After months of missile and nuclear tests that raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Kim suddenly extended an olive branch,
saying in his New Year's address on Jan. 1 that he would prepare for his country's participation in the Feb. 9 - 25 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics hosted by South Korea.
So as
I said in my New Year Resolution in the last post, I will try to eat more real foods — foods that are as close to their natural state as possible — and less processed foods (i.e. foods that come in boxes and packages with too many weird ingredients that are impossible to pronounce!)
That's a lot more than other free agents can
say in the new year.
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams
said in his new year's message: «The economic and political dynamics of the 21st century point to greater cooperation and harmonisation.
I thank you, each and every Ghanaian, and God almighty for the privilege,» Mr. Mahama
said in a New Year message.
Supporting Labour would take the country backwards and jeopardise the recovery, the Conservative leader
said in his new year message.
«I don't see him making the moral decision to run against [Gov. Paterson],» the veteran Harlem congressman
said in a New Year's Day interview.
«We must examine critically the track records and manifestoes of the contending parties before we make our choices in the election,»
he said in a New Year message to Ghanaians.
Islamist terrorism is the biggest challenge facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel has
said in her New Year message.
Not exact matches
-- Although neither side of the deal provided any revenue figures, Axel Springer
said the site's revenue is growing at about 50 % per
year, and if it hadn't invested
in its
new vertical Tech Insider it would have already broke even.
More than half have updated their resumes
in the past three months, and 43 %
say they are more likely to consider a
new job offer now than they were a
year ago.
«I'm working to create a space where it feels easy to include and imagine black girls and make black girls like me the main characters of our lives,» Dias
said at Forbes» Women Summit
in New York City last
year.
LONDON — Pierre Andurand, a leading oil fund manager,
said that lack of investment
in new production could lead to a situation where $ 300 per barrel oil is «not impossible» within the next few
years, Bloomberg reported.
«We have to compete with all the other clubs that are investing, that are offering much more money,»
says Piqué, 31, who signed a
new four -
year contract
in January.
Fourteen -
year - old Kaylee's step mom Ally Olsen gave
new meaning to the
saying, «Before you criticize someone, walk a mile
in their shoes.»
«You have got this 10 -
year vision and you know where you want to go... that's why you started a company,»
said Tilenius, speaking at the Vanity Fair Founders Fair
in New York City recently.
«While we do not believe that either of these
new sweeteners / flavoring agents will be the natural, great - tasting and calorie - free «silver bullet» that the industry has been waiting for, we believe it is possible that they will be able to drive interest, engagement and potentially sales growth because of the massive consumer / societal need to reduce sugar and enhance healthiness,» Ali Dibadj, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein,
said in a note last December that previewed sweetener innovations expected this
year from Coke and Pepsi.
The reason why Tanzania did better than us
in 2017 is because their hotels are brand
new and modern while our hotels are 40
years old,» he
said during an interview on a local TV programme.
«During the Trump Administration, we will shift from playing defense at the FCC to going on offense,» Ajit Pai
said in December last
year, a month before president - elect Donald Trump appointed him as the
new chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
«We're pretty much back to where we were at the beginning of the
year, so a lot of the dollar weakness has been pretty much wiped out,»
said Sireen Harajli, foreign exchange strategist at Mizuho
in New York.
CBS
says it is looking into recent allegations made by actress Ariane Bellamar that actor Jeremy Piven, who stars
in its
new drama series Wisdom of the Crowd, sexually assaulted her on the set of the HBO series Entourage several
years ago.
Thanks to the recession,
in 2009 consumers used coupons at a faster clip than they did the
year before — the first increase
in coupon redemption
in 17
years,
says a
new study by Inmar Inc., a company that processes coupon transactions.
«For electric vehicles
in China, we have a
new technology model every two
years,»
says Dong Yang, a high - ranking Communist Party official at the China Association of Automotive Manufacturers, the auto lobby.
The professional matchmaking process lets health systems find doctors with specific credentials (
say, an internal medicine specialist with five
years» experience who is free to work at a
New York — area hospital
in July) and vice-versa.
The decision will «destruct some demand for
new projects
in the next two
years,» Bromley
said.
«
In connection with our transactions with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks last year, we reaffirmed this resolve, stating that we expected to hire 20,000 new employees at Charter, many in customer service,» the company said in a statement on March 2
In connection with our transactions with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks last
year, we reaffirmed this resolve, stating that we expected to hire 20,000
new employees at Charter, many
in customer service,» the company said in a statement on March 2
in customer service,» the company
said in a statement on March 2
in a statement on March 24.
In an interview late last
year, Patrick Nangle — who recently took the helm at Vancouver ride - sharing co-op Modo after
years of running Purolator —
said one of the best things about his
new job is that he now gets to spend a lot more time talking to people on the front lines.
Shapiro
said Seeso will launch more than 20 original programs
in its first
year alone and that more
new shows and acquisitions will be announced soon.
The first female CEO
in Lloyd's of London's 328 -
year history, Beale
says reverse mentorship is what has helped her company to think outside the box when it comes to
new ideas.
The
New York Times, for example,
says ebook sales fell by 10 %
in the first five months of this
year, according to the Association of American Publishers, which collects data from nearly 1,200 publishers.
In a New York Times article last year, Perdue compared Trump to Winston Churchill, the former UK prime minister, saying that like the legendary World War II - era leader, Trump was «nobody's choir boy» and «a historic person of destiny at a time and place in America when we've got to make a right - hand turn here.&raqu
In a
New York Times article last
year, Perdue compared Trump to Winston Churchill, the former UK prime minister,
saying that like the legendary World War II - era leader, Trump was «nobody's choir boy» and «a historic person of destiny at a time and place
in America when we've got to make a right - hand turn here.&raqu
in America when we've got to make a right - hand turn here.»
«For
years, I've been
saying Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature was the best book I'd read
in a decade,» writes Gates, who is clearly a long - time Pinker fan, but he continues, «his
new book, Enlightenment Now, is even better.»
The firm also notes that a recent report from the
New York Fed, which we wrote about here, discusses the role that electronic and automated trading could be playing
in the bond market, particularly how these dynamics may have exacerbated the bond «flash crash,» an event JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
said is the kind of thing that happens «once every 3 billion
years or so.»
«Taking a look at a country like
New Zealand — number four
in the ranking — we can see the impact of a program they implemented 10
years ago,»
says Farrington.
Thanks to the
new law, the largest tech companies repatriated more than $ 470 billion
in cash from their overseas holdings at the beginning of the
year, Materne
said, adding that the mass movement «should result
in a bottomless well of capital to fuel a significant wave of software M&A.»
This
year, at least, will be «promising» with potential
new blockbuster therapies expected to be approved
in China that will come with affordable price tags,
said Credit Suisse
in a sector note
in January.
A
new report
says state tax revenues increased
in the final three months of last
year as the improving economy boosted income and sales taxes receipts.
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.
Carretta
says learning how to build the infrastructure for operations like the one
in Nevada, where recreational weed was legalized last
year, and medical dispensaries like one
in New York, will help the company take advantage of new markets more quickly moving forwa
New York, will help the company take advantage of
new markets more quickly moving forwa
new markets more quickly moving forward.
The idea that underperforming sectors eventually outperform is not
new, but last
year's dogs are tending to rebound more rapidly than
in the past,
says Ratner.
If we know that the global network will only spread
in the
years to come, it goes without
saying that well - managed digital strategies should be among the priorities on the list of your
New Year business resolutions.
Jim Koch
said attitudes are changing, at least among beer industry insiders, and he believes American craft brewers can bring something
new to a market that hasn't seen much innovation
in recent
years, limited
in part by the Reinheitsgebot.
Durban, who
says he spent about half his time over two
years on Skype matters, focused on bringing
in new management.
Hasbro
said it intends to announce details of its 50th anniversary plans during this
year's fair
in New York on Feb. 16 - 19.
It
said Exxon has 40
years of experience developing LNG projects
in Qatar, Indonesia and
New Guinea and now wants to develop one
in Canada.
Mong
said that HP researches found no
new mobile ransomware samples
in January 2014, but by November last
year saw 183
new types of ransomware, attacking Android devices.
Guerra
said he thought the chain could continue to open
new locations «for the next 10
years» and «have a store
in every world capital.»
«Buyer interest stayed elevated
in most areas thanks to mortgage rates under 4 % for most of the
year and the creation of 1.7 million
new jobs edging the job market closer to full employment,»
said Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist.
Almost half of
new startups fail within five
years, and the reason is clear: As 42 percent of failed entrepreneurs
said in one survey, there wasn't a market need for their products.
Others, such as 26 -
year - old Andrew Schrage, co-owner of Money Crashers, a personal - finance site
in New York,
say that crafting a simple outline works wonders.