Sentences with phrase «slow this year as»

Emerging economies are set to slow this year as the U.S. Federal Reserve begins raising interest rates and there's a rising protectionist rhetoric in advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund warned on Monday.

It's slower every year as the IRS moves resources from processing mail in returns to encourage people to eFile.

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The approval time for products with health claims can be as along as three years in Canada, much slower than the FOSHU regulatory system in Japan or similar setups in Europe.

The upheaval at Ford underlines pressure on all three Detroit automakers to prove they can avoid losses as the U.S. market begins to slow from last year's record sales.

More than once in the intervening years, Minhas has faced challenges she describes as anything but fair: regulatory hurdles slowing her products» spread, retail monopolies denying access to their store shelves and larger competitors muscling in on her turf.

New car sales in Western Australia started the 2018 financial year in the slow lane, falling 8 per cent in July as national sales continued to rise.

So the firm expects earnings - per - share growth to slow in the second half of the year as the positive effect wears off.

In addition to getting rid of the potential for so - called fast and slow lanes on the internet, as allowed by a federal court last year, the proposal would provide consumers with stronger privacy protections.

Warren retired from eHarmony in 2007 but came back as CEO after five years to turn around the business, whose growth was slowing in the face of increasing competition.

The IMF predicts the global economy will expand 3.5 % in 2015 — about the same as last year, but dramatically slower than the 5 % rates that preceded the financial crisis.

It was a record for the second quarter of the year, as the summer months are usually slow for Netflix, and the company even bucked normal seasonality trends by posting sequential growth over the first quarter.

And, AWS's revenue growth appears to be slowing, in part because it's hard for such a huge business — AWS is expected to earn $ 16 billion this year — to grow as fast as its younger, smaller incarnation.

STOCKHOLM / LONDON, March 26 (Reuters)- Spotify, the world's top selling music streaming service, expects revenue to grow 20 - 30 percent this year as currency swings slow the pace from 2017, it said on Monday, as it gears up for a highly anticipated stock market listing next week.

Getting «slow» around this time of year is the same as a three martini lunch.

Federal spending cuts scheduled to begin next week would slow economic growth in the next year, though not nearly as much as going over the fiscal cliff might have, economists say.

The U.K. economy, which went into last year's referendum as the fastest - growing in the G7, is now the slowest - growing in the group.

So far rivals have not shown an ability to take advantage of Bloomberg's missteps; the company has continued to eke out additional market share even as its terminal sales have slowed to 1 % annual growth the past two years.

Other major U.S. food makers, such as Campbell Soup (CPB) and Kellogg (K), have closed factories in recent years as they struggle to deal with slower demand for processed and packaged foods, The Wall Street Journal said.

Given that growth may already be slowing, you can expect Snap to have a rough first year, especially as direct competition from Facebook's multiple platforms increases.

She predicts greater profitability next year as it slows its spending on original content and moves toward cash flow positive territory.

«In 2014, as in the years before but with an accelerated pace, we discharged legacy issues that were slowing us down,» he said.

Buyers say better - than - expected earnings, as well as lower prices at the pump and relatively positive economic data provide three powerful catalysts that should drive a slow churn higher into the end of the year.

The latest example came on Thursday, as Facebook shared how it worked with the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox teams over the last two years to tackle a problem that was slowing down the whole process of loading many common web pages, Facebook included.

As mortgage rates rise this year, home prices are also expected to keep rising, albeit at a slightly slower pace.

Virtual reality is certainly a big advancement, both technologically and for the entertainment industry, but analysts warn that despite the anticipated media blitz and proclamations that 2016 is the year of VR (and, perhaps, augmented reality as well, depending on what Microsoft does with Hololens), it's going to be a slow start.

Our sense is that in light of the oil shock and weak economic growth recorded in Canada this past year, the SEPH is likely telling the more accurate story, meaning we could see employment as measured by the LFS slow significantly during the first half of 2016.»

As the end of the year approaches, and the bad economic news shows no signs of slowing, many business owners find themselves in a similar predicament.

They quickly took significant market share in the first year in football and baseball cleats, but decided to slow down their move into the category after investing heavily in the training and running shoe markets and not making as much noise.

The company is increasing the price of Prime to $ 119 a year, up from $ 99, which could help it secure more revenue as its e-commerce sales growth slows.

Revenue growth has slowed as many companies sink more resources into developing the next blockbuster drug; what's more, the «patent cliff» for the last round of megabillion - dollar drugs — when generics firms typically see a sales spurt — happened a few years ago.

Samsung sold more phones than anyone else, but sales slowed and profits fell last year as other Android - phone manufacturers made similar devices at half the cost and Apple finally released two big - screen iPhone models.

The tour company, which operates Transat, missed expectations in its seasonally slow first quarter as its net loss attributable to shareholders was $ 6.6 million, compared with $ 32.1 million in the prior year.

It sees the economy as likely to expand 3.0 percent this year, slowing slightly from last year's 3.1 percent.

With the global economy slowing, the numbers might fall further and a five - year commitment may not be so appealing, although this may be offset in the future by Malaysia pulling out as F1 fans in the region would have only one nearby option.

The risk is that the economy needs monetary policy tightened to cool prices before industrial activity and retail sales regain momentum lost last year as the Chinese economy delivered its slowest full year of growth since 1999, at 7.8 percent.

But her passion for information, say several former executives, also sometimes slows major decisions, such as the development of Spire, which entered the market years after Coke's Freestyle.

Other Wall Street firms have resized their bond trading in the past year, as business has been slower than expected.

One of the former employees disputed this characterization of slow innovation, saying that the last couple of years had been spent building infrastructure features, which aren't as visible to the outside world.

Slow economic growth, increasing extreme weather events and volatility in capital markets made the insurance business tumultuous in recent years, with employees facing upheaval in their day - to - day roles as well as layoffs.

After four years of strong sales increases — and limited discounts — as the economy improved, U.S. demand for new cars and trucks is expected to slow this year.

Another person who left Dropbox last year said the company had become noticeably slower as it grew.

«All year this reading has been in focus as activity in the US manufacturing sector, particularly driven by a decline in oil - related activity and the strengthening of the US dollar, has slowed,» Business Insider markets editor Myles Udland reports.

«For wedding locations that are popular wedding destinations — think Hawaii or Southern California — or locations where the weather is nice all year round, slow seasons as far as weddings are concerned are basically nonexistent,» said Christina Farrow, president and co-founder of planning site AislePlanner.com, who previously ran a wedding planning firm in Hawaii.

«China's economic growth has slowed over the past few years... but economic growth has rebounded this year, with GDP reaching 6.9 % in the first half, and may achieve 7 % in the second half,» Zhou was quoted as saying at the G30 International Banking Seminar in Washington on Sunday.

It's a tried - and - true tactic, but one that hurt the company as the U.S. toy market overall was slowing down, dropping 4 % last year, according to market researcher NPD Group.

A weaker U.S. dollar, down about 3.2 percent from the same time last year, is also providing support, as is slower U.S. supply growth following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

While Barnes & Noble's business has stabilized as the growth of e-books has slowed, the retailer has pulled back on its Nook e-reader business and last year spun off its college bookstore division, putting fresh pressure on the company to prove it can make its core bookselling business grow again.

The net effect is likely to be slower growth in tax revenues in the first quarter of 2018, and a possible fall in revenues as the year progresses.

The U.S. tech giant notified suppliers that it had decided to cut the first - quarter production target to around 20 million units, in light of slower - than - expected sales in the year - end holiday shopping season in key markets such as Europe, the U.S. and China.

In late 2008, after Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast, Tysh Mefferd's 10 - year - old wedding paper business drastically slowed as the region's economy sputtered.