Sentences with phrase «several long years»

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Asked at the time how long he had been planning the investment, Krzanich said, «We've been working on this factory for several years.

The path forward may be complex but the challenge Ontario faces today is clear: It can no longer ignore the reality that the conditions for much greater financial pain are beginning to emerge and poised to take hold over the next several years.

«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.

On average, a broker who connects a small business with a healthcare provider collects between 4 and 8 percent of the company's health premiums — fees that translate to several hundred dollars or more per employee per year, and keep coming in for as long as the business customer continues to maintain coverage.

But after several years of experiencing tropical weather all year long, with a simple, non-materialistic lifestyle, healthy living, and business opportunities that far exceed the coastal opportunities in the U.S., I'd never go back.»

«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.»

«For the supermajors, the U.S. shales may be just the portfolio medicine needed to repair short -, mid - or long - term portfolio damage as a result of the last several years of severe exploration cutbacks,» Brian Lidsky, managing director at PLS, said in a briefing on 2017 dealmaking.

Bossio did several prison stints, the longest of which was 12 years at multiple prisons including New York's Rikers Island for a bank robbery.

While builders are selling more units than in the last several years, we're still a long way from the boom years.

A Tesla spokesperson told Mercury News, «While we can always do even better, the BBB numbers are based on a tiny number of customer issues dating back several years, most of which were resolved a long time ago.

With speculation mounting that Twitter (twtr) will soon have a new corporate owner, the 10 - year - old social networking service — which has long struggled to define its core purpose — may end up heading in one of several distinctly different directions depending on who ends up paying for it.

Over the last several years, consumers worldwide have fallen victim to waiting too long to pre-order new Apple hardware, leaving them with two options: wait a few more weeks until it reaches their homes or stand in line on launch day in hopes of getting one at an Apple store, third - party retailer, or carrier.

And when you're tasked with building and launching spacecraft millions or even billions of miles from Earth, on missions that take several years, long - term planning is pretty critical.

White & Case has a long - established relationship with Aramco, having advised on several of its projects in recent years.

These are just two examples in a long list of similar patent skirmishes, going back several years.

It has long been speculated that Nordstrom would be interested in the Toronto Eaton Centre location, one of several that Sears has agreed to vacate in recent years in return for large payments from its landlords.

The company launched in 2005 and spent several years testing the system in the independent - living units of long - term - care facilities.

«In the long run, we always choose organic, but in the short run, we realize it may take several years to get there,» he wrote on Inc.com.

For Jeff Austin, president and chief operating officer of Austin Travel Corp., a 225 - employee chain of travel agencies based in Melville, N.Y., his 10 - year - long relationship with his bank's loan officers has survived several rounds of bank mergers.

Instead investors with slightly longer investment horizons should use it a buying opportunity, particularly considering that several secular trends suggest that there are many more years of life in this cycle.

«Why spend money on wellness or disease management programs, programs which yield a return on investment only after several years, for a policyholder who probably isn't going to stick around long?»

For several years now we have advanced the idea that the current bull market could prove to be one of the longest in history.

Further, as Griffin took control, Tribune newspapers were still licking their serial wounds from several years of Sam Zell ownership, and then five long years of bankruptcy - court limbo.

Several years back, I had the opportunity to take a directed reading course from John Smithin. In addition to being a long - time member of the Progressive Economics Forum, John is a York University Professor in both the Department of Economics and the Schulich School of Business.

Likewise, purchasing commercial real estate or buying heavy equipment that will be depreciated over several years could be a better fit for a longer - term loan.

The Parliamentary Budget Office has been warning that the federal government has been running a «structural deficit» for several years now, and the Conservative government has been dismissing those warnings for just as long.

While it's hard to measure with data because we typically have a long sales cycle (several months to years before closing a client), we know from a lot of anecdotal evidence that our videos have played a significant role in keeping Stone Temple top - of - mind along the customer journey.

And so, when we think about the medium to long term for this company, there are several growth engines underneath that that we think can help sustain attractive growth rates for some years to come.

The thrust of his argument is that interest rates need to go up as the Fed's been «adding enormous policy accommodation over the past several years» and, even while they've long been missing their inflation target on the downside, there's a risk of getting «significantly behind the curve.»

Over the past several years we have seen a few amazing moves in futures positioning in a number of commodities, such as e.g. in crude oil, where the by far largest speculative long positions in history have been amassed.

For Americans, the economy is likely to remain sluggish for several years, but the long - term outlook isn't nearly as bad as the pessimists say

Variable annuities continued a long slide in 2017, but Morningstar is finding hope in several factors this year.

Over the last several years, private equity and other investment managers have been compensated with «carried interest,» which allow them to claim long - term gains rather than salaries.

As a result, T - Mobile has added more customers per quarter than any other wireless carrier for several years running, as the resulting competition put an end to numerous, nasty industry tactics including overcharging for international roaming, to obnoxious fees and long - term contracts.

One of the most important is the transition we're making from promotions built around a construct that features 1 or 2 specific dishes, which worked well for a long time, but has grown increasingly less effective over the past 2 years to a promotional construct that's built around a culinary or value theme and highlights several dishes or one or more menu categories.

While growth stocks have been the market darlings over the last several years, value stocks have beaten their shinier, sexier cousins over the long term.

Several years ago the racing industry looked into the idea of privitisation and it was agreed that as long as WA racing was not worse off under a private ownership, it should support the sale.

Karen and George missed several massive drops along the way, no longer fearful that their years of savings would diminish before their eyes.

Hicks had been contemplating leaving the White House for several weeks and told friends that she was relieved to finally announce her move... She felt three years was a long time to work in the whirlwind of the Trump orbit, with crises occurring by the day and sometimes by the hour, and was eager to try something new and return home to her family in Connecticut.

It's because How To Engineer Your Layoff is something I created and no longer touch, except once every several years with an update.

Nobody should be surprised that after having totally missed the fourth longest and fifth most powerful bull market of the last 100 years, the bears draped into professor Shiller's CAPE would decide to do a more thorough inspection of the fabric that made them so comfortable and confident during the past several years but which is making them feel totally naked now.

Based on long - term historical trends, history would suggest the US banking industry will remain quite vibrant and financially stable for the next several years.

We believe in the years ahead, after a long period of market competition, one or several versions of Bitcoin will be widely adopted.

The way that interest rates gradually turned upward over several years despite the relentless downward pressure applied by the central bank suggests that we are dealing with the end of a very long - term decline.

Details are scarce at this point, but Bloomberg writes that «Apple is seeking contracts to secure several thousand metric tons of cobalt a year for five years or longer.»

He also noted Macy's «has seen significant pressure on sales / margins for several years, [and] they no longer make much money as a retailer.»

This possibility is called retirement date risk.1 You might determine that you have to work several years longer as a result while you wait for the stock market to recover.

Recent drug approvals provide a strong path for long - term growth, and we expect that its largest drug, Eylea, will be sustainable for at least several more years.

You're right.I've been in this business over 30 years and have seen advice for the past several years that our market is ready for a correction; but as long as we have high immigration with many wealthy buyers it won't happen.

When it comes down to it, in a stock market that is feeling more uncertain and volatile than it has in several years, and when income vehicles are priced at a premium, there's a certain wisdom (or at least well - studied prudence) in considering a slightly lower dividend in exchange for the potential for greater stability and long - term return.