numbers are in excess of 90 percent and shareholder value has grown consistently over the past 14 years.