Sentences with phrase «stronger years in the past»

There have been stronger years in the past for the shooter genre as a whole, but rarely have seen so much experimentation and so many unexpected surprises in the world of digital gunplay.

Not exact matches

Trying to bolster an industry that has not been in its strongest shape the past 40 years requires passion and love and care among everybody in the organization.

Limitedbrands has shown solid growth and profitability over the past year and a lot of that has to do with their strong performance in the Canadian marketplace.

Consumer price inflation hit 2.3 percent last month, shooting past the Bank of England's 2 percent target and its strongest in nearly three - and - a-half years.

«China's strong and sustained growth over the past several years has served as a linchpin for global trade, benefiting exporters of commodities and capital goods,» the fund said in a report.

Timeshare companies have been strong stock - market performers in the past year.

Mermaid Marine has enjoyed a strong recovery in its share price during the past fortnight after forecasting an increase in full - year pre-tax profit to $ 12 million.

The strong growth in coffee category sales over the past five years has been fueled by demand for cold coffee beverages, now estimated to contribute over 20 % of coffee sales in the U.S. Starbucks currently serves over 35 % of its coffee cold and expects this proportion to grow to 50 % by 2021.

If you're in Las Vegas, for example, a resurgent real estate market can be appealing — just know you're in competition with veterans who are stronger for surviving the past few years.

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.

The bearish sentiment in Asia followed a softer lead from Wall Street, which has led a global equities rally over the past year thanks to strong world growth fueling higher corporate earnings and stock valuations.

While the Dish Network's reach and power have weakened over the past few years just as Viacom's have, the satellite company is still in a somewhat stronger position than it used to be relative to the entertainment giant, because it knows that Viacom is already suffering from low viewership numbers, and that impacts its ad revenues.

Strong demand from overseas investors has led companies including Lloyds Banking Group Plc and KPMG to sell and lease back their London headquarters in the past year.

OPINION: Despite some widely publicised problems in the past year, Woolworths is emerging stronger in the supermarket face - off with major rival, Coles.

But the fact that China has lost more manufacturing jobs than the U.S. over the past 20 years is a strong indication that playing hardball with the Chinese isn't going to do anything to increase employment in the United States.

Facebook, which has consistently reported stronger - than - expected earnings over the past two years, has faced public outcry over its role in Russia's alleged influence over the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

As the chart shows, even though the dollar has shot up over the past year and a half, it could get much, much stronger in the next global financial crisis.

But the impact of a stronger dollar on trade terms has not followed a set pattern in the past few years, Citi said.

Cosmetics companies are benefiting from strong appetite for skincare products like anti-aging treatments, after riding a make - up boom in the past few years, spurred by young consumers seeking to look good on social media.

Personally, I've been impressed with Ubisoft's presentations for the past few years running and the company — which has more than half its employees in Canada — is once again looking strong for 2014 and 2015.

«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.

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

The two biggest gainers in the past year were Wang Wei, who added $ 22.7 billion to his fortune as the founder and majority owner of China's largest package delivery company, and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, who boosted his fortune by $ 21.9 billion thanks to Amazon's strong performance.

«Markets with large oil industries have had strong growth in the past several years,» he said.

In fact, according to our analysis, though higher U.S. valuations were associated with lower future returns, there were numerous instances in the past, particularly in the mid-to-late 1990s, when very high U.S. valuations coincided with strong returns over one - and three - year horizonIn fact, according to our analysis, though higher U.S. valuations were associated with lower future returns, there were numerous instances in the past, particularly in the mid-to-late 1990s, when very high U.S. valuations coincided with strong returns over one - and three - year horizonin the past, particularly in the mid-to-late 1990s, when very high U.S. valuations coincided with strong returns over one - and three - year horizonin the mid-to-late 1990s, when very high U.S. valuations coincided with strong returns over one - and three - year horizons.

If the global economy were to recover much more quickly than most of us expect, and, much more importantly, if Beijing were to initiate a far more aggressive program of privatization and wealth transfer than I think politically possible, perhaps transferring in the first few years the equivalent of as much as 2 - 5 % of GDP, the surge in household income could unleash much stronger consumption growth than we have seen in the past.

I do recognize that my credibility in sounding a cautious note would presently be stronger if I had ignored further credit risks and captured some of the past year's gains.

The U.S. airline industry is enjoying some of its strongest profits ever, after years of consolidation and the past year's plunge in the price of fuel, which had been the industry's biggest cost.

For equity markets, the combination of low interest rates, strong economic growth and low inflation has proved very beneficial, with global share markets rising solidly in each of the past three years.

It's been a strong performer for me in the past few years.

For turnover in FX derivatives, several things stand out (Graph 4): (i) activity has generally risen over the past decade even when scaled by a measure of cross-border transactions; (ii) developed Asian markets stand out as having a high degree of turnover; (iii) there was a particularly strong increase in turnover in these markets between 2013 and 2016; and (iv) FX derivatives turnover in emerging Asian economies has also increased significantly in the past few years, but remains a small part of the global market.

This reflects the fundamental improvements and stronger policy frameworks that many emerging market economies have put in place over the past 15 years.

After becoming progressively stronger over the past year, it looks as thought the 6.25 level in USDCNY is providing support for the US dollar.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ: TXN)'s business warrants a premium valuation, but after a strong appreciation in the stock over the past year, the valuation captures the company's strong outlook, according to Longbow.

Improvements in the economy over the past year have, in large part, been driven by strong consumer spending.

In addition to a lack of alternatives, the U.S. stock market is strong because it has remained relatively stable over the past few years, which encourages investors to stick around, says Tim Courtney, CIO of Exencial Wealth Advisors in Oklahoma CitIn addition to a lack of alternatives, the U.S. stock market is strong because it has remained relatively stable over the past few years, which encourages investors to stick around, says Tim Courtney, CIO of Exencial Wealth Advisors in Oklahoma Citin Oklahoma City.

«The December jobs report caps off a strong year, with our economy adding more jobs over the past two years than in any two - year period since the 1990s.»

Tops» finances, which were never strong after Curci led the management buyout in late 2013, deteriorated further over the past three years as competition heated up and some food prices, especially on meat and dairy products, started to fall.

Nordstrom, the $ 14 billion apparel retailer long famous for its strong customer advocacy, has grown its revenue by 50 % over the past five years in part through a series of investments to get even closer to customers.

Comparing the launch this past year with the previous launch of the Xbox 360 and PS3, console sales in Canada have never been stronger.

«A strong recovery may be partly to blame for the large drop in inventory some markets have experienced over the past five years.

Australia must prepare to respond to the impact of Beijing's stronger commitment of the past 15 years to change through military cyber science and technology in comparison to the Australian government's commitment in key areas of policy.

In any event, even if one explains the fact that the US dollar has crashed in purchasing power in recent times, over a very condensed period of time, by more than 75 %, because it has been one of the strongest currencies in a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believIn any event, even if one explains the fact that the US dollar has crashed in purchasing power in recent times, over a very condensed period of time, by more than 75 %, because it has been one of the strongest currencies in a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believin purchasing power in recent times, over a very condensed period of time, by more than 75 %, because it has been one of the strongest currencies in a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believin recent times, over a very condensed period of time, by more than 75 %, because it has been one of the strongest currencies in a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believin a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believe.

Moreover, one year earlier, in 2016, IJR was the stronger performer, outpacing VB by 800 basis points, serving as a reminder not to rely on past performance success with an ETF.

Though the US dollar has remained the strongest fiat currency in a pool of rapidly devaluing fiat currencies over the past two years, if one calculates the declining purchasing power of the US dollar in the past couple of decades when using real rates of inflation inside the US (versus the bogus rates produced by federal entities), then one can easily reach the conclusion that the US dollar has crashed as well.

• Stellar dividend resume: Decent yield at 2.9 %; excellent dividend growth rate of 20 % over the past 5 years; upcoming increase of 14 % in December; strong dividend safety, protected by very good cash flow; and 44 - year streak of increasing dividends.

So it's not surprising to see the current high earnings expectations considering the strong rebound in S&P 500 earnings over the past year.

The growth of domestic demand, though still strong, is likely to ease from the unusually rapid pace seen in the past couple of years.

Strong employment growth over the past year has occurred in most states and has contributed to falls in unemployment rates in every state (Table 7).

Continued strong growth in the household sector's assets, however, has resulted in the ratio of household liabilities to assets remaining roughly stable for the past few years.