Sentences with phrase «percent every year so»

However, that percentage increased by 5 percent every year so that by 2000, at least 50 percent of 10th - graders had to pass the same exam.

Bitcoin has returned more than 1,000 percent this year so far, but most investors are still cautious, seeing it as an instrument of speculation.

We here on the news or overhear from a real estate agent that «prices are up (or down) by some percent this year so it's «a great time to buy» or some other use of the percent change as it relates to some real estate statistic.

Not exact matches

Forty - five percent of us go so far as to call it the most stressful day of the year.

Technology sector results so far at least from the likes of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Samsung and SAP have broadly beaten forecasts for the first quarter, and overall aggregate U.S. earnings growth is tracking seven - year highs of almost 25 percent.

Technology sector results so far at least from the likes of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Samsung and SAP have broadly beaten forecasts for Q1 and the overall aggregate U.S. earnings growth is tracking seven - year highs of almost 25 percent.

Shares are up more than 87 percent so far this year.

The company's shares have surged 33 percent so far this year through Thursday, which may be a factor in why the analyst hasn't updated his forecast yet.

The S&P 500 is up 14 percent and the MSCI World Index is up around 12 percent so far this year.

Globally deals totalling $ 1.55 trillion have been struck so far this year, while in Europe mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have totalled more than $ 621 billion, up 151 percent on the same period in 2017, Thomson Reuters data shows.

Yet, goals don't always work: According to Statistic Brain Research Institute, a mere 9.2 percent of participants the institute surveyed said they'd successfully achieved their New Year's resolutions so far in 2017.

The aggregated value of cash only takeovers so far in 2018 has risen by 33 percent year - on - year while the value of deals using cash and stock has risen by 221 percent, as companies look to exploit their buoyant share valuations.

A report by Aberdeen Group finds that businesses with social customer service experience around 7.5 percent year - over-year growth (compared to 2.9 percent without social customer service), so don't underestimate its value.

According to research by Aberdeen this year, 45 percent of employers surveyed recognized the need to improve the candidate experience so as to strengthen their brands.

Nike shares are up about 5 percent so far this year to roughly $ 66 per share.

American Airlines is down well over 11 percent so far this year.

If Pizza Hut was struggling, so was NPC: in August, the franchisee reported that same - store sales at its Pizza Hut units fell almost 6 percent in the second quarter compared to a nearly 4 percent drop a year ago.

Gravity was inundated with résumés — 4,500 in the first week alone — including one from a high - powered 52 - year - old Yahoo executive named Tammi Kroll, who was so inspired by Price that she quit her job and in September went to work for Gravity at what she insisted would be an 80 - 85 percent pay cut.

The fund is down 6.2 percent so far this year as of March 20.

To get to 100 percent of the information, you might need to ask for their tax returns over the past two years and their profit and loss statements (P&L s), while also setting up interviews with their CFO and their auditor and so on.

So far this year, in the tech space, the average tech IPO is at a loss, trading 15 percent below its initial price.

«For the rest of the year, as the export situation may deteriorate, fiscal stimulus and further monetary easing will likely take place so as to protect the 6.5 percent growth target, which in turn will underpin growth for commodity demand,» Lau said in a note.

According to Accenture, 40 percent of Americans plan to spend more on holiday shopping this year compared to last year, both in stores and online via computers and mobile devices, so it's your job to earn their attention and dollar.

Just 3 percent of all Hong Kong - listed stocks, by capitalization, come from so - called «new economy» sectors — tech as well as biotech — according to a report last year by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, the bourse operator.

The yuan is up 6.5 percent so far this year against the greenback, and holding onto its erasure of last year's losses.

So far, domestic small - to - mid-cap companies that get most of their revenues at home have weathered prospects of higher trade costs the best, with the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies up 2.8 percent for the year, nearly double the 1.5 percent gain in the larger - cap and more internationally - exposed S&P 500 index over the same time.

It said prices were falling 6 - 8 percent a month so far in 2018, versus 8 - 11 percent a month last year.

The company now has more than 3 million users, with 78 percent falling into the so - called millennial age category of 18 to 35 years old.

But the crises have started affecting its financial performance because of concerns it will result in heightened regulations, and CBA shares are down about 7 percent so far this year while the broader market is up.

The central bank said it will purchase Japanese government bonds so that the yield on the 10 - year note will remain at around zero percent.

The median residential rent fell to $ 2,826, the first decline so far this year, though only a.8 percent drop from the same time last year, according to the Elliman report.

The problem is as old as the industry itself but really came to light in the past two or so years, as Silicon Valley started revealing demographic statistics: Giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and Twitter all hover around 70 percent male and 80 to 90 percent white or Asian.

So it decreased by almost 10 percent in eight years.»

The supply of starter homes is so lean that March sales were down in that sector over 21 percent compared with a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors.

The turnover in the U.S. car fleet is about 10 years, so if everyone bought an electric car the next time they bought a car, you'd have 95 percent electric cars in 10 years.

Greenlight Capital, one of the hedge fund industry's most closely watched firms, lost 13.6 percent so far this year, Einhorn wrote in a letter to clients...

Out of all national civil service jobs that were reviewed so far this year, 19 percent included the terms «men only,» «men preferred» or «suitable for men.»

The stock has gained more than 50 percent so far this year.

The digital currency is up more than 900 percent so far this year.

After all, as Richard Florida reported last year, the Census Bureau finds that 86 percent of U.S. workers still commute by car and more than 75 percent do so alone.

The latter two years represent more muted gains than the 15.3 percent so far in 2017 and the big year in 2018, which Kostin attributes to flatter margins ahead.

Or your PC can fetch files relating to that approaching customer or colleague and prompt you with zingers like, «Oh hi, boss, just noticing that sales are up 14 percent so far this month over last year at this time,» or «Gee, Mr. Freedman, you must have heard about the special we're having on the Monster Lawn 6000 tractor for Teeny Lawn 300 owners.»

«So the gender pay gap data is from April last year, we've already increased the percentage of women to nearly 37 percent in our senior leadership and our 40 percent minimum is our 2020 targets.»

«Year - over-year core CPI is now above 2 percent but it was also above 2 percent all during 2016, and so it's really only come back to the level...

At the end of last year, the price of a litre of diesel was 59.64 rupees, meaning it has risen by 10.5 percent so far this year, not quite keeping pace with the rise in Brent crude oil.

So why not look into the growth strategy tips of a pair of Stanford MBAs whose startup has expanded its customer base nearly 200 percent a year in the last two - and - a-half years?

A study by JPMorgan calculated median annual health - care costs for today's 65 - year - olds at $ 4,660, but they project annual increases of 6.2 percent to 7 percent as that group ages, so that by 2036, when those people are 85, their median annual health - care spending will reach roughly $ 18,000.

Apart from slowing global demand, export growth is seen crimped by a strong dollar, which so far this year has strengthened by about 4 percent against the currencies of the country's main trading partners.

For example, start with 1 percent, then go for 2 percent the following year, and so forth.

So far this year, about 70 percent of China's outbound deals have been valued at $ 1 billion or less, according to Dealogic data.