Sentences with phrase «strong this year at»

Still, it's mostly been another strong year at the box office for Disney.

Hardly anyone knows what to make of the 20 - year - old with a coral formation for hair and three strong years at Louisiana - Lafayette on his resume.

In 2014, he failed to qualify for the games, but returned strong this year at the Pacific Regional with a 267 - pound snatch, helping him come in fourth overall.

It promises to be (another) very strong year at the Slamdance Film Festival this year with a lineup packed solid with compelling new talent and idiosynchratic stories hoping to pull audiences up the hill from Sundance.

Earnings - per - share growth is already strong this year at 73.90 %.

Not exact matches

Qualtrics's co-founders have strong BYU connections: CEO and co-founder Ryan Smith, who ranks at number 12 on this year's Fortune 40 Under 40 list, was a business student there until he dropped out to work on Qualtrics full - time.

«Strong economic momentum and accelerating price and wage gains should lead to three more Fed rate hikes this year,» Kathy Bostjancic, head of U.S. macro investor services at Oxford Economics USA, wrote in response to the survey.

«CBS and Ten have had a strong relationship for a number of years; we are very excited about further developing that relationship... at this critical time,» said Ten CEO Paul Anderson.

«At the time, I felt finding these was a good thing for everyone,» recalls Karpelès, now 32, his French accent still strong after nearly nine years in Japan.

«As firms attempt to adapt to ever - changing political and technological circumstances, global M&A (mergers and acquisitions) has stuttered over the summer, following a strong showing in the first half of the year,» Jonathan Klonowski, research editor EMEA at Mergermarket, said in a statement.

In a sign of just how strong demand for eggs is this year, separate data from the US Department of Agriculture showed there were 385.6 million laying hens in the US at the start of March, the highest over a comparable period in at least a decade.

China's economy expanded at a steady 6.7 % in the third quarter and looks set to hit Beijing's full - year target, fueled by stronger government spending, record bank lending and a red - hot property market that are adding to its growing pile of debt.

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.

Equities benefited from strong economic data and solid corporate earnings growth at the start of the year.

Given the low unemployment rate, anecdotal evidence from a variety of companies, and alternative measures such as the Atlanta Fed wage tracker showing stronger growth, wage growth may not be back at precrisis levels, but the trend over the past year shows wages are certainly headed in the right direction.

(Free cash flow on a per share basis is up 2 % year - over-year and stands at a strong $ 559 million for the quarter, despite a very high debt ratio of about 78 %.)

Your bones are at their strongest and densest when you're 30 years old.

But ultimately the dollar, because our country is going to get so much stronger economically, if you look at what's happened to our country over the — look, I've been talking about this with you for 25 years.

The finance sector's allure has held strong at the University of Virginia's McIntire School, where 47.8 % of students accepted jobs in the field in 2014, nearly the same number as last year, said Tom Fitch, McIntire's associate dean for career services and employer relations.

Kostin also outlined three strategies: Secular growth, or companies where sales growth is expected to rise at least 10 percent for multiple years without high valuations; firms that are investing in capital expenditures and research and development; and companies with a strong chance to be acquired.

The strong start to 2018 enabled the aerospace giant to raise its full - year earnings forecast by 50 cents, to a range of $ 16.40 to $ 16.60 per share, while maintaining its revenue outlook at a range of $ 96 billion to $ 98 billion.

This new figure puts Spotify in a strong position for its plans for a direct listing, which the Wall Street Journal reported could take place at some point this year.

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.

«Colonial links are very strong; it is incredibly how strong they still are given the years that have passed,» Ravi Bhatia, a director at Standard & Poor's who specializes in Africa, told CNBC on Monday.

Merlin's Midway London Division saw strong trading at the beginning of the year, thanks to an increase in tourists attracted by the favourable exchange rates.

Looking at particular stocks, the French firm Carrefour reported a stronger performance for the second quarter of the year on Thursday and kept its 2017 sales growth outlook.

«Overseas Development Aid from Europe is still focused on former colonies, but it is becoming less and less biased... Colonial links are very strong; it is incredible how strong still are, given the years that have passed,» Ravi Bhatia, a director at Standard & Poor's who specializes in Africa, told CNBC this week.

If a seller can present — or the executive can see — a strong payback, the executive can have a look at all the budgeted projects in a given year and rob Peter to pay Paul.

High - yield, or junk, issuance, also has been strong at $ 224.3 billion, though it is nearly 9 percent off last year's total for the same period, according to SIFMA.

Though not entirely attributed to accessories, Leon's 2015 revenues were strong at $ 2.03 billion, a 1.2 % increase from the year before.

Funds run by stock pickers would need to post at least a year of strong outperformance to rekindle the interest of advisors who are now more focused on costs, he said.

Craig Alexander, chief economist for the Conference Board of Canada, said the country had the strongest growth in the G7 last year, but is now entering 2018 on a soft note at an increasingly uncertain time.

«With the modest economic recovery of the past few years, finance functions are preparing the enterprise for challenges that could materialize at any time by working to preserve margins and by sustaining a strong focus on working capital management,» said a Protiviti managing director in a release.

This will create stronger team bonding, encourage feedback from multiple sources and, at the same time, provide direction to everyone for the new year.

Having topped our Niche Jobs Ranking in prior years, it makes a strong entrance in this year's ranking at # 3.

At the same time, companies, particularly large ones, are facing stronger economic headwinds than in the past few years.

«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.

Michael Pettis, a professor of finance and economics at Peking University, is an expert in the Chinese economy, and he has argued for years that China's trade surplus with the United States and the rest of the world is driven by much stronger forces that the value of the Chinese currency or differences in tariff policy.

In 2009, Steve Maich, a reporter and editor with experience at Bloomberg, the National Post and Maclean's, assumed the editor's chair to create a Canadian Business that was entirely new, while at the same time the strongest reaffirmation in years of Sandy Ross's belief that business should be understandable and fun.

Don Hooker, an equity research analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets, described the 48 - year - old Bush as a strong entrepreneur and visionary.

«I'm proud of what I created at American Apparel and am confident that, as its largest shareholder, I will have a strong relationship with the company in the years ahead,» he said in a statement.

Wage growth was also strong, growing 0.3 percent month - over-month (MoM), and leaving the year - over-year (YoY) rate at 2.2 percent.

The stock has lost roughly 40 % of its value year to date and now trades at just 11 times this year's expected earnings and just 0.8 times expected sales — despite posting strong top - and bottom - line growth.

You stated your interest in a city where you can grow your company to 50,000 employees over the next 20 years, a home base that can hold your interest... a strong sense of place, a rich cultural life, great transit systems, smart young people and plenty of infrastructure - ready land that is close to both the business center and top universities... density, walkability, and diversity... some of the nation's finest universities... tech - savvy millennials... Philadelphia, the birthplace of America, offers all of these desirable attributes at a more affordable cost.

Only 35 percent of HR professionals rated their organization's bench strength — the supply to fill critical leadership positions over the next three years — at any level of strength (slightly strong, strong, or very strong) and, on average, only 43 percent of positions could be filled by an internal candidate immediately.

«It was a difficult winter for manufacturers and it appears they are still hurting after the strong run in the dollar late last year,» said Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial in New York.

The Rockefeller Institute of Government, which released a new state revenue report on Monday, said that «The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted in late December 2017, created strong incentives for some high - income taxpayers to act fast and prepay their state and local income and property taxes to take advantage of the expiring tax breaks, namely the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which is capped at $ 10,000 per year as of January 1, 2018.»

Chinese manufacturing began the year strong, expanding at a healthy clip with a purchasing manager's index (PMI) reading of 51.3.

Analysts estimate that earnings growth will continue strong for the next few years, though they are not even accounting for the Bitcoin initiative at the Bank.

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