Sentences with phrase «period of the year in»

The basic idea is to abstain from shopping and spending for the day (which is also Black Friday, the start of the busiest shopping period of the year in the U.S.).

Under that policy, the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates low and engaged for period of years in a campaign of aggressive bond purchases that have increased monetary supply and bolstered the stock market.

«We've seen a fairly steady decline in the sparkling category over a period of years in volumes of 2 to 3 per cent.

American schools are letting out for summer: the longest extended period of the year in which children are not attending school.

The COO and co-founder of White Label Dating, Steve Pammenter, said: «The launch of «Koort.Me» is perfectly timed to enable Today FM to capitalise on online dating's highest - revenue generating period of the year, which also happens to coincide with the lowest revenue - generating period of the year in ad sales for publishers and radio brands.

In the same way that they've studied, practiced, honed skills and got known, an author has also studied with expensive courses, talks, workshops, mentorships and reading over a period of years in «apprenticeship».

For the category LULUCF activities, when the type of value selected is Net emissions / removals, the list contains Base year (KP), the five years of the first commitment period, and «cumulative»; when type of value is Accounting quantity, the year available is the period of the years in the first commitment period covered in the latest submission (i.e. in 2013, the year displayed is 2008 - 2011).

For a period of years in the past Ontario had a rent registry where one could search for information on maximum rents.

The stated objective of the plan was «to achieve capital growth over a selected period of years in a sound and tax efficient way from the investment of a lump sum.

Not exact matches

I write these words on April 15, 2018 - exactly 71 years to the day when Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, ending a long period of segregation in Major League Baseball.

A grace period on Chinese loans to Venezuela has lapsed, potentially depriving the cash - strapped OPEC nation of billions of dollars in desperately needed oil revenue this year.

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.

In a period of one year (2010 - 2011), the company saved 2.5 million sheets of paper, a 28 % drop in paper use from the year before, noted LaurencIn a period of one year (2010 - 2011), the company saved 2.5 million sheets of paper, a 28 % drop in paper use from the year before, noted Laurencin paper use from the year before, noted Laurence.

Just last year, China's OnePlus was able to become one of the most sought after smartphones on the global market in an incredibly short period of time.

The coffee chain posted fiscal third - quarter earnings excluding items of 55 cents a share, up from 43 cents a share in the year - earlier period.

The top line is monthly U.S. industrial production over two years ending in May, and the bottom line represents changes in Canadian exports of fabricated metals over the same period.

It debunks the idea that small business is a 30 - year - grind, and introduces the concept of building a business in just three - to - five years that can run for extended periods without the founder being physically there.

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

In fact, a recent Nielson study found that 70 percent of global consumers trust online reviews, up 15 percent within a four - year period.

Cash flow from operations — a key metric of financial health in the oil industry — came in at $ 7.4 billion for the quarter, matching the year - earlier 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.

In recent years, holiday traffic has consolidated to two periods of time: the Thanksgiving weekend and the week heading into Christmas.

In 2011, when Justin Woolverton began experimenting with a dessert of frozen Greek yogurt blended with fruit, he wasn't trying to start a business — much less one that would draw in revenue of $ 49 million in 2016, up almost 21,000 percent over a three - year perioIn 2011, when Justin Woolverton began experimenting with a dessert of frozen Greek yogurt blended with fruit, he wasn't trying to start a business — much less one that would draw in revenue of $ 49 million in 2016, up almost 21,000 percent over a three - year perioin revenue of $ 49 million in 2016, up almost 21,000 percent over a three - year perioin 2016, up almost 21,000 percent over a three - year period.

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 perioIn 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 perioin claims and claim adjustment expense reserve levels from period to period.

This was one of the best rates in the entire 10 year period:

Motor vehicles sales in Western Australia for the year to November are down 8.5 per cent on the same period last year, with sports utility vehicles the only part of the market that held up.

Their newest paper uses historical data from multiple countries to show that an increase in the ratio of household debt to gross domestic product over a three - to - four - year period predicts a decline in economic growth.

In one deal she put together, for example, a client swapped $ 250,000 worth of excess retail inventory for $ 100,000 worth of radio advertising over a four - year period.

I am pleased to announce that our Board of Directors declared a 7 % increase in our quarterly cash dividend to $ 0.77 per share, marking 14 consecutive years of dividend increases with a compound annual growth rate of about 10 % over that period.

Paul is a recipient of the annual Lawrence R. Klein award for the most accurate economic forecast over a four - year period among the approximately 50 participants in the

We then allow these graduates to stay in the country for a period of up to three years via Canada's Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP); tech companies Darren Meister, Kadie Ward and I interviewed in London told me how incredibly valuable these workers are.

In the periods since the stock market peaked for the year in January, and after its most recent top mid-March, utilities, traditionally a defensive group of companies, have been the best - performing sectoIn the periods since the stock market peaked for the year in January, and after its most recent top mid-March, utilities, traditionally a defensive group of companies, have been the best - performing sectoin January, and after its most recent top mid-March, utilities, traditionally a defensive group of companies, have been the best - performing sector.

WellCare's net income rose more than $ 100 million in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the same time period last year thanks to stellar growth in its Medicare business and much lower - than - expected medical costs for its Medicaid plan holders relative to their premiums.

However, its automotive gross margin, which doesn't include the sale of zero - emission vehicle credits, dropped to 13.8 % from 22.2 % in the same period last year.

Nissan sold about 9,000 Leaf cars in the first six months of the year, whereas Tesla sold more than 20,000 vehicles during the same time period.

«(For) a period of a couple of years, this company had been in waiting for a merger, which probably would've been the demise of T - Mobile's people and brand,» he told «The Brave Ones.»

Average annual core return on equity over a period is the ratio of: a) the sum of core income less preferred dividends for the periods presented to b) the sum of: 1) the sum of the adjusted average shareholders» equity for all full years in the period presented, and 2) for partial years in the period presented, the number of quarters in that partial year divided by four, multiplied by the adjusted average shareholders» equity of the partial year.

Outside of the 1992 - 97 period, the employment rate for this group has been at lows not seen in the nearly 40 years of data that is available:

NFIB found that a net 23 percent of respondents raised wages in the three months prior to September, a 5 percentage point increase compared with the same period a year earlier.

Operating expenses were $ 287.0 million, compared to $ 262.6 million for the same period in the prior year, primarily reflecting increased investment in the commercialization of VIVITROL and ARISTADA.

«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.

In October, NASA extended the two - year service period for the module — which is used for storage — to remain part of the space station until at least 2021.

People who felt like their lives had meaning had a 15 % lower risk of death in a 14 year period, compared to those who said they felt aimless.

After pulling back on its holiday season hiring in anticipation of weaker sales this year, Macy's (m) said on Friday it will hire another 7,000 temporary workers, citing a strong number of shopper visits so far this Christmas period.

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.

This is the third and most extreme mass bleaching event in 18 years to strike the Great Barrier Reef, and in each case, the areas that suffered the worst bleaching were the areas where the water was hottest for the longest period of time, Hughes said.

Newly available data from the Taxi and Limousine Commission that was analyzed by the New York Daily News shows total trips in the first half of 2015 were down 10 percent to 77 million, compared to same period last year.

Net sales of ARISTADA were $ 29.2 million, compared to $ 18.0 million for the same period in the prior year, representing an increase of approximately 62 %.

What's more, the news - reading public has grown accustomed to announcements of multi-million-dollar investments over the last 15 years, a period of extremely active venture capital funding, which reached new highs in 2015.

IHS believes GM could add about $ 439 million in profit over the same three - year time period, while Gartner thinks auto makers will be earning up to 10 per cent of their revenue from connected services by 2020.