Sentences with phrase «said earlier this month»

St. Louis - based Anheuser - Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, said earlier this month it had cut its water use by 32 per cent in the last five years by sponsoring preservation initiatives in water basins critical to its breweries, and by installing U.S. Department of Agriculture real - time weather and crop water - use data meters on suppliers» farms.

Shares in Sky were largely unaffected by the decision, which had been widely expected after Bradley said earlier this month she was minded to intervene.

The minister said earlier this month that just because France decided to back the Spanish economy minister de Guindos as ECB vice president, it doesn't prejudge other choices France will make for other major European posts.

Amazon, which said earlier this month it would buy Whole Foods Market in a $ 13.7 billion deal, has dallied with both food delivery, through AmazonFresh, and meal kits, which deliver fresh ingredients and recipes to subscribers.

The central bank said earlier this month that gross domestic product will increase 1.9 % this year.

«It is more effective as a threat — if they sell, they have no threat,» Gundlach said earlier this month.

Randal Quarles, the Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision, said earlier this month the Fed has no policy toward regulation of bitcoin but «it certainly is something that is worth thinking about.»

Barclays CEO Jes Staley said earlier this month that operations will likely be shifted out of London as a result of the government's hard stance on Brexit.

The bank's CFO said earlier this month they're going to be reducing headcount further in their brokerage unit.

The company said earlier this month that it had already spent some $ 15 billion on clean energy as of 2014, and had committed to invest an additional $ 15 billion.

The Energy Information Administration said earlier this month that it expects U.S. coal production to fall 2 % to 749 million short tons in 2018, and fall another 2 % in 2019.

Apple said earlier this month that it's giving most of its staff a $ 2,500 bonus.

The country's foreign minister said earlier this month, in response to Trump's decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs, that China would have a «justified and necessary response» to any efforts to incite a trade war.

Daniele Nouy, the chair of the European Central Bank's supervisory board, said earlier this month that although the banks are in a much stronger position, there's still a «huge problem» with bad loans.

The memo also confirms news reports which said earlier this month that despite the Nunes memo's claims, the DOJ made the FISA court aware on multiple occasions of Steele's background and credibility, and the political motivations behind the dossier's funding.

Although the FCA said it would publish a detailed summary of the report in due course, Chair of the Treasury Select Committee Nicky Morgan said earlier this month there was an overwhelming case for publishing the full report, since it was now in the hands of a number of third parties.

The bank also said earlier this month that customers can not use its credit cards to buy cryptocurrencies.

It said earlier this month that oil prices would have to stabilize above current levels of $ 50 per barrel for producers to make any meaningful boost to oilfield plans.

«BP is continuing to plan for a lower oil price world,» chief executive Bob Dudley said earlier this month, adding that «I'm not expecting big shifts in prices anytime soon and a price of $ 50 a barrel looks like the right number to plan on for the rest of the decade.»

Greater Brisbane this year faces an oversupply of 8000 new dwellings this year as scheduled completions outstrip population - driven growth in demand, research group SQM said earlier this month.

Grab has said earlier this month that it has signed up more than 75 percent of all Uber drivers in Indonesia, but it doesn't have data for other markets.

«GM expects China's vehicle market to increase by 5 million units or more by 2020, representing growth of about 3 - 5 percent annually,» GM management said earlier this month.

Gundlach, who oversees more than $ 100 billion at Los Angeles - based DoubleLine, said earlier this month on an investor webcast that Fed officials want to show that they are not guided by the markets.

Snapchat, which recently changed its corporate name to Snap Inc., is preparing filings for a listing and aims to sell shares in the first quarter of next year, people familiar with the plans said earlier this month.

Adding to its woes, China's quality regulator said earlier this month that Tesla will start recalling almost 9,000 Model S cars to replace a bolt on the steering box.

(Spotify said earlier this month that it had 16 million paying subscribers and 60 million active users).

Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier this month that the production and delivery of the S - 400 system is being accelerated and Cavusoglu told reporters on Friday that «Russia is speeding up the process.»

The Web search and media company said earlier this month the IRS had denied its request for a private letter ruling on whether the spinoff of its stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant would be considered tax free.

Google itself had said earlier this month that searches on mobile devices outnumber searches on desktop computers in 10 countries, including the United States and Japan.

The Federal Housing Administration, a government agency that guarantees loans with down payments as small as 3.5 %, said earlier this month that it would drop the maximum loan limit in around 650 counties.

'' It's been frustratingly slow,» Ross said earlier this month, of Congress.»

More than 5,000 people have died in Syria since President Bashar al - Assad began a brutal crackdown in mid-March on anti-government protesters calling for his ouster, the United Nations said earlier this month.

«Our congregants come from all over the world and from every walk of life, from congressmen to taxi drivers,» Rauf said earlier this month in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations.

«I'm a little bit disappointed in Pope Francis that he hasn't, at least that I'm aware of, said much about unborn children, about abortion, and many people have noticed that,» Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, said earlier this month.

«After the season I saw a specialist in North Carolina, and he diagnosed it as a torn tendon and muscle in the toe,» McDuffie said earlier this month.

Twente's chairman Joop Munstermann said earlier this month that both Newcastle and Fulham were tracking the 24 - year - old but insisted over the weekend that no formal bids had been lodged.

Jim Harbaugh, who said earlier this month that Grant Perry is back working out with the team, says that the WR...

Klaus Hofmann, the Augsburg president, said earlier this month: «We will certainly not sell Baba for $ 20m.

Cech, 32, has said he is open to offers this summer after falling behind Thibaut Courtois in the pecking order, and Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said earlier this month that the keeper had «won the right to be part of a discussion and a decision» on his next destination.

Cazorla has not played for the Gunners since October last year and said earlier this month he almost lost his foot due to a serious infection.

Balotelli's agent, Mino Raiola, said earlier this month that the former Manchester City and Inter Milan striker would be «a bargain» in June when his contract with Nice is due to expire.

«It is the worst injury I have known, starting with a little pain in the Achilles and it has gone from worse to worse,» Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said earlier this month.

James, 23, said earlier this month that a move to Madrid represented his «life's dream» and on Tuesday, the 10 - time European champions made it a reality when they sealed his signature.

Conversely, Moreland Commissioner Makau Mutua said earlier this month that the Commission had unearthed potential criminality by 10 to 12 state lawmakers.

But Cuomo said earlier this month he doesn't expect to testify.

Deputy Commissioner John Miller said earlier this month that because the pope's visit will precede the United Nation's General Assembly and a planned trip of President Barack Obama to New York, police face «one of the most significantly challenging security environments maybe in the history of major policing.»

Pointing to his own family's roots as Italian immigrants, Cuomo said earlier this month, «You want to deport immigrants start with me, because I'm an undocumented person.»

«Normally name recognition is relevant when it has some connection to the endeavor,» Cuomo said earlier this month.

«My job is to win over the hearts, the minds and the voters of middle New York state,» he said earlier this month.

While the Conservatives have put more focus on budget cuts, shadow business secretary Ken Clarke said earlier this month that a Conservative government would not rule out raising taxes.