Sentences with phrase «year after news»

The survey asked a nationally representative sample of Americans about the state of education and found that between May and June 2016 — over a year after news accounts about parents» opting their children out of school tests became commonplace — the public's commitment to the use of standardized tests to assess students and schools remains firm.

Savino and Tabone quit as county leaders earlier this year after news of the probe broke.

Nearly a year after news of Eliot Spitzer's Hookergate scandal, new sordid details have been revealed.

Mylan drew major flak last year after news broke that it had steadily increased the list price for an EpiPen two - pack from about $ 100 to more than $ 600 in less than a decade.

These charges were made about one year after the Metropolitan Police Service reopened its dormant investigation into phone hacking, [259] about three years after the then Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service told the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee that «no additional evidence has come to light,» [56] five years after News International executives began claiming that phone hacking was the work of a single «rogue reporter,» [260] ten years after The Guardian began reporting that the Met had evidence of widespread illegal acquisition of confidential information, [261] and 13 years after the Met began accumulating «boxloads» of that evidence but kept it unexamined in bin bags at Scotland Yard.

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Buzzfeed, which now has 1,300 employees around the world, was valued at about $ 1.7 billion after NBCUniversal added to its stake in the online news outlet late last year.

A 63 - year - old employee in Indiana was terminated after being caught eating Oreos in a store aisle, ABC News reported.

With news of both Jessops and HMV closing down just days after the start of the New Year, for people wishing to start up their own business especially, the outlook isn't good.

The tech billionaire and actress announced their split in August after roughly a year - long romance, according to E! News.

Channel News Asia reported that a Lucky Air flight was held overnight after a 76 - year - old woman threw coins into the engine of the plane for good luck.

The «Modern Family» actress and the «Shadowhunters actor» split in August after more than two years of dating, according to E! News.

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After allegations of phone hacking, fraud and general nastiness surfaced at its highly - profitable News of the World newspaper, the company decided that the best way to starve the scandal of oxygen was to shutter the 168 - year - old muckraking juggernaut.

After she initially lost the ring, she told CBC News that she quickly replaced it with a much smaller ring so that her husband of 51 years would not be upset.

Catt Sadler, the host of E! News, has left her job, after learning that her male co-host Jason Kennedy earned what she describes as «close to double» her salary for several years.

«Health care jobs are prominent on our list year after year and are predicted to continue growing rapidly within the job market by 2026,» said Rebecca Koenig, careers reporter at U.S. News.

Marlo Spaeth was disciplined for missing work after Walmart management changed her schedule of 15 years, the EEOC said in a news release on Wednesday.

But the news is particularly ironic for Bitstamp, which gained popularity after the collapse of another exchange called Mt. Gox, which filed for bankruptcy last year after losing approximately $ 650 million in a cyber attack.

Earlier this year, the company suspended a top executive after news broke that the company was involved in tests of the effects of diesel fumes on humans and monkeys.

The 24 - year - old had an hour - long television program, «Tomi,» that Beck and his news outlet stopped producing after she said last month that government shouldn't interfere with a woman's right to choose.

It wasn't all good news — the tighter job market hasn't translated into much bigger paycheques, with average weekly wages rising at just 1.1 % from the year before, meaning that after inflation Canadians took a slight pay cut.

Still, Ailes» domination over the Fox News empire showed signs of weakening last year, after Murdoch stepped out of the CEO role at 21st Century Fox, ceding that position to his son, James Murdoch.

Two years ago, after Facebook's $ 19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp made huge news, the New York Times reported that Zuckerberg and WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum negotiated the deal over a plate of chocolate - covered strawberries at Zuckerberg's house.

Several high - profile men at Fox News were ousted in the past two years after sexual misconduct allegations, including former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, and hosts Bill O'Reilly and Eric Bolling.

Bloom was by Wendy Walsh's side during a press conference earlier this year in which the former Fox News contributor described losing her status as a contributor after rebuffing former host Bill O'Reilly's sexual advances in 2013.

Fox News, for example, granted a four - year contract extension to the anchor Bill O'Reilly soon after he paid $ 32 million to settle a sexual harassment claim against him.

News of the new kindle comes after Amazon won a $ 30 million contract to deliver e-books to New York City public schools starting next school year.

Zhang Yiming, the chief executive of Bytedance, last month said on social media that the company would increase the number of employees handling censorship at Toutiao — a popular news app that's also part of the social media giant — to 10,000 after being temporarily banned earlier this year.

Valeant, which has been part of Ackman «s portfolio for only a year, on Tuesday said it would restate earnings after having prematurely accounted for some revenue, news which drove the stock to pare recent losses.

The Australian bourse has clocked up its best two - day gain in over 33 years after the market closed four per cent higher, following the biggest point gain ever on Wall Street and news of the federal government's $ 10.4 billion economic stimulus package.

A day later, tech news site Recode reported that Eric Alexander, Uber's president of business in the Asia - Pacific region, was fired after it was learned that obtained the medical records of an Uber customer who was raped by her driver in India three years ago.

The news is discouraging because it presents the second consecutive year of 5 % - plus healthcare spending inflation after a period of time when spending growth appeared to be hitting historic lows.

It has been less than two years since McConnell joined the ranks, right after Crunchbase spun out of AOL in 2015 (it had been acquired alongside news site TechCrunch in 2010.)

The news comes nearly two months after the hospital operator said it would lay off about 1,300 employees in order to save $ 150 million next year.

This week's big news is that Michael Kors, one of the largest luxury fashion brands, is closing up to 15 % of its retail stores over the next two years, after slow sales and fewer people shopping in - store.

There's a growing anticipation that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will remove the restriction of raising rates only at quarterly meetings and start holding news conferences after each of the eight meetings the FOMC holds each year.

There's a growing anticipation that Powell will remove the restriction of raising rates only at quarterly meetings and start holding news conferences after each of the eight meetings the FOMC holds each year.

Teach Away made headlines in Houston that year when, soon after news broke that the state would lay off hundreds of teachers in the region, the company announced it would hire 1,000 teachers to be deployed in Abu Dhabi.

The scandal exploded collapsed this week after it was reported that the News of the World had hacked the mobile phone of 13 - year - old murder victim Milly Dowler in 2002 while her family and police were desperately searching for her.

Alania «Joie» Murrieta, a 20 - year - old mother, passed away just days after she contracted the flu, Buzzfeed News reports.

After a pilot project last year, Beijing's Traffic Management Bureau has installed 20 acoustic cameras designed to identify honking cars, according to the news website Inkstone.

The news comes just several weeks after LinkedIn, which Microsoft (msft) bought last year for $ 26 billion, unveiled a new, sleeker desktop interface.

After what's been a wild year for NBC News» lynchpin morning show Today, it's no surprise the network would seek some stability in the form of a new contract for star co-host Matt Lauer.

Bettencourt was back in the news again late last year after accusations were made against her former butler and five journalists for recording meetings with the billionaire and thus

News of the talks came after Foodland's half - year profit to February 1 slumped 32 per cent to $ 53.2 million.

Bettencourt was back in the news again late last year after accusations were made against her former butler and five journalists for recording meetings with the billionaire and thus violating her right to privacy.

After all, what other day of the year are Americans paying attention to the process itself — and especially news coverage of that process.

The company has been trying to clamp down on misinformation and false news after admitting last year that Russian agents had used it to spread divisive and polarizing messages.

For those looking for me on cable news... You'll see less of me on MSNBC as, after a bunch of years, they decided not to renew my contract.

Also during the call, JPMorgan announced a two - year compensation clawback that targets the CIO traders responsible for the London losses, including former CIO chief Ina Drew, who left the bank after news of the bad trade broke.