Sentences with phrase «were the largest since»

It was the largest since Ernst & Young started it four years ago.

Some 25 people were killed and 5,000 arrested during the demonstrations, which were the largest since those that followed the disputed 2009 election.

Gold's annual gain was the largest since 2010, outperforming all major asset classes other than stocks.

This «alarming uptick» comes on the heels of last year's 7.2 percent spike in traffic deaths, which was the largest since 1966.

In some markets, like bonds, the increase was the largest since the 2016 U.S. election, and in others, like stocks, volatility leapt by the most in 2-1/2 years.

The drop of 12.3 points in the orders index is the largest since October 2001 (when, in the wake of 9/11, the index dropped 12.4 points) and the second largest decline since December 1980.

The decline in output was the largest since December 2016, and more than the 0.4 % forecast by economists.

The jump was the largest since August and exceeded analyst expectations for a 0.3 % increase.

This represents an important source of stimulus for the economy, with the current run - up in the terms of trade being the largest since the early 1970s.

The gap between fast food and full - service restaurants is the largest since 2010.

That deal was the largest since Swiss fund Adveq Real Assets, joined by US - based Municipal Employees» Retirement System of Michigan and the Danish Danica Pension Fund, purchased 18,000 hectares of almond orchards on the Murray River near Robinvale for $ 211 million in 2013.

And the spawning run of smelts, which constitute the salmon's principal feed, was the largest since 1957.

The planned raids were first reported by Reuters, which said they would likely be the largest since sweeps in January that led to the detention of 121 people, mostly women and children.

That is their largest since 1957.

Even so, the increase for nondefense discretionary spending — a category that covers just about every research agency including NIH, NASA, and the National Science Foundation — is the largest since the original caps were first put in place in 2011 through the Budget Control Act.

Military exercises in September 2014, for example, were the largest since the collapse of the Soviet Union and involved a new military base in the New Siberian Islands.

If it does reach those levels it will be the largest since mapping of the Gulf «dead zone» began in 1985.

Governor's proposed K - 12 increase is the largest since 1985, but he acknowledges it will not fully meet the needs of financially troubled districts.

The 2016 class is the largest since the program's inception in 2005, surpassing last year's previous record total of 46 class members.

The monthly increase was the largest since October, during the Persian Gulf crisis, when AAA reported an increase of 10.7 cents a gallon for the month.

«This week's decline was the largest since the week of November 27th, 1981, and 30 - year FRM rates are now almost a full percentage point lower since the last week in October.

The most recent adjustment on September 18th was the largest since February 2016.

If you're undaunted by the recent plummet — which is the largest since June 20 — there's another option: buy more.

With a population of 20,148 in the 2013 census, the city is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple zip codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear the Decatur name.

The month - over-month increase in sales was the largest since January 2011, and the year - to - year increase was the largest since July 2015, CAR's report showed.

After last month's decline, which NAR said was the largest since July 2010 at 22.5 %, existing - home sales are now 3.8 % below a year ago, which is the first year - over-year decrease since Sept. 2014.

December's percentage drop was the largest since November 2016.

Not exact matches

Since 1985, the U.S. has been the largest acquirer in Canada (accounting for 60 % of all acquisitions) while Britain, France, Japan and a handful of other developed countries accounted for most of the rest.

Jeff Maling and Geoff Cubitt have both been employees at Roundarch, a digital solutions and experiences provider for large organizations, since it was founded by Deloitte and WPP in 2000.

Why you should care: Kickstarter is the world's largest crowdfunding platform — more than 5 million people have pledged more than $ 900 million since its 2009 launch.

Whereas Postmates and Uber are one - time actions, Zirx has to factor in the surge pricing up front since you can't suddenly deliver a larger bill than promised when you pick up.

That is the largest one - week increase it has seen since the paper launched its digital subscription model in 2011.

The world's largest defense contractor has been negotiating with the Pentagon on the next contract since last year.

Approximately 60 percent of U.S. actively managed large - cap funds are beating their benchmarks for the year to date, the best performance through April for any year since at least 2009, according to research from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Since then, the film argues, a variety of measures — from Jim Crow laws to President Richard Nixon's «war on drugs» and President Bill Clinton's «three - strikes - you're - out» legislation — have served to send increasingly large numbers of black men in prison, and several legal scholars and activists interviewed on camera suggest a profit motive at work, as well as racism.

OPEC's largest producer and de facto leader — Saudi Arabia — is the most closely watched oil nation for hints about an unofficial oil price target, and speculation has been ripe since the start of the deal in January 2017 as to what price the Kingdom is aiming for.

Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency by market value, was down 18 % since Tuesday, according to website CoinMarketCap.

Psychiatric diseases, since they are the result of a complex mix of genetics, environment, and behavioral factors, require large numbers of people, or what's known as a large sample size.

Porcini says this is something that small businesses are better at than large corporations, since they tend to have fewer people and less bureaucracy.

That is a 26 percent premium and marks the second largest U.S. banking acquisition since the financial crisis.

Bitcoin touched a peak of almost $ 20,000 in December — and indeed crossed over that threshold on some exchanges — but has since been roiled by several large sell - offs.

'' [Apple's] estimates and any enthusiasm that had once been generated by the largest company in the world had long since diminished,» he said.

And since debt analysts are busy trying to re-establish their credibility with market participants and the public at large, the downgrades now arrive fast and frequently.

Small businesses should focus not only with the main product but also with quality customer service, since they have less client base compared to large companies, losing a few customers can be mortifying.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

It's lost favor as a startup hub, though, since it hasn't counted many large exits.

This increased demand has been met with an equally large increase in supply as corporate bond issuance has roughly doubled since 2008.

Medium's new focus holds the potential for growth, but it also puts the company directly in the path of Facebook, since the giant social network is also busy trying to convince publishers large and small to see it as a home for their content — a distribution platform that can help get their journalism in front of more than a billion people.

Brand and marketing have been a large part of T - Mobile's success since Legere came on board.

Mr Cookson is in control of one of the State's largest advertising budgets and since its inception its marketing team has grown from two to eight.