Sentences with phrase «than any other year on»

Thus far, the industry has announced plans to close 6,700 stores this year, more than any other year on record, and there's still two months left in 2017.

Not exact matches

More money will be made and lost on stocks next week than any other time of the year.

But an interesting trend is growing: Americans are spending less on wedding planners than they did five years ago, instead opting to customize their events and choose caterers, bartenders, DJs, and other vendors themselves.

On the other hand, and assuming they're destined for critical acclaim, having completely new and exclusive games like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Snipperclips, Arms and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 available as part of your launch year holiday lineup could prove a much bigger deal than anyone's yet realized.

The European Commission ruling wraps up a three - year long investigation into whether Amazon received an unfair advantage based on a 2003 Luxembourg tax ruling which allows an Amazon subsidiary to pay less tax there than other companies.

In other words, if the company notices a shift in local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six months.

Also known as ultra-high definition, or UHD, sets, the devices should bring in more retail sales dollars than any other «emerging technology» gadget this year, as we can see in this chart from Statista, which is based on a forecast by the Consumer Technology Association.

The federal government is also adding restrictions on when it will insure low - ratio mortgages, stipulating that such loans must have an amortization period of less than 25 years and that the property must be owner - occupied, among other criteria.

And he just booted Warren Buffett out of the Top 3 on Forbes» annual rich list, amassing riches faster than any other person on earth (US$ 19.5 billion last year).

Labour has said it will raise income taxes on people earning more than # 80,000 ($ 103,152) a year, promising no increases for the other 95 % of taxpayers.

South Korea's new management - minded approach is a dramatic turnaround from its energetic regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges this past year, alarmed at a heated market that saw local prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies in South Korea trade for higher than international levels.

Other political money flows through trade associations in the U.S. such as the American Chamber of Commerce, which has already spent more than $ 21 million in campaign advertising this year, including $ 1.5 million on ads accusing Democratic Senator Mark Udall of driving up energy costs, largely in response to his refusal to support Republican demands for immediate approval of the Keystone pipeline.

As we rush through our work during the year, it can be hard to focus on much other than hard data to tell us whether our staff is succeeding.

But doing business with that company still makes sense because Peachtree shows its inventory turning far faster than others, explains Garrett, so Triad gets a return on the same dollar invested more times a year than with other lines.

Betting on other spreads has worked better with refining margins increasing sharply this year, as heavy demand for distillates has boosted those margins by more than 50 % in the last two months.

Google reported more than $ 14 billion in profit on $ 66 billion in sales last year, most of it from lucrative Internet advertising, while other ventures have required large investments without showing immediate returns.

He also spent more than three years as a federal prosecutor at the United States attorney's office in Manhattan, where he focused on insider trading and other financial fraud cases.

On the other hand, Twitter seemed even more useless when it launched five years ago, albeit with a lot less money than Color has.

The throwback theme even has an impact on social engagement: Last year's event experienced the broadest reach and engagement on NASCAR social platforms other than the Daytona 500, the sport's marquee race, and NASCAR digital platform visits increased by 35 percent.

We all have little voices in our heads - some more than others, based on my very unscientific observations of humans over the years.

Other than making vague promises to place more police officers on the streets, encouraging DNA testing for death - row inmates and calling for the need to reduce recidivism by investing in «proven community - based law - enforcement programs,» the Democrats» policy solutions over the past eight years have done little to dismantle the carceral state that they helped create.

Solar power is on pace for the first time this year to contribute more new electricity to the grid than will any other form of energy — a feat driven more by economics than green mandates.

The drugmaker's political action committee spent $ 405,000 on federal campaign donations and other political outlays last year, more than in 2016 — an election year — and nearly double its allocation for 2015, data compiled by Kaiser Health News show.

For many years to come, therefore, India will have a much larger group of working - age individuals than any other country on earth.

Last year, Chipotle did not see customers trade down from its steak and barbacoa after it increased prices on those items more than on other items.

This year's Masters, which generally garners more betting than any other golf tournament on the PGA tour, is estimated to surpass $ 12 million in Nevada, which would be a record.

More money has been placed on Woods to win the Masters than any other player at the Westgate Superbook this year, according to data provided to CNBC.

The Chicago - based company gave a wider - than - usual range for full - year guidance allowing it to «flex up and flex down» on marketing spend and some other investments to drive additional growth, DeWitt said.

By some estimates, they spend $ 400 billion more per year on goods and services than any other generation.

In court documents filed with the Northern California District Court on Thursday, Uber argued that the class - action part of the suit should be dropped because the 160,000 drivers, «have little or nothing in common, other than their use of the Uber App in California at some point over the past six years.»

His holding company, Icahn Enterprises, placed representatives on the boards of seven different corporations over the course of the year, more than any other year in its history.

Viacom's Paramount is the only major studio other than Fox to post a stronger summer this year than in 2013 and even it is only up 8 %, to $ 464.9 million, mostly on the strength of TMNT and Transformers: Age of Extinction, which had the summer's strongest opening weekend.

A 2013 analysis of the Senate's immigration reform bill by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates its passage would have resulted in nine million more people entering the U.S. work force in the next 20 years, with new immigrants participating at a higher rate, on average, than other U.S. residents.

Sweden has seen the steepest increase in inequality over 15 years in the OECD, data showed last year, even though it remains on average more equal than other countries.

Malehorn noted that engineering graduates from the University of Illinois often leave to work for companies on the East and West coasts, despite the fact that the school churns out more engineers each year than many other top programs combined.

The ICRP says that the general public, on the other hand, should receive less than 1 mSv per year.

Dating back more than 3,000 years, Go is a two - player board game that appears to be relatively simple on the surface — each player takes it in turns to lay a stone, with the objective being to surround the other player's pieces.

The CDC wouldn't comment on the success of its zombie campaign other than to say that the content is still on its website two years later «because of its popularity and frequent visits to the site,» but let's be honest here — what other CDC campaign can you recall off the top of your head?

The blurring of language — retailers» using «Black Friday» to describe deals that happen on days other than the day after Thanksgiving — makes Black Friday less about one day of the year and more about a deal's perceived value.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Other than projected free cash flow for the year ending December 31, 2018, for which a reconciliation is provided, we have not provided quantitative reconciliations of these forward - looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable forward - looking GAAP financial measures because the excluded items are not available on a prospective basis without unreasonable efforts.

On the other hand, Buffett's position in Apple (aapl), has made him more than $ 3 billion this year alone.

Altogether, more than half of all consumers plan to celebrate by buying something, spending an average of $ 143.56 on flowers, jewelry, candy, clothes and other gifts, up from $ 136.57 last year, according to the National Retail Federation's Valentine's Day consumer spending survey.

And Elliott has lately sought to clone its winning strategy: It's on track to launch about 50 % more activist campaigns this year than in 2016 — nearly three times as many as any other major activist fund — including, in October, two in a single day.

To create this list and others like it, each year, we at Great Place to Work survey millions of employees in more than 50 countries to glean their insights on what makes them love the work they do, and to learn how their employers have created an exemplary work environment.

Paul Black lists out three big trends to watch for in health IT this year, namely: a continuing shift to value - based care models (rather than the fee - for - service, volume - oriented paradigm which still dominates the sector); digital health infrastructure interoperability that makes it possible for different systems to talk to each other and coordinate care; and an increased focus on precision medicine and «genomically aware care» that can help take a lot of the guesswork out of medicine.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Brooks, president and CEO since August 2008, has accomplished many things in her three - plus years on the job — by the Bay's own accounting (and as a privately held company, there's no other kind), sales are stronger now than they've been in more than a decade, up 9 % in the second half of 2011 — but chief among them has been rebuilding the Bay brand in her own image.

«Stocks certainly look more attractive than bonds, but the case for stocks versus other asset classes is less clear... «So while returns may compress from the outsized gains we have seen over the last several years, we remain constructive on equities.

Wal - Mart may have some loss leaders, but they more than make up for it on other items to the tune of a $ 13.3 billion profit last year.