Sentences with phrase «period of the year as»

Payments are gradually increased over a period of years as your income rises.

When more renters are insured, there are overall economic benefits including improved work attendance after a significant loss, as well as renters spending the claim check to replace their property in a single shot, rather than over a period of years as they can afford to buy something new.

Discover Germany at its most breathtaking period of the year as the various towns are lit up and come to life with Christmas Markets.

(Mirriam and Websters define climate as: 2 a: the average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation.)

climatology, climates 1: a region of the earth having specified climatic conditions2 a: the average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation b: the prevailing set of conditions (as of temperature and humidity) indoors < a climate - controlled office > 3: the prevailing influence or environmental conditions characterizing a group or period: atmosphere < a climate of fear >

Climate is defined as, «the average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation» http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/climate

Not exact matches

The number of active Corporate VCs — which serve as the investment arms of giant firms and include Intel Capital, Bloomberg Beta and GE Ventures — has grown by 15.5 percent year - over-year between 2011 and 2015, compared to a growth rate of 12.8 percent overall for VCs of any type in the same period, according to data from CB Insights.

Mobile payment accounted for approximately 56 % of Company sales in the first quarter of 2018, as compared to 31 % in the prior year period.

REBIT margin, which corresponds to recurring operating income as a percentage of sales, rose to 12.8 % in first - quarter 2018 compared to 11.3 % in the corresponding prior - year period.

Two more years of economic pain Australia faces a longer period of low growth, higher debt and higher unemployment than predicted just four weeks ago as the wave of job losses gathered strength, with clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands axing 1850 staff across the country.

In the opinion of the Company's management, a discussion of loss reserve development is meaningful to users of the financial statements as it allows them to assess the impact between prior and current year development on incurred claims and claim adjustment expenses, net and core income (loss), and changes in claims and claim adjustment expense reserve levels from period to period.

As of the end of July, there were nearly 123,000 consumer proposals and personal bankruptcies filed by Canadians this year, a decline of 1.2 per cent from the same period last year.

After years of riding the «buy the dip» strategy to success, investors seem to have flipped the switch and are now «selling the rip» — or using periods of strength as an excuse to offload holdings.

Three years removed from a controversial price hike that sent subscribers scrambling and stock values into free - fall, founder and CEO Hastings reigns as the king of new media: Netflix added 2.82 million U.S. streaming - video subscribers during the first half of 2014, up from 2.66 million during the same period last year.

After her six - month post-graduation grace period ended, she applied for and received two years of forbearance on a private loan, just to delay the need to make payments for as long as possible.

You'll need to finish secondary school at minimum, but after that, it's a path familiar to tradespeople: a period of apprenticeship, followed by certification, and several years as a fully qualified worker.

«Even in the last 20 years which have been a long bear market [for Japan], there have been several periods of rebound, such as between 2003 and 2005 when the market rebounded by 100 percent.

As I've been mentoring and training some young adults lately at a college, suddenly I've seen conflicts up close and personal, a reminder of the time I worked in the corporate world for about a ten year period.

That period would prove important for another reason: the government posted Kuroda for a year as special adviser to the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi, giving the civil servant sustained exposure to politicians at the highest levels.

Although the incident comes at the height of the busiest time of the year for cruise bookings, a period known as Wave Season, travel agents weren't bracing for a downturn in business Monday, in part because the incident had yet to get major publicity, said Mike Driscoll of Cruiseweek, an industry newsletter.

The 20 - year period from 1977 to 1997, as this encompasses a variety of macro-economic conditions: five years of stagflation and two back - to - back recessions (1977 - 1982), strong growth from 1983 to 1990, a mild recession in 1991, and growth from 1993 to 1997.

DTS earnings before tax as a percentage of DTS total revenue and DTS operating revenue (a non-GAAP measure) were 4.4 % and 6.5 %, respectively, up 20 and 70 basis points from the year - earlier period.

One of the concessions for winning state regulatory approval to convert Fidelis to a for - profit unit includes a $ 340 million contribution to New York state, payable over a five - year period, which will be treated as increased administrative costs.

The supervisor of Dianella - based building company Frayson has been fined $ 15,000 for failing in his duties as a manager and supervisor on work carried out at 20 Perth properties over a 10 - year period.

The residents of the wooded manors in Canada's richest neighbourhood are as likely to be found abroad as at home: about a third have made a trip to Europe in the last three years, with a little more than that taking a Caribbean sojourn in the same period.

«As a long - term value investor, we remain cautious and recognise that to generate good real returns over time, we have to be prepared for periods of underperformance relative to the market indices, some even for a stretch of several years.»

As of mid-July, 126 U.S. companies have filed for initial public offerings this year — up 46.5 percent from the same period last year.

Indeed, as labour economist Jim Stanford recently pointed out, our GDP growth fell behind six of the G7 in the second and third quarters of last year, beating only Italy with an average advance of 1.7 % during the six - month period.

«In our experience, markets tend to over-react to political shocks, as was seen in the example of Tiananmen Square — where the Hang Seng fell 22 % in a single day, losing 37 % from its peak over the entirety of the protest period, before steadily recovering back to previous peak over the following year,» the team wrote.

At the same time, Infobank has appointed Online Advantage as the exclusive distributor for its InTrade suite of products in the Australasia region for a five year period.

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.

The note suggests this period of a «mature» bull market can last for as long as three years, and there could be considerable time left to go.

The industry as a whole has been churning out gasoline hard for the past year, as a golden period of refining margins emerged out of the ashes of the crude oil rout.

Eighty - five percent of small - business owners say that the holiday shopping period is just as — or more important than — last year, according to a survey by Manta, an online small - business community.

Start by identifying items that can be stored for longer periods of time, such as seasonal material, collateral and marketing items that are only used at a certain time of the year.

Mobile revenue was more than ten times higher than in the same period last year and accounted for 22 percent of total revenues, as Alibaba continued to successfully ramp up its mobile monetisation.

In fact, we could already be in a recession (as numbers get revised downward in later periods this would become apparent) or, if not now, than most certainly by Q1 of next year.

Policies typically range between $ 3,000 and $ 6,000 a year, depending on a variety of factors, such as sex, age, health status, maximum daily benefit, length of benefit and waiting period.

The 14 day average of Gallup daily consumer spending as of October 4 was $ 84, compared with $ 62 last year for this period.

A battle for control of smuggling routes drove killings up for a roughly year - long period between 2014 and 2015, as Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada, Guzman's partner at the top of the cartel, fought with forces led by Damaso Lopez Serrano, the son of Guzman's former right - hand man.

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.

In the first five months of 2016, there have been at least 23 reported shootings by toddlers, as compared to 18 in the same time period last year.

But this period should be looked at as an anomaly, a mere blip in the stretch of 40 to 70 years during which we amass, manage and consume our life's savings.

Cenovus reported total production of 555,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the fourth quarter, up from 283,000 boe / d in the same period last year, as oilsands production rose to 361,000 bpd from 164,000 bpd.

Additionally, Tchir argues that European investors have shown a proclivity to rush into trades leading to what he calls «periods of violent indigestion,» pointing to the big swing in German bund yields seen early last year following the European Central Bank's announcement of more QE as a prime example.

As the only IRS point - of - contact for the business, she strung this out over a three - year period and stole $ 439,000.

The first quarter is typically the most important period of the year for trading desks, as asset managers move into new positions.

It hasn't grown that fast in normal times since the early 2000's, a period that probably wasn't all that normal, as so much of the wealth generated during those years was from America's debt boom and China's once - in - lifetime rise from poverty.

As part of the new TCJA, access to favorable capital gains tax rates now demands a three - year holding period; previously, an investor needed only to maintain his or her position in the startup for 12 months to qualify for a lower rate on an eventual sale.

Joanna Cound, one of the authors of the BlackRock study, says that the time period for the calculation was 20 years, not 10 as the Times had reported — so the ding, on average, would be $ 115 per year in the global equity fund.