Sentences with phrase «well as a decade»

The world offers very few places where scientists can study whole ecosystems in a remote location aided by an excellent research facility as well as decades of baseline data, adds Elser.

In my pursuit of «perfect» I've tried to change myself; I spent years in a skinny body, as well as decades in a chubby one.

There are studies, as well as decades of European data, that back up OVE as a less involved surgery that has fewer post-surgical problems and no association with long - term health problems.

Our attorneys possess the comprehensive knowledge and understanding of environmental laws and regulations, as well as decades of experience, to handle all types of environmental litigation issues, including cases involving the following matters:

Many of the genomic pioneers from this past decade, as well as decades prior, will be gathering in Cambridge, MA next week at the GET Conference to take stock of how far the science and commerce of genomics has come, and project where it is heading in the decades to come.

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For decades, the Matlack clan grew wheat, corn, barley, and oats, as well as alfalfa to feed the livestock.

«We're also so grateful for the love and support of our friends and family, as well as our wonderful medical teams for everything they've done to help us in our decades - long journey to complete our family,» Duckworth said.

This is because «even though the Arctic Circle contains large amounts of untapped resources, as well as being a potential trade route, the full potential of the Arctic to become commercially viable seems to be at least a decade away,» the Stratfor analyst said.

That, combined with a streak of hubris, brought a decade - long antitrust battle between the company and the U.S. Justice Department, as well as 20 state attorneys general.

Steve has attended high levels international events for CNBC for over a decade including key G7, G8 and G20 meetings, as well as the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia and the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he also routinely moderates key panels on a host of subjects.

The U.K., Canada and most developed economies have implemented EMV over the last decade and have seen counterfeit fraud, as well as lost / stolen fraud where PIN was implemented, fall by as much as 54 percent between 2008 and 2013, according to a 2014 Aite Group report.

All was good for decades, as the tradition of buying diamond engagement and wedding rings took off just after the Second World War, when newly employed GIs were told «A Diamond Is Forever» in a clever marketing campaign by South African miner De Beers.

My background in the marketing - heavy sport of NASCAR for over a decade was somehow overlooked during my pitch, but as someone who has seen the gam - met of the best and the worst of marketing, I wanted to share several principles to help steer my fellow entrepreneurs, Shark Tank or not, along a successful path in marketing their brands.

In tandem with our annual Giving Well Guide, we anaylse trends and issues in philanthropy, an area where there has been substantial development as Western Australia's wealth has grown in the past decade or so.

The fact is, a higher proportion of teenagers work at a minimum wage job in most provinces across Canada today than a decade ago (49 per cent across Canada, 70 per cent in Ontario in 2016), but a growing proportion of adults have been doing so as well.

The Commission took unilateral action and retroactively changed the rules, disregarding decades of Irish tax law, US tax law, as well as global consensus on tax policy, that everyone has relied on,» Apple said.

Chief Louie touted his corporation's proven track record of managing major projects — $ 220 - million worth of capital spending over the past decade — as well as its ISO 9001 certification, a seal of quality management.

Best of all, it removes the risk that spending, as structured under ObamaCare, will explode in the decades ahead, swamping the CBO's forecasts.

Lululemon touted her decades of experience as a consultant, as well as her long tenure on the board, in lauding her abilities as a member of the board.

A decade ago, Reebok acquired the original Canada Cycle & Motor Company (CCM), as well as hockey brands JOFA and Koho, for US$ 329 million.

Throughout much of its first decade of existence, the search engine company presented itself as a different kind of company, one that cared about changing the world for the better first and making money second, an ethos exemplified through its famous «don't be evil» motto.

The situation's not quite as good as it was at the end of the previous decade, but it's as good as it's been in a long time.

Fast - food employees have been the butt of jokes for decades, and with good reason — with annual turnover for the industry topping as much as 50 percent, running a shift can be like monitoring an unruly detention hall.

She's been doing her thing for decades and now we are hearing of all the amazing things she did privately along the way as well.

By the time the fourth generation iPad hits shelves, we'll already have a good grasp as to whether the next decade of game development will belong to Canada — or someone else

It's probably a good thing that Werklund has had plenty to keep him busy, as Tervita, the oilfield services company he co-founded nearly four decades ago, and whose board he currently chairs, has faced some turbulence in recent years.

In concept, the fund is not that different form others that have been around for decades, such as the Gabelli social index funds, which invest in socially responsible companies committed to diversity, the environment, or good corporate governance.

Brewers haven't done as good of a job marketing and developing products for women over the past decade, though the launch of hard sodas and seltzers can help.

Mills compared the need to invest in infrastructure such as highways, roads, and bridges to investment in high - speed broadband in the past two decades, which has enabled a lively app economy, which in turn has spawned nearly a million jobs, as well as an entirely new cloud computing industry worth $ 45 billion that touches some 6 million small businesses.

As Fortune reports here for the first time, Dell's deals reflect a decade or more of meticulous planning, as well as some vital, long - lasting relationships — formed with a serendipitous boost from a Hawaiian vacation communitAs Fortune reports here for the first time, Dell's deals reflect a decade or more of meticulous planning, as well as some vital, long - lasting relationships — formed with a serendipitous boost from a Hawaiian vacation communitas well as some vital, long - lasting relationships — formed with a serendipitous boost from a Hawaiian vacation communitas some vital, long - lasting relationships — formed with a serendipitous boost from a Hawaiian vacation community.

«Several decades back, a return on equity of as little as 10 percent enabled a corporation to be classified as a «good» business — i.e., one in which a dollar reinvested in the business logically could be expected to be valued by the market at more than 100 cents.

Think of food companies» plight this way: The finest scientists in industry have spent decades trying to find or invent a no - calorie sweetener that tastes and feels as good as the stuff extracted from pure cane.

It is possible to keep a great team together for years or even decades so long as everyone feels they are treated well and fairly.

Though the idea may sound out of this world, the nascent space tourism industry is set to take off in the next decade, and humans will need a way to pay for things in space as well as send payments to Earth, said PayPal President David Marcus.

The decades to come, however, will see an even greater transformation of our industry in these areas, as well as in connectivity and transportation management.

After some early, desultory efforts, Martin found his footing and reeled out a handful of budgets built around themes such as deficit fighting, education, innovation and tax reduction that set the country on sound fiscal footing and gave it political direction and policy focus for the better part of a decade.

In the past decade, online shopping and mobile devices have changed consumer behavior as well.

The memory - eating disease, expected to afflict 15 million Americans by 2060 (and tens of millions more around the world as life expectancy increases), has no cure; a new drug for the condition hasn't been approved in well over a decade; initially promising experimental treatments seem to be failing with clockwork regularity; and there's not even a definitive consensus on what, exactly, biopharma companies should focus on while developing Alzheimer's medicines.

After decades of poor upkeep, the refineries are bleeding money as well as fuel.

After a four - year stint as CEO at 3M, Jim McNerney assumed the leadership of a highly scandalized Boeing and in a decade, has regained its global luster as well as delivering 228 % shareholder returns (annualized at 12 %).

These days, fast - food joints are vigorously pushing larger portions as recession - stung consumers demand better value, but the super-sizing trend has been creeping ahead for decades.

In a decade of Formula One racing, Lewis Hamilton has established himself as one of the best drivers to have ever lived.

Given the potential opportunity cost associated with avoiding the stock market — which could be as much as $ 3.3 million over 40 years, according to NerdWallet — as well as the benefits of compound interest over four decades, the bigger risk may be not investing at all.

Smith started Vice as a print magazine with Suroosh Alvi and Gavin McInnes in Montreal more than two decades ago; with Smith at the helm as CEO, it's now a multi-platform content mill with a reported audience of between 250 million and 300 million people a month, many of them members of Generation Y. Smith made his money by convincing an older generation that Vice knows millennials better than they could ever hope to, and that pitch has worked: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox paid US$ 70 million for a 5 % stake of Vice in 2013, and Rogers Communications (which owns Canadian Business) inked a $ 100 million partnership.

That the bragging happened a decade ago doesn't change the reality that a man who might be president sees half the country's population not just as objects for his own aesthetic gratification — we knew that thanks to the beauty pageants and the string of model wives — but objects for his physical gratification as well, regardless of how the women in question feel about it.

Hit by Amazon's explosive growth a decade ago, as well as the rise of e-books (which now seem to have peaked at around 20 % of total book sales), Barnes & Noble closed stores year - in, year - out, benefiting from a savvy move in the 1990s that saw it opt for short leases.

After decades of attempting to entice real estate and business investments, as well as a resident base with higher taxable income... cities now find themselves with a significant amount of all three.

Armed flying drones have been taking to the skies in Afghanistan and Iraq for the better part of a decade, while Israel is currently using armed ground robots such as the Guardium, likely in its current conflict in Gaza.

That was not the case at P&G back in 2009, when Lafley, who had presided over a decade of dramatic innovation and renewal, as well as the company - doubling $ 57 billion acquisition of Gillette in 2005, prepared to step down.

As a long - term «manager,» your franchisee will continue to learn about the business and is more likely to gain institutional knowledge of your business that will make him a better operator as he spends years, maybe decades, of his life in the businesAs a long - term «manager,» your franchisee will continue to learn about the business and is more likely to gain institutional knowledge of your business that will make him a better operator as he spends years, maybe decades, of his life in the businesas he spends years, maybe decades, of his life in the business.