Sentences with phrase «strong a year ago»

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MusclePharm sales are smaller than they once were, but we're a much stronger company than we were a few years ago.

The Employee Benefit Research Institute tried to quantify this phenomenon a couple years ago, and it discovered that this urge is stronger than researchers had expected.

Thanks to strong segment growth, Apple's services business accounted for 12 % of trailing -12-month revenue, up from 9 % two years ago.

The sales numbers are staggering — signed contracts in April were 28 percent higher than a year ago, the strongest since 2005, according to RMLS, a real estate data firm.

Los Angeles saw even stronger prices, with $ 1 million buying about 620 square feet, compared with about 657 square feet a year ago.

«It's hard to understand why the BOJ is still cautious about adopting a price - stability target,» Kuroda wrote, eight years ago, before the central bank was strong - armed this year into adopting a binding inflation target of 2 percent.

Years ago some observers advised entrepreneurs to seek out influential bloggers with strong followings and offer a product or some other noncash benefit in exchange for a mention or link.

When tech entrepreneur Kieran Snyder analyzed performance reviews done by a diverse group of managers at a variety of companies a few years ago, she found that constructive feedback given to women included strong elements of «negative personality criticism» that were all but absent from the suggestions for men.

I joined Uber because I love the product — and that love is as strong today as it was when I booked my very first ride six years ago.»

I consider the content strong, based on my first Harvard talk a couple years ago.

When we established AI+R nearly two years ago, our primary goal was to accelerate the adoption of AI innovations from research into product, and the changes we are making today reflect our strong progress.

Dark matter was first proposed more than 70 years ago to explain why the force of gravity in galaxy clusters is so much stronger than expected.

U.S. oil demand in August was slightly stronger than previously estimated, but still down nearly 1 percent from a year ago, the U.S. government said Wednesday.

«In a scenario in which corporate prices returned to the same levels as four years ago, corporate revenues could grow 15 percent, driving a strong fundamental backdrop for the industry and an even better outlook,» added Didora.

Though she considers herself a «strong people - minded manager» at a firm nationally recognized for its generous family benefits, she was torn when a few years ago a senior manager requested a three - month paternity leave at a crucial time in a significant project.

Still, the strong growth for Adidas in the second quarter, which builds on a 21.8 % increase a year ago after two years of declines, implies the turnaround story has got some traction.

Our very first game that we released almost five years ago, Kingdoms of Camelot is still going very strong today with hundreds of thousands of people playing it every month.

These coupon sites allow customers to purchase discounted gift certificates for goods or services, and while the craze has died down from a few years ago, the marketing model is still going strong.

Orders also remained strong, with combined net orders in the third quarter for the Model S and Model X rising 68 percent from the same period a year ago.

When I plunged into the startup scene four years ago, I brought an extremely strong work ethic and a lot of audacity to the CEO role, but I lacked the necessary experience and discipline to be highly productive.

«Within our new Environmental Services segment, incinerator utilization in the first quarter was seasonally strong at 87 %, while landfill volumes rose 58 % from the same period a year ago, driven by a large project and higher base business,» McKim said.

On a strong growth track now, the CEO returned his aunt's stock three years ago and recently began returning his father's bonds as well.

Tyson Foods (TSN) bought Hillshire Brands for $ 8.5 billion two years ago and that brand is expected to have seen strong sales in the most recent quarter, while Tyson's chicken business also likely benefitted from higher margins thanks to cost - cutting measures.

More than 40 years ago, the Magna founder decided his company would experience higher productivity and less labour strife — and, as a result, faster growth — if its workers got some of the financial benefits of strong performance.

Two and a half years ago, Canadians gave our Government a strong mandate: a mandate to protect jobs and our economy; a mandate to keep taxes low; a mandate to make our families and communities safe.

We had a period like that a year or two ago, when GDP growth was estimated to be quite low but other indicators, like business survey results and employment growth, were pointing to stronger outcomes.

The overall bank's revenues of $ 21.6 billion — up 6.4 % from a year ago and the highest in nine quarters — got a boost from strong mortgage banking results.

«Since CNBC began producing NBR five years ago, the program has seen strong growth in viewership and has become a destination for some of the best storytelling in business news,» said Nikhil Deogun, Senior Vice President and Editor in Chief, CNBC Business News.

A year ago, Canadian equities posted strong returns of 6.7 per cent while the TSX Composite Index posted a return of 5.5 per cent.

Another correction similar to the one 10 years ago could conceivably wipe out a lot of money around the world, and it's then that the investment case for gold would become strongest.

«Our first quarter revenue represented the strongest first quarter performance in Stifel's history, as net revenue of $ 750 million increased by 11 % from the same quarter a year ago.

A: You are always going to find many different opinions among economists but there is a general awareness that financial instability is not self - curative and that strong action is necessary in the face of financial panic, that is a more settled idea today than it would [have been] five years ago.

Some years ago Mundell, looking at economy sizes, growth rates, percent invested overseas, etc., concluded that a dollar / euro relationship between $ 1.20 and $ 1.30 could be considered normal, or neither to strong nor too weak for either country.

Since NEC's inception thirteen years ago, our funds have demonstrated strong performance through multiple market cycles and regulatory changes.

As I noted last month, the strongest reason to normalize monetary policy was to reduce speculative risks, but the proper time to have done that was years ago.

Taking a look at our longer - term gross margin trends, it's important to note that this quarter's 10 basis point improvement was against the 50 basis point improvement a year ago, with both front - end and pharmacy cycling strong margins.

As recently as six months ago, many investors expected the dollar to continue its rally of the past few years based on stronger economic growth, via Trump's agenda items, and tighter monetary policy by the Federal Reserve.

The deficit was still 13.6 percent smaller than the ¥ 1.09 trillion deficit recorded a year ago, as exports grew 12.2 percent to ¥ 6.09 trillion helped by strong demand for hybrid cars and semiconductor production machinery from China.

Snap is coming off of a strong quarter in which revenue popped 72 % from the year - ago quarter, to $ 285.7 million, and non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) net loss per share came in at $ 0.13.

Since he began co-running this global value fund eight years ago, the consistently strong returns have attracted a large client base and fund assets have grown to 660mn USD.

Growth in Australia's export volumes has remained weak over the past year or so, despite strong growth in global demand and world commodity prices, with total exports virtually unchanged from four years ago (Graph 31).

Many investors know that central bank policies have not generated the fundamental economic results they once hoped for... the expected evidence failed to materialize years ago... but as long as markets remain strong, so does their faith.

NOON: With Ford reporting a 7.4 % decline in year - over-year sales rate, on 150,541 light vehicle deliveries, Detroit 3 automakers saw sales fall a collective 5.3 % versus same - month year - ago, despite strong growth from Fiat Chrysler.

As was the case one year ago, the March quarter witnessed a strong rally in world stock markets, with very few countries experiencing losses.

«One strong indicator of who Guy is as a person and as a fair - minded and effective business leader is that people who partnered or invested with him years ago, in some cases all the way back to 1981 with Chauvco Resources, keep coming back to invest with him again,» says Mike Tims, member of the DBLA selection committee and past recipient (2007).

It's not as bleak as it was a few years ago, but the outlook still isn't as strong as it was when this generation's parents were making their first home purchases.

Around four years ago, Blackstone Mortgage Trust completed an equity offering, raising $ 660 million in growth proceeds — a strong indication of the growth potential of the simple floating rate senior mortgage business plan.

A year ago, eurozone observers were looking at deflation numbers, a lackluster economy and a stronger euro.

The majority of schools in Brevard were built more than 50 years ago, Theodore explained, meaning they won't be as strong as newer facilities that can withstand upwards of 150 mph winds.

Despite strong support for sending federal Conservatives to Ottawa, Alberta is now a much more progressive and moderate province than it was 20 years ago, when a young Mr. Kenney was roaming the halls of the Legislature as the spokesperson for the taxpayers federation.