Sentences with phrase «year as the region»

Officer Childs has played many roles in his long and distinguished career, including 21 years as a DEC firearms instructor (for both DEC officers and sportsmen), 11 years as Region 7's senior firearms instructor, and NYS Police Olympics competitor.

There is also plenty of rain during this time of year as the region gets an average of 70 mm both liquid and frozen precipitation.

After 4 years as the region's first Silver - level Bike Friendly Business, we're thrilled to be re-certified at the same level through 2020.

Not exact matches

He says he recently attended one of the largest industry trade shows, Mipcom, and ended up talking to the same people he'd last encountered six years ago, most of whom were still thinking in terms of selling programs region by region to established channels as opposed to «worldwide deals for rights to be exploited via the Internet anywhere.»

The region in recent years has seen investor sentiment rattled by developments such as the drop in oil prices, the war in Syria and a sudden corruption purge from Riyadh.

As horrific as the tolls from Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy — or those from the tsunamis in Japan (2011) and the Indian Ocean (2004)-- were, Galea reveals how the social context in each affected region transformed the population's health, in ways good and bad, for years afterwarAs horrific as the tolls from Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy — or those from the tsunamis in Japan (2011) and the Indian Ocean (2004)-- were, Galea reveals how the social context in each affected region transformed the population's health, in ways good and bad, for years afterwaras the tolls from Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy — or those from the tsunamis in Japan (2011) and the Indian Ocean (2004)-- were, Galea reveals how the social context in each affected region transformed the population's health, in ways good and bad, for years afterward.

The same was true last year, when this year's No. 2, Estonia, topped the list; this year's and last year's top five cities all came from those regions as well.

The euro, which in the aftermath of January's meeting rose to a new three - year high, started the year surging against other currencies, including the U.S. dollar, as the region's economy improved and political risks dissipated.

More favourable growing conditions this season should lead to a sharp increase in the number of red and white grapes crushed, while regions such as Swan and Manjimup should continue to see increasingly larger yields over the next five years.

A few years later, with the U.S. market in a nose - dive, Flying Colours decided to find new customers in the Asia - Pacific region, which wasn't experiencing the same kind of economic implosion as North America and Europe.

From a big picture perspective, the company will grow as more people move into the province — more than 100,000 people moved into the region last year — and as incomes grow.

But Sabancı's power in the region is undeniable: A member of Siemens» supervisory board, she began acting as co-chair of the Business 20 (B20) Trade Task Force — an outreach group for the G20 economies — earlier this year.

The region currently accounts for just 10 % of KingFisher's annual sales, but Bolton predicts that a strategic focus on key markets such as Ontario, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota will enable it to «easily double» the size of its operation in the next five years.

Some of those millions will be used for expansion — it opened a U.K. - based arm in September, and has plans to expand to Canada and one other region this year — as well as to develop new products.

According to TD, roughly 17 per cent of homes in the region were resold within two years as of March 2016, up from nine per cent a year earlier.

The reception centre marked the beginning of a number of other similar initiatives in the region this year, such as helping improve search - and - rescue efforts in the waters around the island.

China, for years, racked up massive trade surpluses as these mega cities became home to low - cost export regions.

The push by the tech sector piggybacks on years of state - driven Chinese investments in infrastructure in Latin America, with a pool of 2,000 companies pouring more than $ 200 billion in the region as of January.

At the same time, Infobank has appointed Online Advantage as the exclusive distributor for its InTrade suite of products in the Australasia region for a five year period.

«When the town asks regional authorities for funding for a project, it's told: you have Rusal, go work it out with them,» said Erik Chernyshev, a local Communist Party politician, former member of the region's upper house, who also worked as an engineer at the factory for 18 years.

«Management highlighted its global expansion as a new leg of growth opening 10 offices in the last two years and adding key hires with experiences in overseeing Europe and Asia regions,» writes Marsh.

A five year - content - led initiative between ITHRA, or the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, and National Geographic to propel Saudi Arabia as the region's center for creativity and entertainment.

The biggest one to date for a biosimilar product in the U.S. — the treatments have only been around for a handful of years in America despite widespread and long - standing availability in Europe and other regions — Renflexis may ultimately not do much to curb health care and patient spending, as the Wall Street Journal «s Charley Grant points out in an astute note.

On the other end of the spectrum, Pakistan fell from its perch as the top performer in the region at the end of last year.

The deal she was negotiating, known as the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA)-- a trade agreement between Canada and 28 EU member nations nearly eight years in the making — was receiving pushback from Belgian region of Wallonia, whose Prime Minister, Paul Magnette, felt the accord had the ability to undermine the local farming sector.

Mexican officials have said tourism has been unaffected — and one San Diego travel agent said the region was still appealing as a quick getaway from Southern California — even with the increase in violence during the first half of this year.

The 46 - year - old Rickford, who has served as MP for Kenora since 2008, retains responsibility for economic development in Northern Ontario, including the region's Ring of Fire mineral deposit.

With the global economy slowing, the numbers might fall further and a five - year commitment may not be so appealing, although this may be offset in the future by Malaysia pulling out as F1 fans in the region would have only one nearby option.

Now the consensus from market watchers suggests it could see another weak year as other global regions pick up.

I am looking forward to seeing how this inclusive mindset continues to grow and play out across leadership and business strategy — especially as we look into the new year toward Davos, which will focus on strengthening global cooperation and inclusivity across regions and industries, as well as how organizations communicate differently with customers to empower those around them to be agents of the change, not merely products of it.

In the last 20 to 30 years, the region adopted it as an affectionate nod to the past.

Using figures from official European and Catalonian organizations, Business Insider claimed earlier this year that the region would quickly gain about 16 billion euros yearly in the case of a split, as they would no longer have to pay taxes to Spain.

In last year's budget the concept of targeting specific regions to encourage innovation was introduced, but back then they were simply referred to as «clusters.»

Economic research is making increasingly clear that increased trade with China over the last 25 years had significant, negative effects on workers in certain parts of the country, like the industrial town in Ohio where Vance grew up, though perhaps not as negative as widely believed in those regions.

McDonald's will open 200 restaurants in the Nordic region over the next 10 years, as well as begin home deliveries this year...

In late 2008, after Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast, Tysh Mefferd's 10 - year - old wedding paper business drastically slowed as the region's economy sputtered.

As in previous years» surveys and in keeping with other national data, the highest earners live in the North Central and Great Lakes regions and the lowest in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

Pepsi last quarter slashed its full - year outlook as sales in the region dropped, due to slowing sales of Gatorade and in convenience stores broadly.

Prior to joining GPF in September 2016, Jacob spent over five years at Stratfor, primarily as an analyst for the Middle East region.

That is due in part to the considerable oil wealth that characterizes countries throughout the region; although lower oil prices in the last two years have significantly impacted fiscal revenues, particularly in the larger more - oil - dependent economies such as Saudi Arabia.

A partnership between the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has decided to focus on region - specific programs as it enters the last two years of the five - year partnership.

Asia / Pacific, which had been a source of growth in recent years, has turned into a sore spot for the company, as that region's economic growth has slowed.

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

In his most recent role, Delorey served as vice president of operations for the Middle East and Africa region for Marriott International, leading 40 hotels in the region and an additional 46 that were in development within the next 5 years.

I'm pleased to share with you that our China Region Fund (USCOX) beat its benchmark, the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI), by an impressive margin for the one - year, three - year and five - year periods, as of August 1.

We think more opportunity may exist abroad as banks in some regions attempt to clarify their business models, a process that took place in the United States more than five years ago.

EMarketer's forecast also believes that the Asian region will see an incredibly quick ascension in terms of sales, as they'll reportedly climb with over 31.5 percent this year alone.

The price of domestic crude climbing to a three - year high as tensions rise in the Middle East, feeding concerns over potential supply disruptions in the region.

Pierre Trudeau had always been fascinated by Asia: he had backpacked through the region in 1948, wrote a book on China in 1956, and as Prime Minister had recognized the People's Republic of China diplomatically years before President Nixon's famous trip to Beijing.

Michael's diverse background in commercial real estate also includes 14 years as Senior Director of Real Estate at Arden Realty, a GE Capital Company where he supervised the leasing of the western region office portfolio and completed over 15 million square feet of leases with values exceeding $ 4 billion.