Sentences with phrase «third year of the plan»

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This year, only a third of American consumers plan to spend $ 501 or more buying gifts, according to personal finance site WalletHub's latest survey.

WellCare's net income rose more than $ 100 million in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the same time period last year thanks to stellar growth in its Medicare business and much lower - than - expected medical costs for its Medicaid plan holders relative to their premiums.

Rometty is in year six of her turnaround plan, and recently lost the confidence of one of her biggest and most famous investors: Warren Buffett, who revealed he's sold a third of his shares since the beginning of the year.

According to the GIIN survey, more than a quarter of respondents were already tracking the results of their investments within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals only a year after the goals were introduced, and another third said they planned to start doing so.

China's Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd plans to invest 300 billion yuan ($ 47 billion) over the next five years in a bid to become the world's third - biggest chipmaker, the chairman of the state - backed technology conglomerate said on Monday.

But the third and final year of the term will be important for Mr Shorten and Labor, not only to set out a credible alternative plan for the economy and national security, but to tell voters what sort of a prime minister he would be.

The results also showed that Uber cut its fourth - quarter net loss by 25 per cent from the third quarter as new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi moves to make the company profitable ahead of a planned initial public stock offering sometime next year.

While these numbers are high already, almost two - thirds (63 percent) said they plan to increase their use of mobile devices in the year ahead.

Last week, Kuo laid out the current plan the Asian supply chain is hearing for next year's iPhone, which is expected to launch in the third quarter of 2017.

The new regulations extend the accommodation available to religiously affiliated nonprofit employers to closely held2 for profit corporations that have adopted a resolution establishing that the corporation objects to some or all contraceptive services on account of the owners» sincerely held religious beliefs.3 Starting in the new plan year, Hobby Lobby and other closely held corporations with religious objections will be required to notify their insurer, third party administrator, or HHS so that the insurer or administrator can still provide the contraceptive coverage directly to the employees and their dependents.

The company said that it is planning on delivering a little over 12,000 vehicles in the third quarter, which is a 60 percent increase in car deliveries from the third quarter of last year.

A handful of studies found that half to two - thirds of consumers enrolled in a debt settlement plans cancelled within two years.

The survey also reveals that more than two - thirds (67 percent) of companies plan to expand their well - being initiatives over the next 3 - 5 years to include programs not specifically focused on physical health.

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We are planning with the fourth quarter tax rate of 31 %, given the lower tax rate in the third quarter, we are now planning the full year with the tax rate of roughly 28 % and we now expect annual CapEx to be approximately $ 90 million.

Two - thirds of renters who plan to continue renting said they are doing so for financial reasons, up from 59 % two years ago, according to the survey.

The plans have some elements of the proposal that hedge fund Third Point outlined in a presentation in May this year.

One - third, 33 percent, of investors plan to keep their rentals for ten years or more.

Menulog plans to use the same technology and operating model as Canadian aggregator SkiptheDishes, which was acquired by Just Eats last year, and establish a fleet of couriers or third party contractors to handle deliveries on behalf of its restaurant partners.

Plans that were fully funded 20 years ago, today have maybe two - thirds of the capital needed to cover benefit promises — and that optimistic estimate assumes zero bear markets and fantastical average real returns of 7 % + a year going forward.

Kuwait plans to increase its crude production by 150,000 barrels a day by the third quarter of the year despite the current slump in oil prices, the managing director of Continue Reading

Of all the plans with auto enrollments, only about one - third also increase your contributions automatically and, in most cases, only by 1 percent a year.

Under Senator Sanders's plan, for example, Social Security would spend $ 42 billion a year more for the wealthiest 20 percent of earners, but only $ 8 billion for the lowest quintile, according to Third Way.

Up to a third of companies have an equity plan proposal on their proxy in any given year, notes Rajeev Kumar, senior managing director for corporate governance and research at proxy solicitation firm Georgeson.

The drug is presently in a third late - stage study, and Alkermes said it plans on updating investors on the progress of this remaining study later this year.

In our continuing efforts to improve the plan sponsor and participant experience with our Retirement Directions website, accessible through www.retirementdirections.com, we are pleased to announce several improvements that will be introduced in the third quarter of this year.

So this year I am planning to do a part time MoFo, which means I am going to publish new content every second or third day during the month of November.

One minute he's a high - profile wine entrepreneur from central casting, referring to himself in the third person — «Wazza» did this, «Mr Randall» did that — first - name - dropping the politicians he's phoned to harangue about industry issues, drawing plans in the air of the six - star accommodation he intends to build on this huge, 167 - year - old property.

45 % of the population have purchased their groceries online with a third planning to use online more this year

Part of this optimism is reflected in planned technology investments — two - thirds (65 %) have plans for tech investments in the next 12 months — as well as hiring — more than eight - in - ten plan to hire both front and back of house staff in the next year (83 %, each).

Vegetation must be re-established or recovered in an equivalent of 10 % of the total farm area (one - third of the 30 %) during the first three years of the plan.

My response usually has something to do with the unfair position he's put in by the Dodgers, whose plan for the last several years has been to grind him on short rest instead of acquiring third and fourth starters they would also trust in the postseason.

The 30 year old isn't likely to be part of Mauricio Pochettino's White Hart Lane plans and is set to become Steve Bruce's third signing of the summer.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

With more rigorous assessment tests this year creating concerns that the number of failing students could rise, Chicago Public Schools plans to revamp its promotion policy for third -, sixth - and eighth - graders.

At 11:45 a.m., state Sen. Sue Serino and advocates hold a news conference to urge the passage of legislation prohibiting insurance plans and pharmacy benefit managers from changing drug coverages in the middle of a coverage year, outside the Senate Chambers, third floor, state Capitol, Albany.

The governor, a Democrat who is seeking a third term this year, has singled out Republicans members of Congress from New York who voted in favor of the plan, launching him into a collision course agains GOP lawmakers like Reps. Chris Collins and Tom Reed.

The Conservative - controlled north London council has committed to spending # 1.5 m this financial year on a much - hyped reform programme to help close a yawning budget gap, but it is on course to recoup just # 1.4 m in savings in the year.The programme is budgeted to deliver savings of # 13m a year by 2014, about a third of the total cuts planned by the council.

The New York Times reports on a study by the Regional Plan Association that says the cost of operating 55 miles of planned waterfront parks would be $ 100 million a year — almost one - third of the park department's budget.

There was reason to view the piecemeal rollout of the budget language with skepticism: Last year, for instance, Mr. Cuomo's budget proposal quietly included a plan to offload one - third of the annual costs of the City University of New York, as well as a larger share of New York City's Medicaid bill, onto the city.

Ryan, who along with some other area lawmakers pressed to undo the Cuomo plan, said some 100 projects have been completed in Buffalo and Niagara Falls areas over the years — with two - thirds of those in the city of Buffalo.

The governor's plan to use about a third of this year's settlement money for toll credits has come under fire from lawmakers and outside critics, some who say an operation once flush with revenue shouldn't be subsidizing tolls with a one - time pot of money.

Cuomo's original plan would be funded by the workers themselves, and would provide one third of an employee's pay, rising to half of their pay in a few years.

«We are gratified that the City Planning Commission voted to approve the development of 25 Kent Avenue, which will continue Williamsburg's 200 - year long entrepreneurial tradition,» said Toby Moskovits, head of Heritage, and a third - generation Williamsburg resident, following Wednesday's hearing.

«I stand here beside you today and every day to reaffirm our friendship, to let you know that as the county's top elected official, that not only are you welcome here, but that the contributions of our Muslim - American community are essential to us,» said Astorino, whose is up for re-election this year and unofficially has said he plans to seek a third term in office.

Cuomo's office said that if the plan passes, nearly a third of residents in Albany County would pay some $ 3,000 more in taxes per year.

For the third straight year, the de Blasio administration is planning to shell out roughly $ 30 million to a private bus company whose founder contributed to the mayor's failed 2014 push to win Democrats control of Albany.

David Cameron echoed Ms Smith's start of year promise by pledging that a Conservative government would invest # 2.6 million to increase the network of rape crisis centres by a third, as part of wide - ranging plans to conquer domestic violence, rape, forced marriage and trafficking.

The third of four planned office towers is set to open next year; so is a Greek Orthodox church, next to the trade centre site, that was crushed by the South Tower's collapse.