Less than 20 % of games this season have closed on a total less than eight, which is less than half
than the number from 2016.
China built 18 million cars in 2011, more than the United States did and a third more
than the number from just two years earlier.
If you were unsure who is the master now, look no further
than numbers from the UK wing of GfK, a market watcher which tracks over-the-counter sales.
When completing your tax return, use the official forms from your employers or financial institutions rather
than the numbers from your own records.
Wells Fargo's online estimates tended to be much more expensive
than the numbers from either Chase or Bank of America.
This is actually lower
than the numbers from 2006 when the average annual price was $ 998.
Not exact matches
So while California, as seen above, has the largest total
number of Canada - dependent jobs in total, it's actually North Dakota that would feel the biggest effect
from heightened trade barriers, with more
than 4 % of all jobs in the state having a direct connection to trade with Canada.
So good earnings news
from Berkshire (BRKA), especially on the same day where the jobs
numbers were a lot stronger
than expected, and showed signs that wages are finally increasing, would seem to be a really good sign for the economy.
The
number of distributed denial - of - service (DDoS) attacks — which are designed to paralyze a target network with a deluge of messages, often sent
from a bevy of hijacked computers — leaped more
than 170 % last year, and Cisco projects it will jump again by a factor of two or more by 2021.
The
number of people unemployed for more
than 26 weeks increased
from 6.13 million in December 2009 to 6.31 million in January 2010.
Singapore Airlines has a reputation for quality and a substantial amount of business travel to and
from the city - state, improving its ability to configure aircraft with a high
number of premium seats and charge more
than one - stop competitors, according to analysts.
The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) cited higher
than anticipated third quarter gross domestic product (GDP)
numbers in the revision of its full - year forecast to 2.1 percent
from 1.8 percent.
Start up funding is available
from more sources now
than ever before, but let caution and
number - crunching guide your financing decision.
With more MBA programs
than ever before serving a record
number of students — about 10,000 students are registered in Canadian MBA programs this year, up
from 4,800 in 1998 — specialization has become a defining trend, helping schools compete for the best students, and graduates compete for the best jobs.
Those
numbers reflect the activities of more
than 240 companies
from the S&P 500.
Anytime the word is mentioned, it's an indicator of a departure
from the content creation mode, something that many people are more comfortable with
than the
numbers - side of the strategy.
Because option values can be difficult to understand, boards have tended to issue a certain
number of options
from year to year, regardless of the grant's dollar value, rather
than calculate a desired dollar value and vary the
number of options.
The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that the
number of minority - owned businesses more
than doubled
from 1987 to 1997,
from a quarter million to a half million businesses, and that the revenues they collectively generated grew more
than fourfold.
«KPCB discriminates against [Ellen Pao] and other women by failing to promote them comparably to men, by compensating them less
than men through lower salary, bonus and carried interest, by restricting the
number of investments that women are allowed to make as compared to men, by failing to include junior women
from meetings and discussions, by failing to provide equivalent sponsorship of women as of men, by failing to include junior women comparably to junior men in the interview process, and by failing to provide opportunities for visibility and success inside and outside the firm for women as compared to men.»
The biggest beneficiaries: Pessina and KKR, who had agreed to receive a set
number of shares (rather
than a set dollar amount)
from Walgreens.
Attila Szigeti, COO of Drukka Startup Studio, recently crunched the
numbers on 42 of the biggest and best companies to emerge
from startup studios and accelerators: He discovered that startups that had partnered with accelerators raised more capital and employed more people
than their studio brethren.
American Express» 2017 State of Women - Owned Businesses Report estimates that
from 1997 to 2017, the
number of women - owned firms increased by a rate of roughly more
than 2.5 times the national average (114 percent vs. 44 percent).
The notes
from the meeting show that a
number of Fed officials feel that interest rates could begin to be raised
from their current artificially low levels sooner
than the current target of sometime in 2015 should certain economic factors continue to improve at a rapid pace.
Most victims find out there's a problem when they get a letter
from the IRS that says they've filed more
than one return or that they earned wages
from an unknown employer, which likely means someone stole your Social Security
number to get a job.
That money was generated by a
number of sources, including the stronger economy, revenues
from tax changes for private corporations, lower -
than - expected departmental spending and re-profiled infrastructure commitments.
«This year our target is to increase the
number of pieces made with at least 20 percent recycled fabric
from collected garments by more
than 300 percent compared to 2014,» the rep adds.
The absolute
number of startups in Crunchbase with at least one female founder has more
than quadrupled in the last five years,
from 117 in 2009 to 555 in 2014.
Between 2008 and 2010, the
number of visitors to Lower Manhattan grew to nine million
from seven million, according to the Downtown Alliance, the local business improvement district, while the residential population has more
than doubled since 2000, to 56,000
from 22,904.
After more
than a decade of strong interstate migration to Western Australia, the
number of people moving to the west coast is being outstripped by the
number of Sandgropers heading for the east coast, according to new figures
from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
(The company, which reports its financial results in euros, says currency fluctuations make its recent sales and profit
numbers look worse
than they are; it says its 2014 net sales of 14.8 billion euros were actually up 2 %
from 2013.)
The
number of Hooters locations in the US has dropped by more
than 7 %
from 2012 to 2016, and sales have stagnated, according to industry reports.
The
number of parents who treat their children unequally in wills more
than doubled
from 1995 to 2010, according to an October 2015 working paper
from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
If those
numbers hold true, that will be more
than a 41 percent growth
from this year to the end of 2018.
A 2013 survey conducted near its Tasiast mine in Mauritania by local sociologists found that the
number of households living below the poverty line had been cut by more
than half since 2011 and the unemployment rate had declined
from 47 per cent to 24 per cent.
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.
The headlines and the actual
numbers have been at odds for a solid year, as month - over-month declines
from 2016's torrid pace have made the overall market look far worse
than it is.
TBG obtained these most recent
numbers from 520 billion impressions (the
number of times an ad is displayed) for their 282 clients, across more
than 190 countries
from January 2011 to September 2012.
While men sustained more
than 70 % of the job losses during the recession, new
numbers from the National Bureau of Economic Research in the U.S. suggest that through 2010, male employment rates increased and eventually surpassed those of women.
Also in an effort to ramp up e-commerce, Wal - Mart recently introduced a free two - day shipping service for orders of more
than $ 35, and worked to increase the
number of items available for purchase online to more
than 35 million — up
from just 8 million in 2016.
In June, Uber closed more
than $ 1 billion
from a
number of venture capital companies, led by Fidelity Investments, making it the priciest startup ever with a value or more
than $ 18 billion.
An increasing
number of privately - held players are going
from garage to grocery store in fewer
than five years thanks to an erosion of barriers to entry within the food industry.
A
number of other embarrassing debacles followed — including reports that Uber had used a software tool to try to deceive authorities by «hiding» rides — and ultimately resulted in a more
than 20 % decrease to the once high - flying company's valuation,
from around $ 70 billion to an estimated $ 54 billion.»
A record
number of LGBTQ athletes participated in the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with more
than 40 openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual competitors representing countries
from around the world.
The
number of camera stores decreased
from more
than 10,000 to a few hundred, and almost none were still profitable.
Small businesses were a much sought - after commodity during 2017, with the
number of sales transactions rising more
than 26 percent
from the previous year.
According to global consulting firm Mercer's 2015 cost of living ranking, Shanghai has the sixth - highest cost of living in the world this year, up four places
from last year; Beijing has the seventh - highest, also up four places, and Shenzhen and Guangzhou are at 14th and 15th most expensive, both up a
number of places
from 2014 — making all those cities more expensive
than New York City.
The legislation proposed earlier this summer - the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act - would exclude most such workers and would reduce the total
number of green cards awarding permanent legal U.S. residence to just over 500,000
from more
than one million today.
Wellins recently relocated
from Texas and has held senior leadership roles in retail, digital and small business banking for a
number of well - known financial institutions in Texas, New York, Arizona and California throughout his more
than 20 year career.
While the
numbers may vary a bit, research
from University College, London tells us that our cognitive capacity is limited to handle no more
than 150 to 250 relationships.
Tutoring franchise CEO Hao Lam
from Vietnam and brothers Edi and Etrit Demaj
from Kosovo — who launched a
number of high - tech real estate enterprises in the Detroit area — did more
than just risk their careers to get where they are; they risked their lives.