There's perhaps no more comprehensive analysis of the current trends than the annual Smashwords Book Industry Predictions,
written each year by founder and CEO Mark Coker.
Nationwide, an estimated $ 575 billion in new and used auto loans are
written every year by auto manufacturers, banks, credit unions and other lenders.
Not exact matches
This
year, though, Brin kicked off the Founders Letter with a quote taken from the very beginning of «A Tale of Two Cities,» a book
written over 150
years ago
by Charles Dickens — a historical fiction about the French Revolution.
Cannabis edibles cracked the list of top 10 food trends predicted for this
year by a panel of experts
writing for the Specialty Food Association.
According to the chart below — not to mention every single piece of research
written by Hussman over the past
year and change — the first qualification has been more than met.
The company
wrote down the value of Lumwana
by $ 3.8 billion just two
years after the acquisition.
That compares with a loss of $ 16 billion, or $ 13.41 per share, a
year ago when the company was hurt
by heavy
write - downs on its cable, publishing and AOL assets.
Nokia paid almost $ 200 million for the company in 2016, but
wrote down the value
by $ 164 million last
year.
The Like function has saved me so much comment - typing over the
years that I likely could have
written a very quippy, War - and - Peace - length novel
by now.»
By summer the development staff had working demos of Sammy's Science House, the third in Edmark's early - learning line; Thinkin» Things 2, the second in its critical - thinking line for 4 - to 8 -
year - olds; and the first two titles in a line called Imagination Express, a series of interactive story -
writing programs for 6 - to 12 -
year - olds.
Penned
by journalist Michael Wolff, also famous for
writing a scathing biography about media baron Rupert Murdoch several
years ago, Fire and Fury took off like, well, wildfire as soon as word of its imminent publishing broke just a few weeks ago.
The limit of two five -
year presidential terms was
written into China's constitution after Mao's death in 1976
by Deng Xiaoping, who recognized the dangers of one - man rule and the cult of personality and instead espoused collective leadership.
Percentage of this
year's companies started
by two or more people: 62 % Percentage of those companies with a
written partnership agreement: 56 %
Zenefits did not have a comment about the
write - down or the revenue - target miss, but Kenneth Baer, a company spokesman, said it is unfazed
by the competition, and will keep on innovating in the
year to come.
After getting inspired
by Ron Chernow's biography of the first Treasury Secretary, Miranda spent six
years of his life
writing «Hamilton,» according to Fortune.
Griffeth has
written four books, «The Stranger in My Genes,» in 2016; «
By Faith Alone: One Family's Epic Journey Through 400
Years of American Protestantism,» in 2007; «Bill Griffeth's Ten Steps to Financial Prosperity,» published in 1994; and «The Mutual Fund Masters,» in 1995.
To illustrate, in a recent Wall Street Journal article Elizabeth Bernstein
writes about how she persuaded her 7 -
year - old nephew to give her face - licking new dog a second chance
by casting him as a «puppy whisperer.»
«Based on a series of studies performed
by our team over the past 5
years, this «dose» of exercise has become my prescription for life,» Benjamin Levine, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern who
wrote the study, said in a statement.
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Revenue last quarter was up 78 percent from a
year ago, while the net loss shrank
by 25 percent,» he
writes.
One
year ago ExactTarget, an interactive marketing software company, went public with a market cap of over $ 1 billion (and I
wrote about the mental journey from start - up to IPO taken
by the company's founders.)
He
wrote, in a May 14 report, that the company was one of the few apartment landlords to increase its net operating income
by 5 %
year - over-
year.
Part of this comes through «synergies» from its pending acquisition
by defense giant Northrop Grumman this
year for $ 7.8 billion, the analysts
wrote.
As one of the site's top sellers
wrote in a blog post in 2009: «Your odds of making $ 10,000 per
year [on Etsy] are better than winning $ 10,000 through the Powerball, though not
by a ton.»
«The large majority of individual major events — ranging from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand 100
years ago through to 9/11 and recent events in Iraq and Ukraine — impact major stock markets
by around 10 % or less, with the effect being fully reversed within a month or so,» he
wrote in a note to clients.
We face an economy of «exclusion and inequality» in which «the hearts of many people are gripped
by fear and desperation, even in the so - called rich countries,»
wrote Pope Francis, Time Magazine's Person of the
Year, in late November.
Two journalists, Dawn Gilbertson and Jonathan J. Higuera,
writing in the Arizona Republic at the ten
year anniversary of NAFTA, summed things up this way: «The Reality of NAFTA at 10 is this: a still - developing story of winners and losers, split largely
by where you work and what you make.»
«Although central banks have learned from the pain caused
by high inflation in past
years, they will not be able to offset the increase in interest costs due to all the money that has been and will be printed,»
wrote one respondent.
«That was followed
by a seven -
year stretch of waitressing,» she
writes.
''... the chances of TPP passing this
year are not high, and if it is not passed
by the end of the lame duck session of Congress, then it probably will not be passed at all — at least, as presently constituted,»
wrote analysts at BMI Research.
«If I could go back in time, I'd introduce my 22 -
year - old self to a quotation
by the writer Brian Andreas: «Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life,»» Huffington
writes.
In a decision released
by the Baltimore Circuit Court, Judge Martin P. Welch
wrote that the 35 -
year - old was being granted a new trial because his initial council failed to properly cross-examine an expert from the state about the reliability of cell tower data that seemed to place him at the scene of the crime.
ADDENDUM: A colleague forwarded me a piece
written by author Chuck Klosterman a few
years back on pretty much the same topic.
That was a big part of the rationale behind The Players» Tribune, a Derek Jeter - backed site that hosts content
written by the athletes themselves, which launched last
year.
«I think it will be huge... Almost all of it is profit and I think we will get 3
years of that or more,» Shkreli
wrote in an August message highlighted
by the committee.
Now, California's motor vehicles officials face an end - of -
year deadline to
write regulations that will allow driverless cars to go from testing to use
by the public in June 2015.
The data «explains the recent policy tightening as policy makers are getting more and more comfortable with reaching the growth target this
year and have shifted towards risk management,»
wrote Goldman Sachs analysts led
by Maggie Wei in Hong Kong today.
Still, Sal Guatieri, a senior BMO economist,
wrote last week that «in no way are family incomes growing fast enough to justify the rampant price moves,» nor can it be explained
by a sudden spike in mortgage lending, which was given a boost
by the Bank of Canada's two rate cuts last
year.
As Fortune «s Barb Darrow
wrote earlier this
year, a possible exit
by Whitman could mean that «in 2016, we will see Whitman's «Mission Accomplished «moment.»
«One could describe it as if Ikea grabs you
by the hand and consciously guides you through the store in order to make you buy as much as possible,» Johan Stenebo, a 20 -
year veteran of Ikea,
wrote in his 2009 book, The Truth About Ikea.
«For example, high - quality engineers or scientists may be more interested in joining a company started
by an entrepreneur who previously started a company in a good industry and
year if they believe (justifiably given the evidence) that this track record increases the likelihood of success,» they
write.
«The 150 -
year - old Jack Daniel's brand was acquired
by the Brown family in 1965, and has been a key driver of multi-generational wealth for BFB insiders,»
wrote Cowen analyst Vivien Azer in an analyst report.
«The attempt to shift perceptions are hampered
by Macy's muddying the water
by including the Backstage discount concept in mainstream stores,» Saunders
wrote in a note to clients earlier this
year.
One physician familiar with Einstein's case
wrote, «For a number of
years he had suffered from attacks of upper abdominal pain, which usually lasted for 2 - 3 days and were often accompanied
by vomiting.
The article,
written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, gave a detailed account of an alleged 2012 gang rape that a woman identified as «Jackie» said had endured at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house as a first -
year student, and accused the university of tolerating a culture that ignored sexual violence against women.
When I
wrote a post earlier this
year pointing to this classic tweet
by Randi Zuckerberg laying out «the entrepreneur's dilemma», it was clear from readers» responses that it struck a nerve.
By time he got around to building computer software and starting Microsoft with Paul Allen at Harvard, Bill had already accrued nearly 10
years of experience
writing software.
Years later, when Corcoran was in contention to be one of the judges on Shark Tank, she had the job, lost it to another female entrepreneur, and then won it back
by writing a letter to the production team telling them what they would lose out on if they didn't hire her for the team.
They sound like they were
written by Ellie, my 16 -
year - old golden retriever.
It was once «controlled and regulated
by scalpers and brokers, who either gouged consumers on «hot» tickets or withheld excess inventory for fear that selling low would distort pricing,»
wrote Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim last
year.