Sentences with phrase «time than this time last year»

She had a tooth extraction last Monday and her recovery from the anesthesia went so much better this time than this time last year.

Not exact matches

More importantly for consumers, DBS revealed that the average amount sent in digital red packets in Singapore last year was S$ 26 (about $ 19.60)-- several times higher than the going rates of physical red packets, which is between S$ 6 ($ 4.50) and S$ 10 ($ 7.60).

Nowhere is the climate fight more important than in China, the world's largest spewer of greenhouse gases, which is in the midst of an unprecedented promotion of electric cars: Last year, sales of electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles in China rose 50 % to 507,000, more than three times the U.S. figure.

The New York Times reported yesterday that, in October of last year, Uber altered its testing program by putting only one safety monitor in each autonomous car rather than two, over the safety concerns of some employees.

Today, so - called Amazonians occupy more office space in Seattle than the next 40 largest employers in the city combined, according to a study by real - estate data firm CoStar for the Seattle Times last year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Perth's CBD office market recorded $ 740 million worth of major transactions in the 12 months to March 2018, more than three times higher than it was this time last year, according to research undertaken by Savills Australia.

Last year, I spoke at more than 10 conferences and traveled two to three times a month to attend 100 - plus client and investor meetings.

Commute time has doubled for those making less than $ 75,000 over the last 10 years.»

Europe's largest oil firm Royal Dutch Shell has beaten analyst expectations, reporting profits for its second quarter that are three times larger than this time last year.

Japan's short - term yields, of less than three years, turned negative last year, and earlier this month, the five - year JGB slipped close to zero several times.

By contrast, stocks in the S&P 500 Apparel Retail Index are changing hands at the fastest clip since 2012 — an average of 700,000 times more a week than they did last year.

The tweets, which included one saying «Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years.

Chances are, you're not any wealthier now than at this time last year.

Conversely, investors in Canada, China, Germany, India and Japan were more confident in investing domestically than they were at the same time last year.

While that's more than the $ 196 billion Chinese business travelers spent last year, business - travel spending in China grew 13.2 percent — three times the 4.4 percent growth rate in the U.S.. By 2016, Chinese business travelers are expected to spend more than those from the U.S., according to the report.

«Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years.

According to TiqIQ, the average ticket price for Jeter's last regular - season home game has already reached more than 2 1/2 times the peak average price for the final home game of all - star pitcher Mariano Rivera, who debuted with the Yankees in 1995, the same year as Jeter, and retired last year after 19 seasons with the team.

Last year, the CDC found that U.S. life expectancy had actually dropped for the first time in more than two decades to an average of 78.8 years and that every major leading cause of death other than cancer was killing more people.

Whether it's due to the holiday spirit or the unfriendly weather, consumers are likely to share videos, posts, photos, and other shareable company productions during the last three months of the year more than at any other time.

While Tesla expressed confidence about the second half of the year, negative free cash flow was more than $ 1 billion for the third time in the last four quarters.

I've volunteered to be bumped four times in the last year, and every time I asked for more than what was offered, I got it.

It was a blockbuster product for Nintendo a few years ago, but the company sold fewer than 900,000 in the last quarter, down from 1.4 million at this time last year.

The reviews go back a few years, but there were more than from the last week at the time of writing, which indicates the product is rather popular.

The discount retailer, locked in a fierce battle with Amazon.com (amzn) to shorten the time it takes to get customers» packages to their homes, last week acquired Parcel for an undisclosed amount «smaller than previous acquisitions» Walmart has made this year (which include Bonobos, Moosejaw, and Modcloth), the company said in a blog.

Cheapflights, meanwhile, is offering up a list of 10 destinations to consider where the airfares are more than 15 percent lower than they were at this time last year.

While the amount of total money that managers made last year is down from others, according to the Times, it's still double than what it was in 2000, the year that Institutional Investor first rolled out the annual list.

The share of new leases with landlord concessions last month was more than double seen at the same time last year, according to Douglas Elliman's latest market report.

The last time oil averaged less than $ 2 for a full year was 2004, which was also the last time gasoline at stations in some states fell below $ 1 a gallon.

In a survey of more than 800 full - time U.S. employees conducted by Globoforce in November of last year, 47 percent of respondents said they didn't think their company leaders cared about or were actively trying to create a «human» workplace.

Upon hearing of Goodyear's plan to sell the plant, which would put more than 1,000 people out of a job at a time when France is suffering a 10.9 percent unemployment rate, Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg himself attempted to find a buyer for the plant last year.

These findings echo those of the 1994 classic «Built to Last,» in which Jim Collins and Jerry Porras reveal that over a more than 60 - year period, purpose - guided companies earned six times more for their shareholders than their narrowly profit - focused competitors.

According to AAA, the average cost of a gallon of unleaded regular is about 25 cents more than this time last year.

Mobile revenue was more than ten times higher than in the same period last year and accounted for 22 percent of total revenues, as Alibaba continued to successfully ramp up its mobile monetisation.

More than 1,600 companies applied this year — three times as many as last year.

It now boasts 1.1 billion «watch time» minutes on YouTube, a figure that more than doubled last year's total.

Booking site Hipmunk reported that its reservations for Trump hotels are down nearly 60 percent over this time last year, the Globe said, while a survey of more than 2,000 Americans by travel trend tracking website Skift found 56.9 percent of respondents said they were less likely to stay in a Trump hotel because of his campaign.

Sprint (s) then said its iPhone preorders were four times higher than last year.

That said, the survey revealed that business owners might have had a slightly tougher time getting started last year than in 2012.

«Asset values such as the stock market are at all - time highs, every major industry around the world last year grew by more than 20 percent, volatility is at an historic low.

-- 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

U.S. refineries are processing about a million barrels a day less oil than at this time last year due to impacts from Harvey.

In the last 10 years, Apple has spent just $ 12 billion on acquisitions — buying Netflix would be more than four times that amount.

But even though Amazon's valuation reached a pricey 75 times earnings last spring, it has since returned 73 % in just a little more than a year.

And it could convert some pirates to paying subscribers — Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes admitted on an earnings call last year that «Game of Thrones» is the most pirated show in the world, which he said was «better than an Emmy» for driving interest in the network.

Amazon is paying less than Emaar's offer of $ 800 million, sources said, making it lower than the $ 1 billion valuation at the time of Souq.com's funding round last year.

Last year, The New York Times documented the explosion of young coffee up - starts, noting «more than 40 new cafes and coffee bars have joined a small, dedicated group of establishments where coffee making is treated like an art, or at least a high form of craft.»