Sentences with phrase «since last year by»

Venturing into other corners of China's financial system, LeEco has raised $ 2.4 billion since last year by selling shares or debt convertible into shares in its various privately owned affiliates.

And on the same date, British Airways will kick off new daily flights linking Oakland with London Gatwick — a route served since last year by Norwegian.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has been targeted since last year by the White Coat Waste Project for its use of dogs in medical testing.

Although, Kids eBooks have dramatically fallen since last year by almost 50 % and they explain why.

«This is par for the course for Dish, which has deliberately derailed 10 renewal negotiations since last year by engaging in unproductive discussions and contentious public battles.»

«Rather, growth in disposable income (and thus in consumption) has been sustained since last year by another $ 1.4 trillion in tax cuts and extended transfer payments, implying another $ 1.4 trillion of public debt.»

Not exact matches

«Global levels of debt across all sectors rose by $ 21 trillion last year accounting for more than 80 % of the total $ 25 trillion increase since 2012.»

Sallie Mae also expanded its loan portfolio 20 percent to $ 18.6 billion since last year and increased loan origination by 7 percent to $ 2 billion.

«The total volume of small - business financing increased by 18 % over the same period last year, and reached the highest level since Feb. 2008, its latest data show».

It could be that because we've brought more cases in the last few years against some well - known names that that's interpreted as a crackdown, but that's simply more a reflection of the fact that time has gone by since we've updated the guides in 2009 to make it clear it applies to social media marketing.

We've grown by about 40 percent since last year's 30 Under 30 and now deliver about 5 million custom shirts per year.

It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

By contrast, stocks in the S&P 500 Apparel Retail Index are changing hands at the fastest clip since 2012 — an average of 700,000 times more a week than they did last year.

The virtual currency was the worst - performing currency of the year, plummeting by more than 56 percent since January and 72 percent since last November, according to Bloomberg.

In the first three months of the year, Goldman Sachs workers at the mega-bank saw their pay and benefits increased by roughly $ 23,578 since the same quarter last year, according to the bank's first quarter earnings release.

For example, a pledge made at CGI America last year by Detroit business incubator TechTown to help second - stage companies successfully transition from startups to sustainable businesses has raised $ 278,750 in funds, pulled in five new partners (including Kiva Detroit), and served more than 40 local entrepreneurs since June 2012.

Since 2010, Porsche has almost tripled its sales in China, where its sales trailed the U.S. last year by fewer than 100 vehicles.

With $ 6.8 million in sales last year, the company's environmentally friendly products are clearly gaining recognition, as its revenue has shot up by 588 percent since its founding in 2011.

Fueled by low prices, and an improving job market, consumption of gasoline in the U.S. rose by 2.6 per cent last year to 9.2 million barrels a day, the highest level since 2007, the government said.

Poor performance and high fees drove money out of the money managers» funds by about $ 70 billion last year, the biggest drop since 2009, according to data tracker HFR.

Since January, Apple's stock has fallen by 5 percent, and it's only up 23 percent over the last three years — two percentage points lower than the S&P 500.

A study last year by the C.D. Howe Institute suggested that one out of every 10 mortgage - indebted households in Canada was «extremely vulnerable» to an economic or financial shock — a figure that's likely only increased since.

The Canadian - born company's first major product since being acquired by Japan's Rakutan last year joins a slew of new tablets hitting the market this fall.

Simple math shows where Panera should focus first, and as a result, Panera has grown the size of its customer database by 45 percent since last year.

Since last year, the near - term price of WTI crude, in Canadian dollars, has dropped by almost $ 25 per barrel, and the long - term futures price by $ 10, when you take into account futures market prices for Canadian dollars as well.

Last year, the company, which was founded by CEO Bill Wade, saw its revenue tick up 18,888 percent since 2011, to more than $ 31 million.

The last of the year's four tennis Grand Slam tournaments crowns its champions this weekend and women's favorite Serena Williams is looking to make history by becoming the first woman to win all four Grand Slam events in the same calendar year since Steffi Graf in 1988.

The BLO, backed by the powerful and violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel, has tried to reassert control in Acapulco since late last year, clashing with local groups like the Independent Cartel of Acapulco (CIDA), according to The Associated Press.

The survey showed cash accounted for 47.6 percent of German transactions by volume last year, down from 53.2 percent three years earlier and below the half mark for the first time since polling started in 2008.

It's the first time that the streaming service — which has endured a rocky start since it was relaunched by rapper Jay Z early last year — has hit number one on the app rankings, a point that West himself championed on his ever - active Twitter account:

Chicken Fries have become a key item on Burger King's menu since their return last year, a comeback driven by demand from dedicated fans on social media.

Since then, reports have cautioned that iPhone 8 demand is low and the smartphone is even being outsold by last year's iPhone 7 in some markets.

That's why a brightening economic picture in 2013 (U.S. GDP grew by an average of 3.4 % in the second half of 2013 and job growth was the highest since the end of the recession) helped improve TravelCenters» performance and stock last year.

These are not views shared by the Liberal Democrats, who see last night's result as their biggest chance of recovery since their electoral wipe out last year.

Private money going to startups more than four years past their first funding round «has grown by a factor of 20 since 1992,» according to an academic paper published last year by the California Institute of Technology and Cornerstone Research.

Its stock has shot up by 40 % since last year, and it continues to book significant contracts around the world, including with the Swedish Transportation Authority, the Texas Railroad Commission and the State of California.

Both the public and Disney employees have been on increased alert regarding alligators since the death of 2 - year - old Lane Graves, who was snatched by an alligator last month while playing in a lake at a Disney resort.

But in September of last year, he became CEO of Calico, a controversial gig for an Apple director since Calico is funded by Google (GOOG).

Since launching Bioastra in 2008, she's grown her business from a one - woman operation to a team of 17 whiz - bang inventor - types; together, they've increased sales by 906 % in the last five years, landing the business at No. 82 on the 2017 PROFIT 500 ranking of Canada's Fastest - Growing Companies.

CNN noted that its growth doesn't look as impressive as its competitors in part because the network had a number of special presidential debates and town - hall events in the first quarter of last year that boosted its reach, so the rise since then is smaller by comparison.

Total giving by the top 50 philanthropists in America dropped 30 percent last year to the lowest amount since 2010.

While never mentioning Trump by name, Trudeau has often criticized the Republican Party's candidate for president since he became prime minister last year.

Since the middle of last year, the company's headcount has doubled to 35, and he hopes to bring that number to 50 by year end.

Indeed, the U.S. market for self - improvement eclipsed $ 9.9 billion in revenue last year, growing by more than 4 percent since 2011, according to Marketdata research.

What does matter is that a store like Holt Renfrew is doing brisk business not just in $ 5,000 suits (top brands like Givenchy and Cavali are up by about 300 % since last year) but also in tie clips and bow ties and, yes, even bracelets.

In the 10 years since he founded the Los Angeles - based Toms — whose revenue for the 12 months ending last June 30 was estimated by Moody's to be $ 392 million — Mycoskie has accumulated enough karmic capital to disappear for a week or two in pursuit of spiritual healing.

On top of that, the share of home sales made up by flips last year was the most in a decade, and the third most since 2000.

Lufax's initial offering has been highly watched by bankers since last year.

They've tripled in size since the opening of their first location; last year they went from 2 locations to 11 and they're estimating to go from 11 to 25 — 34 locations by the end of 2016.

Share prices of oil sands players are down by roughly half since the recession and have shown few signs of perking up for the last several years running.