Sentences with phrase «time in a number of years»

It is a pleasure to be back here again in front of the Committee, and to be having this hearing in Canberra for the first time in a number of years.

The coming together of a number of like - minded souls, the first time in a number of years for some, gave a home fixture against Stoke something of an attraction that has been lacking in recent seasons.

I got my taxes wrangled and, for the first time in a number of years, I've has absolutely no income to report from my creative work.

And last year we passed three state laws on puppy mils, which was the first time in a number of years that we have had any significant progress in that arena.

«This is the third time in a number of years that I picked up a camera to take a portrait,» says Lorna Simpson, the award - winning photographer and multimedia artist who captured a series of portraits of her female contemporaries for Vogue.

Not exact matches

Originally planned as a five - year competition, the deadline shifted a number of times before being called off in January.

Half of small business social media users complain that the platforms take more time than they'd thought, but almost the same number believe it's time well - spent — that their social media initiatives will pay off financially in a year or less.

Ever since it was first floated a year ago, the idea of Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable — two giant Internet and cable TV providers — combining in an $ 78 billion merger sparked concern in a number of areas.

Crypt been a hit with viewers — a handful of episodes have been viewed more than 5 million times, while most generate numbers in the hundreds of thousands — and produced revenue in the seven figures last year, says Davis, who declined to get specific.

In recent years, an increasing number of tech startups have turned into big - time investments opportunities for VCs, and as a result, these funds have wanted to get in on the action to bolster investor returns toIn recent years, an increasing number of tech startups have turned into big - time investments opportunities for VCs, and as a result, these funds have wanted to get in on the action to bolster investor returns toin on the action to bolster investor returns too.

China and the U.S. are not in the alliance, although it is hoped that the number of members will reach «50 or more» by this time next year.

«Taking the two years to the end of 2016, almost a third of the rise in the number of people in work reflected growth in self - employment (double the share of that category in total employment), with another fifth corresponding to more people in part - time work,» he wrote in a recent note to clients.

Meanwhile, the number of companies surveyed by Mercer who rewarded their CEOs with time - vesting restricted stock fell to 22 % last year from 23 % in 2012.

He's the number one professor six years running at Wharton, one of the leading business schools in the country; a New York Times bestselling author multiple times over; and a frequent keynote speaker, researcher and consulTimes bestselling author multiple times over; and a frequent keynote speaker, researcher and consultimes over; and a frequent keynote speaker, researcher and consultant.

This spring, he spent two weeks running the numbers and battling insomnia before making a dramatic announcement to his 120 - member staff on April 13, inviting NBC News and The New York Times to cover it: Over the next three years, he will phase in a minimum wage of $ 70,000 at Gravity and immediately cut his own salary from $ 1.1 million to $ 70,000 to help fund it.

For a retailer with scant discounting and zero debt, Nasty Gal has racked up some seriously drool - worthy numbers: international sales of $ 128 million in 2012, four times higher than the year before; 535,000 Facebook fans; 420,000 Instagram subscribers; 68,000 Twitter followers; and more than 2 million monthly unique visitors to the website in September 2012.

(Repeats to additional subscribers) NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters)- The U.S. benchmark 10 - year Treasury yield topped 3 percent for the first time in more than four years on Tuesday, a milestone that reflects the durability of the U.S. economic expansion and stokes the view the three - decade - old bull market in bonds is numbered.

The number of professionals who are working on a freelance basis as opposed to a full time basis has been on steadily on the rise in recent years across all industries, but in particular in the journalism industry.

The numbers, which put the department store chain on track to post its first quarter of comparable sales growth in three years, are the start of an awaited payoff to years of investment in Macy's e-commerce firepower, says Macy's departing executive chairman and former long - time CEO Terry Lundgren.

This has happened a number of times in California where a house is appreciating 15 % a year so you pay a price as if it's already appreciated by 15 % for three years.

Phin Barnes, a partner at First Round Capital and an investor in startup Modern Fertility, says the number of pitches he sees from companies addressing women's health care has increased about 10 times in the past five years.

A 79 - time winner on the PGA Tour who was world number one for a record 683 weeks, Woods lost form in recent years due to injuries and the mastering of a new swing while his ranking has plummeted to 876 after his long spell on the sidelines.

«I've been calling that for a number of years now that it's time for new leadership in both parties quite frankly,» Kind said.

-- Frank Talarico, Jr., president and CEO of Goodwill of Orange County, which in the last five years has more than doubled the number of adults and children it serves annually and in 2017 served more than 27,000 people and will likely serve more than 30,000 this year for the first time in its more than 90 - year history

After all, it was less than a year ago that The New York Times reported that magazine sales — in particular, celebrity magazine sales — were in a state of sharp decline, and the numbers they cited for the first half of 2014 were grim.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

While demand for cranberries is at its highest this time of the year, the number of cranberries in inventories by September was large enough to satisfy consumption numbers, Bloomberg reported.

The work on the shop floor, as in any box company, is hard, blistering hot in summertime, and occasionally dangerous (the number of lost - time accidents last year: five).

The earliest programs in central Canada air at 6 a.m. and Atlantic Canada at 7 a.m. Numbers from the Television Bureau of Canada show that consistently for the past six years, the 4 a.m. to 5 a.m. slot has had the fewest viewers, with an audience size about one - fifth of the peak time between 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Still, Canadian broadcasters aren't overlooking the value of starting early.

To put that last number into perspective, Crash the Super Bowl, a 2008 Doritos contest in the U.S. that awarded the creator of the best 30 - second chip ad US$ 1 million and showed the commercial during the big game this year, generated fewer submissions with a population 10 times the size.

And while the number of shoppers hitting the stores has fallen 7.4 percent nationally in recent weeks, according to ShopperTrak, the slowdown is greater on the West Coast, where the number of shoppers is down 11.2 percent from the same time last year.

Thus, it's no surprise that in the past 20 years, the number of dads who stay home with children has dramatically increased and men in general are spending significantly more time parenting their children.

«We'd love to proclaim these numbers as definitive evidence of a real downshift in the trend in claims, but it's even riskier than usual to put too much weight on single observations at this time of year,» says Shepherdson.

To help extend your savings at retirement over a longer time horizon, work with an advisor to assess both your investment allocation and your draw - down strategy in relation to the number of years you expect to live, he said.

In previous years, Trump had been the butt of any number of jokes at the dinner, particularly those poking at the real estate mogul's relentless suggestions that President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. as well as jokes about his time as host of reality show The Celebrity ApprenticIn previous years, Trump had been the butt of any number of jokes at the dinner, particularly those poking at the real estate mogul's relentless suggestions that President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. as well as jokes about his time as host of reality show The Celebrity Apprenticin the U.S. as well as jokes about his time as host of reality show The Celebrity Apprentice.

That number tops the previous record of 1.4 million comments, which was set in 2004 when Janet Jackson experienced an alleged wardrobe malfunction on live - television during that year's Super Bowl half - time show.

This past April, the United States Energy Information Agency released an estimate that fracking has effectively increased the volume of recoverable gas in the world six times over, to the point where it could satisfy current demand for 250 years — and that isn't counting a number of countries including Russia where the necessary geological data were unavailable.

At the same time, the number of traditionally published business books has plummeted, from a high of 66,508 in 2013 to 35,233 last year.

So the discount chain, hoping to avoid the 1.3 % decline in comparable sales of the 2016 holiday season quarter during the most important time of year, is streamlining the number of promotions and making them simpler and easier to understand, Target executives told reporters at a briefing last week in New York.

More good news for recent graduates: in the same time frame, the same number of employees are expected to retire each year.

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).

At the point the growth began to slow, the multiple would contract, meaning that even if its earnings do grow 600 % in the next few years, if it becomes subject to the law of big numbers - that ever increasing amounts eventually forge their own anchor - the result would be a market capitalization substantially similar to today, leading to no increase in the stock price over a long period of time.

Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has officially updated its data policy for the first time in years, clarifying a number of details about how it collects and uses its users» personal data.

«This is the first time in 35 years where the fewest number of small business owners have told us that taxes are their number one business problem.

Individuals who participate in an income - driven repayment program, work at a non-profit organization, or work for the federal government may qualify to have their loan balances forgiven after a set number of years on on - time, consecutive payment.

The company said the number of people in the United States and Canada who use Facebook on a daily basis fell for the first time ever in last year's fourth quarter, dropping to 184 million from 185 million a year earlier.

With 4.3 million millennials turning 30 this year and the number set to jump to 4.6 million by 2020, there will soon be more adults in their early 30s than at any other time in U.S. history, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by Wells Fargo.

The «term» in «term loan» refers to the period of time in which you make payments — typically expressed in either a number of months or a number of years.

And I've been teaching at Columbia for a number of years, I have been doing that 22 years now, but you know that time in the early 2000s, I've been doing it for a bunch years in and we had been making money using the same principles that Buffett uses, you know buying cheap good businesses.

Early that year, as China's number of first - time phone buyers peaked, Xiaomi fell to fifth place in the local market and seventh globally, according to International Data Corp. «Our supply chain hadn't been designed to handle that kind of growth,» says co-founder Li Wanqiang.