Sentences with phrase «over past efforts»

The image, while an improvement over past efforts, wasn't quite at the atomic scale yet — that required other advances.

Not exact matches

The cost of health insurance premiums has skyrocketed by more than 130 percent over the past decade, and it is possible they will be impervious to reform efforts.

«Over the past several months, Cambridge Analytica has been the subject of numerous unfounded accusations and, despite the company's efforts to correct the record, has been vilified for activities that are not only legal, but also widely accepted as a standard component of online advertising in both the political and commercial arenas,» the company said in the statement.

Over the past few years, the Obama administration has made an effort to address the issue by proposing to raise the federal minimum to $ 10.10 an hour.

Recently released preliminary data from the 2012 Survey of Business Owners — the Census Bureau's effort to take stock of American companies every five years — show that the fraction of businesses owned by women improved substantially over the past five years.

That traction results from a concerted effort Amazon management over the past four or five years to convince businesses in the financial services, healthcare, and government that running on shared public cloud infrastructure meets their security and other requirements.

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.

Over the past four years of Weatherhaven's Brazilian efforts, the company's revenues have quadrupled, and 2011's forecast is projecting sales of close to $ 100 million.

These efforts pushed Cott's share price up more than 50 % over the past year.

The company denied the accusations at the time, and over the past year Laurence Sellyn, Gildan's chief financial officer, has made concerted efforts to get on the right side of the debate.

The steps we have taken over the recent years reflect the wide - ranging efforts of the current board and management to address certain conduct of the past and ensure that Ranbaxy moves forward with integrity and professionalism in everything we do.»

Over the past few years, however, many universities have been working aggressively to build a bridge between these disparate groups in an effort to turn academic research into profitable companies.

The fast - track effort and its relative success over the past few weeks have analysts starting to believe the GOP can get a tax bill to Trump's desk.

Why it's hot: KFC has made a comeback over the past two years with the return of Colonel Sanders in marketing, and it launched an effort to improve its food quality.

Together over the course of the past year, Uber and Lyft have spent up to $ 9 million in a vain effort to overturn the city's proposed safety measure, viewing Austin as an important test case in the broader struggle between local regulators and Silicon Valley upstarts with novel business models and global ambitions.

Sinclair attributes the jump in «401 (k),» in part, to employers» efforts to attract job candidates and to the shift towards 401 (k) plans from retirement programs like pensions over the past decade.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed insurance benefits have been provided to beneficiaries over the past five years, due solely to their efforts.

According to HSZ Media, internal recruiting efforts have grown by 25 % over the past five years.

Federal courts have closely scrutinized FCC efforts to protect net neutrality over the past decade.

The GOP Senate's efforts to repeal Obamacare with its own health care bill have been on the brink of defeat over the past 48 hours.

One of the individuals we spoke to has been falsely accused by online hackers of cybersecurity breaches in the past, according to The Times, raising the possibility that a calculated effort is being made by some hackers to frame a teenager over the hack.

A China - based business source with knowledge of discussion among senior European officials said there had been a «clear effort» by the U.S. government over the past six months to introduce a coordinated approach to Chinese industrial policy, but that Trump's metals tariffs had undermined European support.

A China - based business source with knowledge of discussion among senior European officials said there had been a «clear effort» by the U.S. government over the past six months to introduce a coordinated approach to Chinese industrial policy, but that Trump's proposed metals tariffs under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 had undermined support from Europe.

«Over the past year, for example, you've seen us make progress and accelerate our efforts in some areas, while repositioning or taking a pause in others.»

Of the top 25 companies on the list, 18 are more traditional brick - and - mortar retailers that have pushed their online efforts over the past five years.

We can take some comfort from the major efforts over the past decade to improve the resilience of the global financial system.

That success is thanks to a team effort including Ashley Zeckman with 360 career posts, who has served as blog editor over the past 2 years, Josh Nite with 113 career posts, Caitlin Burgess with 106 career posts, Tiffani Allen with 90 career posts and our newcomers Anne Leuman, Nick Nelson and Elizabeth Williams.

The letter notes that the current backdrop of strong and balanced global growth is underpinned by a resilient global financial system that is the product of determined efforts by the G20 and FSB over the past decade.

«Over the past several months, Cambridge Analytica has been the subject of numerous unfounded accusations and, despite the Company's efforts to correct the record, has been vilified for activities that are not only legal, but also widely accepted as a standard component of online advertising in both the political and commercial arenas,» the firm said in a statement.

Over the past decade, several high - profile 401 (k) fee lawsuits and DOL efforts to implement a fiduciary standard for professional investment advice have put 401 (k) fiduciary responsibility in the national spotlight.

All these powerful tidbits of knowledge, and many other psychological trading lessons we've learned over the past 11 years, are regularly shared with subscribers of The Wagner Daily end - of - day trading newsletter, and we we proudly display the cumulative trading performance results of our long - term efforts to prove it (Q4 of 2012 will be updated this week).

«Over the past year we have made fundamental changes to transform Wells Fargo as part of our effort to rebuild trust and build a better bank,» CEO Tim Sloan said in a statement.

And the council only augments the zone - flooding effort Trudeau has orchestrated over the past few months to win over American allies all over the U.S. (That campaign, as Maclean's detailed in this story, enlisted 17 cabinet ministers, 12 premiers and 13 diplomats.)

«Over the past several months, Cambridge Analytica has been the subject of numerous unfounded accusations and, despite the Company's efforts to correct the record, has been vilified for activities that are not only legal, but also widely accepted as a standard component of online advertising in both the political and commercial arenas,» the statement reads.

As our study has consistently shown over the past eight years, there is no long - term correlation between the amount of money a company spends on its innovation efforts and its overall financial performance; instead, what matters is how companies use that money and other resources, as well as the quality of their talent, processes, and decision making.

The consumer electronics retailer filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday after a lengthy effort at reversing substantial declines in revenue over the past few years.

In an effort to stimulate the economy and grow consumer demand, the Chinese government has introduced new capital controls and devalued the yuan over the past few months.

«Over the past several months, Cambridge Analytica has been the subject of numerous unfounded accusations and, despite the Company's efforts to correct the record, has been vilified for activities that are not only legal, but also widely accepted as a standard component of online advertising in both the political and commercial arenas,» the company said in a statement Wednesday.

In light of the issues around the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other benchmarks that have arisen over the past decade, there has been an ongoing global reform effort to improve the functioning of interest rate benchmarks.

The Fed's actual efforts on the monetary loosening / tightening front over the past 5 years are encapsulated by the following weekly chart of Reserve Bank Credit (RBC).

Thanks to our extreme savings effort over the past 5 years, we reached financial independence two months ago and now have the option to live off passive income!

Profits at Japanese automakers have surged in yen terms as the Japanese currency weakened against the U.S. dollar over the past year, helped by a mammoth Bank of Japan effort to expand the money supply and ignite inflation to end years of economic stagnation.

China's push to become a major maker of solar panels has driven down global prices by close to 90 percent over the past decade, helping international efforts to curb emissions of planet - warming greenhouse gases.

Kinder Morgan's Alberta lobbying efforts over the past nine months focused exclusively on the Trans Mountain expansion, seeking, amongst other objectives, to «convey economic importance and benefits of the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion Project through increase market access for Alberta crude oil products.»

Building an internal mapping system is part of the slew of investments Uber has been making over the past year and a half, which include the acquisition of the mapping startup deCarta and part of the image assets of Microsoft's Bing to boost navigation efforts.

«I've worked with Nicholas exclusively for the past 3 years to run all of my lead generation, which has resulted in over 7 - figures of revenue directly from his efforts.

Least of all do frank appraisals and suggestions for improvement seek to denigrate the sincere efforts of parish musicians over the past few decades.

The efforts undertaken again and again over the past century to trace a line of continuity from the historical Jesus to Paul and from there to our church have been all too tenuous — more ingenious than convincing.

In fact, I am heading an international team of more than forty, mostly younger scholars who, over the past decade, have been trying to decide just how that Greek source read, before Matthew and Luke updated it, but, thank goodness, left it sufficiently intact that our efforts are not in vain.

There have been intense and motivated efforts over the past two millennia to defend such a position rationally, and they have all failed.