Sentences with phrase «was the best year on»

Barclays believes 2016 could be the best year on record for gold - related ETFs and other funds, with many big - name hedge fund managers, from Stan Druckenmiller to Paul Singer to Bill Gross, singing the praises of the yellow metal.

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Every year — we don't do more or less.What we're trying to do is double down on our best sellers.

Government attempts to ease prices — including a 20 percent provincial tax on foreign buyers, a city tax on empty homes, as well as stricter federal mortgage rules — have made little difference: prices are up 16 percent in the past year.

The company is increasingly crunching data to determine the optimal product mix at individual stores and the ideal locations to set up new outlets (it relied on data to figure out the best place to open its first American Girl doll boutique last year).

It's a good time to reflect on your business» progress and plan how you want to grow your business in the new year.

I watched this man who has been incarcerated for 20 - or - so years get down on his knees and re-propose to his wife and promised her to be a better man and stay true to the Defy mission upon graduation.

The company has also been working on voice recognition, natural langauge processing, and translation for years, so the Google Home is better at understanding accents and natural language than the Echo.

«It's been going gangbusters all year long,» said Crabill by phone, noting that Mohu recently won shelf - space at Best Buy, and is expanding its presence at Wal - Mart (WMT) and on Amazon (AMZN)

If there's one thing «The Post» (opening in limited release on December 22 and then wide next year) does well it's capturing the struggle that comes when personal relationships and hard journalism.

If there is any good news, most accountants will provide this service affordably and efficiently for you during the month of January so you can stay focused on your New Year's Resolutions and making money rather than filling out paperwork.

These drives have been on the market for a few years and have fallen in price since I bought mine, so there's never been a better time to pick one up.

The ECB, however, said after its latest policy - making meeting Thursday that it still doesn't expect to raise its own interest rates until «well past» September next year — and even then, only if it is absolutely sure that inflation is back on track after a decade of undershooting.

«My two year old was a very good girl on a road trip recently so I told her that I would buy her a treat.

The bottom line is that when Trump blames the filibuster as his primary obstacle to achieving more legislative wins, he is often ignoring underlying factors, mainly that in most cases Republicans can not agree enough to make good on years of promises.

The reason why Tanzania did better than us in 2017 is because their hotels are brand new and modern while our hotels are 40 years old,» he said during an interview on a local TV programme.

As to the question of when he and his party will develop a broad and substantive legislative platform to tackle the critical challenges America faces, McConnell has a ready answer as well: «If we're in the majority,» he says, «we'll be sitting down, intensely, a year from now on the very issue you've raised.»

Manafort also attended a meeting last year at Trump Tower with Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. and son - in - law Jared Kushner as well as two Russian lobbyists who were said to have offered dirt on Hillary Clinton.

Against a background of more volatile markets and worries that some of the biggest hedge fund managers are nursing losses this year, many in the audience focused on the smaller, better - performing investors like Oleg Nodelman.

«Based on the potential for yield, and the potential for the price right now, I think it will be a good year for producers,» said Erickson.

WUHAN, China, April 28 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take an hour - long boat ride with his host Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday, the final day of an ice - breaking trip both are hoping will lead to better ties after a year of strains.

The world's largest retailer, for years slow to respond to Amazon.com (amzn) in the digital wars, has been on a tear in recent quarters, helped by the $ 3 billion acquisition of jet.com and overhaul of its marketplace last year, and by better integration of its stores with its digital business.

The company's Pratt & Whitney unit halted deliveries of its Geared Turbofan engine for the Airbus A320neo for almost a month this year, but the issues are coming under control and «we feel very good about the supply chain and our ability to support Airbus requirements,» CFO Akhil Johri said in an interview on Tuesday.

A poll last week suggested that Labour would fail to take Wandsworth and Westminster, but indicated the party was still on track for its best result in 40 years in London.

The two CEOs hope that the changes resulting from the merger will be implemented over the next couple of years, creating a «dramatic change» for consumers in which the store will be «not just about products, but also service offerings that can help people on their path to better health.»

In an interview late last year, Patrick Nangle — who recently took the helm at Vancouver ride - sharing co-op Modo after years of running Purolator — said one of the best things about his new job is that he now gets to spend a lot more time talking to people on the front lines.

Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.

Oklahoma has been putting new restrictions on some of its thousands of disposal wells for more than a year to curb seismic activity.

Now it is up to company shareholders to determine if Dell, who was reinstated as the company's CEO in 2007 after a three - year hiatus, can make good on this plan.

In fact, the company's hunger for boundary - pushing growth is what helped it earn a spot on this year's list of Canada's Best Managed Companies.

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.

For more than a year, Finland has been testing the proposition that the best way to lift economic fortunes may be the simplest: Hand out money without rules or restrictions on how people use it.

This will be the year he has to prove himself and get the struggling retailer back on its well - balanced yogi feet.

Rasco: Well China is at an inflection point where they have some negative demographic issues going on due to the one child policy of years ago.

«Europe has recovered very nicely over last one or two years, we're seeing positive signs in North America, continued strength in Asia Pacific, and most emerging markets are doing well or on the mend.»

A couple of years ago, one of our best developers quit on us mainly because the team we had built wasn't good enough for him.

Though Trudeau is frequently accused of relying on his good looks and family name, the 41 - year - old member of Parliament's answers are more meat than filler.

2012 was a phenomenal year, with incredible guests on the Small Businesses Do It Better show!

For one, corporate America is in the midst of its best earnings season in nearly eight years, with profits on track to grow more than 23 percent.

Kreiter said that in the last five years or so, Bridgewater has been focusing on developing better ways to recruit people who will excel in Bridgewater's environment.

Years ago, when street crime was frighteningly commonplace, the comedian Steve Martin joked that the best defense against a mugger is to vomit on your cash.

The second - hand car business was revolutionised 20 years ago with the arrival of the internet, but there is a second revolution under way that promises to be even more disruptive and could have a significant effect on some of Western Australia's best - known car yards.

The good news, however, is that the hero will make her on - screen return next year.

Car dealers in Western Australia will be hoping for a pickup this year, after the release of data showing a 7.9 per cent fall in new car sales in 2015 in WA, while the rest of the nation reported its best year on record.

«This is the best earnings season we've seen in the United States in seven years and, frankly, the fourth consecutive really strong quarter,» the firm's chief equity market strategist said Tuesday on CNBC's «Futures Now.»

It's been hard to keep up with Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez over the years: One minute they're together, and the next they seem to want to move on from each other for good.

Corporate executives were correct to suggest Trump would be on their side and that the economy would continue to do well during his first year.

One of the reasons these extremely good times can't last is that most households simply aren't being paid enough to go on driving economic growth as they have in recent years.

If we know that the global network will only spread in the years to come, it goes without saying that well - managed digital strategies should be among the priorities on the list of your New Year business resolutions.

This year, Adidas has created what it's calling «the perfect sneakers for Oktoberfest,» a pair of $ 200 ($ 238) kicks designed to repel beer and vomit, as well pretty much any other liquid you can throw, drop, or pour on it, a process the company is calling «Oktoberfesterization.»

More recently, Super Mario Odyssey has become the fastest - selling title in the Super Mario franchise's history in the U.S.. On Metacritic, Odyssey is also nearly tied with Breath of the Wild as the best - reviewed game of the year.