Sentences with phrase «over the past decade for»

In Oregon, there have been at least 19 newborn deaths reported to the state over the past decade for a death rate more than 4 times higher than low risk hospital birth.

Wellstone is honored to continue the work of the organization that blazed the trail over the past decade for organizers, advocates, and political campaigners looking to leverage technology to make social change.

In this study, Bellwether Education Partners compiles a portrait of the Illinois school workforce from 2002 to 2012 and explores changing trends over the past decade for policymakers and researchers.

And even though zero down payment loans took a lot of heat over the past decade for contributing to the housing debacle, VA loans historically have always outperformed their conventional and government counterparts.

Mr. Gersht has become well - known over the past decade for his historically influenced photography and video works that reference the style of Old Master paintings while exploring contemporary issues of violence and trauma.

AstraZeneca has been sued over the past decade for negligence, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and product defects.

From the vantage point of renters, price appreciation puts homeownership further out of reach in two ways: It increases the amount they need to borrow, increasing the prospective monthly mortgage payment; and it increases the amount of the down payment needed to obtain a mortgage.2 The typical renter does not have large financial assets to tap in order to come up with a down payment.3 And an analysis of Federal Reserve data shows that the typical amount of financial assets owned has decreased over the past decade for younger and lower - and middle - income renters.

Not exact matches

Over the past decade, public stock markets have outperformed the average venture capital fund and for 15 years, VC funds have failed to return to investors the significant amounts of cash invested, despite high - profile successes, including Google, Groupon and LinkedIn.

The drug at the heart of four lawsuits in New Jersey is insulin — «a century - old medicine that for most of its history cost $ 15 or less,» write Barrett and Langreth, but «whose list price has risen more than 270 percent over the past decade.»

Thanks to sports» increasing value over the past two decades, Teachers» was able to parlay a $ 50 - million investment in 1994 for a 49 % stake in the Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens, one of the biggest, most profitable sports companies in the world, selling its stake for $ 1.32 billion.

Barrick ended up mired in debt and dysfunction in part because it tried to boost production numbers over the past decade, just for the sake of boosting numbers.

Canada's resource sector was one of the primary drivers for employment over the past decade, according to Statistics Canada, so a correction in China would also rob this country of a key engine for job growth.

He points to the ratio of probable workers (ages 25 - 64) to probable retirees (ages 65 and over), which currently stands at four to one, as it has for the past three decades.

Prices for gold bullion and other precious metals have climbed over the past decade to new heights as investors sought protection against the erosion of incomes and wealth by inflation.

Over the past decade, domestic consumption's share of the economy has plunged from around half to a miniscule 35 %, the lowest of any significant economy ever, according to Michael Pettis, a finance professor at Peking University whose online writings have become must - reads for those eager to divine what's really going on in China.

The rise of the numbers for women - owned businesses over the past five years is cause for cheer among those who would like to see more equality of business ownership, particularly given the stagnant numbers or declines over the previous half decade.

The goal is for legal medical marijuana to bring back jobs lost over the past decades by the decline in the steel industry.

It doesn't seem like much, but a succession of such increases over the past four decades has given Canada some of the highest prices in the world for cheese, yogurt and other products made from industrial milk.

Store brands» market share has risen to 17.5 percent over the past two years after hovering around 16 percent for over a decade.

Steadily increasing demand for timber - made goods is one reason why the sector has produced strong returns over the past two decades.

Over the past decade, China's and other emerging markets» rapid economic growth created a surge in demand for Canada's natural resources, driving gains in Canada's exports and wealth.

Biogen is among companies that have been singled out for criticism in recent months; the Wall Street Journal called out the company for hiking the price of MS drug Avonex — 21 times, and at an annual average rate of 16 % — over the past decade.

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.

Brewers haven't done as good of a job marketing and developing products for women over the past decade, though the launch of hard sodas and seltzers can help.

Lewis managed to meet his goal of «one dollar more» than the previous year for all but six of his 45 years on air to date, earning around $ 60 million annually over the past decade, for a career total of nearly $ 2.5 billion.

Having achieved significant growth over the past decade, the company has limited its options for additional revenue.

Over the past decade, employment of skilled technology workers in BC has grown 27 %, driven partly by U.S. companies frustrated with their own government's limit on visas for skilled workers.

His corporate maneuvering over the past decade has been guided by his belief that Dell can dominate as a one - stop tech shop for corporations facing profound technological change.

Over the past decade the company has paid out just $ 24 million in income taxes, a tiny amount for a $ 3.6 - billion company.

Here's the likelihood that a person has been married at least once at some point in his or her life for every year of age over the past few decades:

Detroit has been pummeled over the past several decades, and it is still in for a long, hard climb.

Built in stages over the past decade, it was originally intended for retail and office space but soon became caught up in the country's fast - growing garment manufacturing industry.

Unfortunately, this cautious and limited test is too little, too late for a Dunkin' Donuts brand that has been slow to respond to dramatic changes in the beverage market over the past decade.

He adds that over the past decade, Nike has delivered strong value for shareholders.

For the past decade, I've been watching VoIP technology improve and capture market share over traditional lines.

«A bear market in bonds calls for more than a global cyclical upswing, as not all forces that dragged yields down over the past decades have suddenly vanished,» argued Peter van der Welle, a strategist at Robeco.

Over the past decade, regulators have been forced to ensure that professional advisors retain their independence when working for boards.

Over the past decade, bikes have started appearing in photo shoots for fashion designers and lifestyle brands.

Had it not been for Tiger's absurd run for the better part of a decade between 2000 - 2010, more people would be talking about Dustin Johnson's run of top - tier performances over the past year.

Having achieved significant growth over the past decade, the company has, in effect, limited its options for additional revenue.

For instance, we found that Canadian Pacific Railway paid an average effective cash tax rate of just 1.8 % over the past decade.

There are perhaps many explanations for this trend, but it does correlate nicely with the technological explosion — especially of the Internet — over the past few decades, which invites a sobering conclusion.

Call it post-modern cynicism, technological dissonance or even hipsterism — what I suspect it really is is a defence mechanism for dealing with the sudden onslaught of technology that we've all had to face over the past decade.

The raw figures tell the tale: net migration to Ontario, for example, has averaged 82,000 annually over the past decade, and reached 141,000 last year.

Over the past decade, virus - writers worldwide have created and released about 80,000 viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other «malware» programs, according to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for antivirus software vendor Sophos Inc. (www.sophos.com) And about 600 to 800 new variations crop up every month, although, typically, only a few cause widespread or serious headaches.

The generic pharmaceutical company came into the spotlight in August 2016 for raising the price of the EpiPen to $ 608.61 from $ 93.88 over the past decade.

Microsoft, for one, has successfully employed such a strategy for years, and has managed to double both sales and profits over the past decade.

And for investors, private deals offer real income and asset appreciation that, over the past decade at least, has been elusive in the public markets, argues Jim Sand, CEO of Fast Track Capital, a registered exempt - market dealer based in St. Albert, Alta.

Considering the myriad ways our work lives have changed over the past decade or so, the timing is right (if not overdue) for drastic adjustments in how company leaders relate to workers.

I think the simplest explanation is that over the past several decades we've gone from a nation of savers who paid cash for things including homes and cars to a nation of spenders who use debt like mortgages, car loans and credit cards to pay for things.