Sentences with phrase «than last year on»

They scored around 15 % higher than last year on their storyboards for their cumulative video projects.

Test boycotts last week served notice that opposition among parents ran even higher than last year on Long Island.

Fourth quarter same — fourth quarter restaurant labor expenses were 50 basis points lower than last year on a percentage of sales basis due to increased productivity and lower restaurant manager incentive compensation expense.

Food and beverage expenses were 45 basis points higher than last year on a percentage of sales basis.

Not exact matches

More than 16 million digital packets were sent on the eve of Chinese New Year in 2014, but that grew to 14.2 billion for the same day last yYear in 2014, but that grew to 14.2 billion for the same day last yearyear.

And that was after a disappointing auction that raised less than $ 20 billion, half to one - third of what some on Wall Street predicted last year.

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.

With Memorial Day weekend on the horizon, the overall domestic summer box office is ten percentage points lower than it was at this time last year.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

New vehicle sales are on the rise, with new data showing 4.8 per cent more cars were sold in the six months to June 30 than the same six month period last year.

To get an idea of its scope, consider that the company sold more than $ 14 billion worth of goods at its annual Singles» Day sales event on Nov. 11, a 60 % increase from last year.

Shell — a cash machine that racked up $ 9 billion in profit in the first nine months of 2017; a colossus that employs 90,000 people in more than 70 countries; a corporation that, were it a nation, would have the world's seventh - largest carbon footprint, behind Germany; and the No. 7 company on Fortune's Global 500 list last year, with $ 240 billion in sales — is in an existential squeeze.

Twitter said it is «taking action» against 10 times more abusive accounts than it was at the same time last year, which means the company is levying account suspensions — or, limiting users» ability to use the service — on «thousands more abusive accounts» per day.

Australia was one of 11 nations that signed on to the successor to the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal in Chile last night, just more than a year after the United States pulled out of the original deal.

Last year, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets concluded that a single episode of The Big Bang Theory was more valuable to advertisers than an entire week's worth of viewing on YouTube.

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).

Last week, the National Retail Federation estimated that Americans will spend $ 2.4 billion on candy for Easter this year, which is more than was spent on Halloween candy.

On Tuesday, Calgary - based Calfrac Well Services Ltd. reported it more than doubled its first - quarter revenue compared with the same period last year and is reactivating equipment it parked over the past three years.

Even when comparing the sexes with the same job title at the same company and using similar education and experience, the gender pay gap persists across the board: Men earned 2.4 percent more than women on average, down slightly from last year, according to a study by salary - tracking website PayScale.

Last spring, Salesforce (crm), which sells customer management and sales software to big companies, committed to spending $ 400 million over four years to host new software on AWS rather than in its own data centers.

NHL 12 has sold more than 415,000 copies since its release worldwide on September 13, a 19 % increase over last year and the franchise's best ever first - week sales.

Huawei, the leader in the Chinese market and third ranking worldwide according to Gartner, uses Google's Android operating system on the more than 100 million phones it shipped last year.

Last year, median household income in the United States was $ 59,039 — lower than the $ 59,992 median in 2007 or the $ 60,399 median income in 2000 — based on calculations by the Economic Policy Institute using Census data.

The latest version of the J - 31 was seen last year on December 26, 2016, during its first flight: it was significantly re-worked, heavier (three tons more) and at least 20 - inches longer than the early prototypes according to most sources.

Outspent by rival Apple more than three - to - one in advertising for mobile phones in the U.S. in 2011, Samsung responded with a marketing blitz on TV, billboards, the Internet and print media that moved the Korean company into the pole position last year.

While more people booked travel on Southwest in the third quarter, fares on average were lower than they were a year earlier, especially for last - minute bookings.

The U.S. networks increasingly are reliant on these retransmission fees, estimated at $ 3.3 billion last year and going up to more than $ 7 billion by 2018, according to research by SNL Kagan, which analyzes media and communications trends.

Traders are suddenly worried about interest rates (although anyone older than 30 has to be amused that 2.85 % on the Treasury 10 - year is a source of panic), worried about inflation (although after the last decade of stagnant wages, Friday's 2.9 % rise should be cheered, not jeered), and worried about a tax - fueled spike in growth (with this report from Powell's Atlanta colleagues leading the way.)

Spending on premium and artisanal pet foods is skyrocketing, and Pet Wants pet food franchise is uniquely positioned to take advantage of this trend, which last year accounted for more than $ 8 billion in pet food sales.

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.

His comments followed less - than - stellar data on U.S. consumer spending that showed that even as confidence hit its highest level in more than 16 years last month, Americans are still holding their wallets tightly.

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.

By contrast, much of the rest of the U.K. is showing a different picture, with prices rising more than 3 % on average as compared to September last year.

Today, DivaCup leads the category, having grown revenues more than 700 % in the last five years and landing at No. 103 on the PROFIT 500, our ranking of Canada's Fastest - Growing Companies.

On this last point, consider that the year's three major adaptations have already combined for more than $ 1 billion at the U.S. box office, and all three pictures are still showing in theaters.

Those who've made the final cut — after what's typically a yearlong series of interviews that scrutinize a venture's business model, hiring practices and sales potential — have gone on to collectively create more than 225,000 jobs and generate more than $ 6 billion last year alone.

The second - generation Moto G, on sale this fall, has slightly better specs than last year's model — an improved camera and an SD card slot among them — and will also sell for around $ 200.

Despite more than paying for itself — by its own reckoning, Ex-Im Bank has returned $ 7 billion to the U.S. Treasury in the last two decades through interest on guaranteed loans and credit insurance — the 80 - year - old government - run financial institution is a sunset agency.

The Fourth of July is the country's top beer - drinking holiday with more than $ 1 billion spent on cold brews last year alone — more than the cost of burgers and hot dogs combined.

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.

(Late last year, 39 % owed more on their mortgage than their home was worth.)

Pizza Hut anticipates serving more than 1.2 million pizzas today, an increase from last year when the chain sold 1 million pizzas on Thanksgiving Eve.

The Oracle of Omaha spoke on Thursday afternoon with Dan Gilbert, the Quicken Loans CEO who has bought more than $ 1 billion in Detroit real estate in the last several years and who has pitched Buffett on Detroit before.

The version of the game released last year... went on to sell $ 1 billion in less than two months.»

The Paris Agreement — the most significant accord on the issue — will take effect next month after an intense ratification process that lasted less than a year after negotiations concluded, an unprecedented speed in the often slow - moving world of climate diplomacy.

Analyzing more than 36,000 job ads from the last five years, Human Rights Watch released a new report on Monday detailing the extent of discriminatory job ads in China.

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.

In the last of those years, the reporters discovered, the federal government actually spent more on urine - based drug tests than it did on «the four most recommended cancer screenings combined.»

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.

A year ago, on the 1 - year anniversary, I suggested that the main lasting effect of Occupy was more cultural than economic, and that's still true.