Sentences with phrase «performance of the year for»

Cook went on to say that, in China, «growth in iPhone activations has actually accelerated over the past few weeks, and we have had the best performance of the year for the App Store in China during the last 2 weeks.»

Newcrest expects Lihir to produce between 900,000 and 940,000 ounces of gold in fiscal 2018, and to achieve that goal it will need to save its best performance of the year for the three months to June 30.

Performance of the year for me and no Guy Lodge, I'm not saying that because I don't want him to die.

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Earlier this year, for example, Judy Zaichkowsky of Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business published a study indicating that the presence of just one woman on a company's board resulted in significantly higher standards of corporate governance (which has an established correlation to better financial performance).

That vision and his company's incredible financial performance — Nvidia has been growing profits at better than 50 % annually and its stock has leapt from $ 30 to above $ 200 in two years — make Huang the clear choice as Fortune's Businessperson of the Year for 2017.

Members of the Trump administration walked out of the White House Correspondents» Dinner Saturday night during a performance by standup comic Michelle Wolf, who attacked the administration's relationship to the truth as well as the past behavior of the president, who did not attend the event for the second year in a row.

Approximately 60 percent of U.S. actively managed large - cap funds are beating their benchmarks for the year to date, the best performance through April for any year since at least 2009, according to research from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

A quick «congrats on the great work» email, thank - you note or pat on the back can go a long way in cultivating improved job performance and a positive company culture for the rest of the year.

The 0.4 per cent growth rate for the gross domestic product, the economy's total output of goods and services, was the weakest quarterly performance in almost two years and followed a much faster 3.1 per cent increase in the third quarter.

Known for its rowdy club scene, Berlin celebrates New Year's with its «Party Mile,» a collection of food vendors, light shows, music performances, and bars spread across two kilometers.

The blame for the sub-zero performance of last year's top 10 dividend payers fell squarely on a single stock, without which this basket would have rewarded investors with a 7 % gain.

You know, isn't there a part of the company that nobody is paying attention to who could opt out of the annual performance review, just for a year?

«Twice a year, we recognize 10 percent of our staff, in front of the whole company, for stellar performance over the previous six months.

In 2013, he was part of a two - person team that won the Lipper Award for top alternative fund in Canada for three - year performance.

While the GGEI is recognized as a leading international measure of the green economic performance of many countries, researchers at Yale (who also produce their own green country ranking each year) have criticized it for having limited geographic coverage.

The Canadian mining sector has been in people's bad books for years, while energy shows few signs of rebounding after brutal performances in both 2014 and 2015.

The Conference Board notes that the federal government has placed great emphasis in improving Canada's innovation performance for years, most directly in the 2012 budget's revamping of how $ 3.5 billion is doled out to firms under the Scientific Research and Experimental Development program.

Admittedly, after years of acquisitions, Berkshire's bottom line has more to do with the performance of the increasingly large companies it owns — including, for instance, railroad giant BNSF and Heinz — and less to do with the returns of its stock market portfolio.

He wrote that both Combs and Weschler, who Buffett has indicated are likely to take over managing the bulk of Berkshire's massive stock market portfolio when he leaves the company, had «handily» beaten the market, as well as Buffett's own performance, for the second year in a row.

The resulting drops in performance cost those businesses an average of US$ 1,967 a year per employee (US$ 3,556 for those with frequent insomnia), and US$ 54 million at the four companies combined.

Theoretically, the employee should have set a list of goals and objectives for the year that will be very useful for evaluating performance.

When tech entrepreneur Kieran Snyder analyzed performance reviews done by a diverse group of managers at a variety of companies a few years ago, she found that constructive feedback given to women included strong elements of «negative personality criticism» that were all but absent from the suggestions for men.

While this doesn't mean all companies are back to pre-recession performance levels, entrepreneurs are likely to see new options for their business next year, thanks to an expected increase in bank loans and a larger pool of potential buyers.

«The company's performance over the three - and five - year time periods has languished behind peers, and the board's response for this underwhelming performance was to give Ms. Rometty 1.5 million options on top of her regular pay,» wrote Mastagni.

Euroz has halved its dividend after recording a $ 7.1 million net loss for the 2015 financial year, on the back of poor performance in its investment arm and modest profits in its stockbroking division.

In 2015 we started a cross-company pivot away from product selling and towards a platform sell — delivering the value of all of our core DNS, data, analytics and traffic steering products into addressing the Internet Performance Management space, where we see huge potential for the company through the next five years and beyond.

After years of trying, looking for direction, we believe Honda's premium brand has really found its niche as the purveyor of high - tech performance oriented premium automobiles.

An ESG investment is an investment in a portfolio of companies that have been screened for certain criteria, such as a fossil free portfolio, or an index of companies that seek to improve their environmental and social performance year after year by embracing ESG as a business strategy.

Alternatively, it is possible that managers whose compensation is tightly linked to stock performance become more aware of buyback's positive announcement effects in recent years and use buyback announcements to boost up stock prices for their own benefits.

«We experienced strong Medicare Advantage enrollment growth and solid performance across all segments in the first quarter, with early positive indicators of medical utilization allowing us to raise guidance for the year,» said Brian A. Kane, Chief Financial Officer.

The company considers same - property NOI as an important operating performance measure because it is frequently used by securities analysts and investors to measure only the net operating income of properties that have been owned by the company for the entire current and prior year reporting periods.

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.

Bets the European Central Bank might consider raising interest rates by the end of 2018 due to evidence of higher inflation and business activity in the euro have lifted the euro, which was poised for its best yearly performance versus the greenback in 14 years.

In development for more than a year with input from top female Muslim athletes, the Pro Hijab is made of a breathable polyester mesh, in line with Nike's other high performance gear.

«We bring everyone together for a full day of analysis of the past year's performance and planning for the next year,» she says.

Unfortunately for Target, the firm is also following in the steps of its bigger rival in terms of slowing performance in recent years.

In a report responding to the OECD's findings, TD's economics branch has declared that Canada has an «essential skills problem,» noting that another survey (the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA) measuring the math performance of 15 - year - olds worldwide also found a decline in Canadian teenagers» numeracy skills.

The beleaguered technology company's core business is up for sale after years of lackluster performance, with bidders including frontrunner Verizon, inventor Dan Gilbert (backed by Warren Buffett), TPG, and a consortium that includes Bain Capital and former Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn.

South Korean carmaker Kia is better known for slightly offbeat, value - oriented cars than for high - performance wheels, but that changed last year with the introduction of the Stinger.

Microsoft has come out with a number of great computers over the past few years, and the Microsoft Surface 3 has been hailed for its top - quality performance and its slim and portable design.

Tony Robbins, the performance coach best known for his high - energy speeches, has made a crusade of spreading personal finance education the past couple of years.

Looking at particular stocks, the French firm Carrefour reported a stronger performance for the second quarter of the year on Thursday and kept its 2017 sales growth outlook.

Intel has teased the large - scale release of these 10 - nanometer chips for years, promising they'd deliver better performance with lower power usage than chips built with the company's 14 - nanometer technology, which have been shipping since 2014.

A lot of people have criticized Buffett recently for his lagging stock market performance, something he is likely to get questioned about this year as well.

For example, a few years ago, a compelling study in the MIT Sloan Management Review used ROA data (among other metrics) to compare the performances of external and internal candidates in CEO successions.

For my part, I'm happy with the performance of my own mix of investments this past year.

The end of the year is a great time to reflect on the company's performance, talk about challenges and accomplishments and plan for the year ahead.

Netflix did win big at this year's Golden Globe Awards with Kevin Spacey taking home an award for best performance in a TV drama for his role on House of Cards.

Giving one of the best performances of the year and her career, Chastain plays Sloane less as a trailblazer fighting for a good cause and more as an unapologetic addict of winning at any cost.

The company's financial performance in the year to date has been mixed after its decision to raise the prices of its products weakened its market share and forced it to trim its sales growth forecast for the full year.