* This figure of $ 168 million represents the Irish expenditure for all projects which went into production
this year in the categories of independent film, TV drama, animation and feature documentary only.
Eligibility: The award is eligible to Canadian citizens and / or permanent residents of Canada who have published debut books during the 2016 calendar
year in the categories of Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction (Speculative Fiction this year; a different genre highlighted each year), or Non-Fiction.
The competition draws hundreds of entries from resume writers from all over the world and it is an honor to be a nominee
this year in the category of Best Cover Letter.
Not exact matches
The number
of data professionals
in Canada — people employed as statisticians, mathematicians and actuaries — has increased by 48 % over the past five
years, making it the fastest - growing job
category in the country.
Stock valuations
in the
category are lofty after
years of outperforming the broader market.
That's good news ahead
of this
year's winter holiday season, but there remains weakness
in the
category.
Popular Science is out with its 30th annual list
of «The 100 Greatest Innovations»
of the
year — and the top dozen are
in the
category of health.
And if convicted,
in addition to any other penalties handed out, the company could be barred for 10
years from competing for contracts with the Government
of Canada — a
category of contracts that make up an important element
of the company's income.
Adidas basically created the
category in 2015 when it released its UltraBoost line
of shoes, which were built on the Boost platform it had developed two
years prior.
In its most recent earnings statement, P&G said that 27
of its 50 largest
category groups are now either sustaining or growing their market share, up from 22 last
year.
«Probiotics are probably the single most important new food
category to emerge
in the last 20
years,» Scott Bass, the head
of the Global Life Sciences team at law firm Sidley Austin LLP and an adviser for the FDA on its first dietary supplement website, told Business Insider.
Lamar's «DAMN.,» Billboard's best - selling album
of 2017, lost out
in the album
of the
year category at the 2018 Grammy Awards to Bruno Mars» «24k Magic.»
The firm has made the list
of five finalists
in the deals section
of the Industrial / Logistics Consultancy
of the
Year category at the Thames Valley Property Awards.
Last
year's prize
in the
category went to composer Dun Yu's album «Angel's Bone,» and the past several decades
of awards
in the
category have largely gone to instrumental LPs.
The February federal budget deal, meanwhile, hikes outlays
in both
of the two
categories of «discretionary» spending, defense and federal programs from foreign aid to housing subsidies, by an unprecedented 12 %, or $ 150 billion a
year in 2018 and 2019.
«Taking the two
years to the end
of 2016, almost a third
of the rise
in the number
of people
in work reflected growth
in self - employment (double the share
of that
category in total employment), with another fifth corresponding to more people
in part - time work,» he wrote
in a recent note to clients.
Open to all entrepreneurs based
in the UAE, this
year, the competition's
categories are on startups who have concepts
in the field
of blockchain, artificial intelligence and digital transportation.
The world's biggest beer makers have been angling to tap rising interest
in the craft
category, which generated $ 19.6 billion
in retail sales last
year and now accounts for 11 %
of the total beer market, according to industry trade group the Brewers Association.
In fact, for the next couple
of years, this segment (often referred to as «breastaurants») is poised to be one
of the fastest - growing restaurant
categories....
Founded after the dissolution
of Slater's 24 -
year sponsorship deal with extreme - sports apparel giant Quiksilver, Outerknown stands apart from other surf labels by eschewing the
category's signature bright colors and
in - your - face designs
in favor
of understated, decidedly adult attire.
That's a far cry from the results
of a study commissioned this
year by the Freelancers Union and Elance - oDesk, which put the number
of freelancers — a broader
category that includes temps, part - timers, and moonlighters — at 53 million, or one
in three American workers.
More than three - quarters
of active managers
in the U.S. Large Cap
category lagged the equal - weighted composite
of their passive peers during the ten
years ending December 31, 2014.
For the last couple
of years, about one
in every five deals is
in the «first capital»
category.
BGC (Australia) Pty Limited founder Len Buckeridge has been honoured
in this
year's Entrepreneur of the Year awards, as the «Master Entrepreneur» category win
year's Entrepreneur
of the
Year awards, as the «Master Entrepreneur» category win
Year awards, as the «Master Entrepreneur»
category winner.
«Our smartwatch, which we believe will deliver the best health and fitness experience
in the
category, is on track for delivery ahead
of the holiday season and will drive a strong second half
of the
year,» Park said
in a statement.
Today, DivaCup leads the
category, having grown revenues more than 700 %
in the last five
years and landing at No. 103 on the PROFIT 500, our ranking
of Canada's Fastest - Growing Companies.
This
year's awards are open to all Australian business women that meet the entry criteria
in the following
categories: * Westpac Group Business Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more
in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees
in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share
of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees
of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30
years and under, with any
of the above criteria).
The strong growth
in coffee
category sales over the past five
years has been fueled by demand for cold coffee beverages, now estimated to contribute over 20 %
of coffee sales
in the U.S. Starbucks currently serves over 35 %
of its coffee cold and expects this proportion to grow to 50 % by 2021.
Due
in part to its packaged coffee partnership with PepsiCo, Starbucks now captures nearly 20 %
of US coffee sales annually, while the Dunkin' Donuts share has shrunk to less than 10 %, despite the fact that
category revenue has been growing at over 6 % per
year since 2011, according to the Beverage Marketing Corporation.
A few
of last
year's
category winners are back, leading
in the early nominations, including tax specialist Robert Sceales from Sceales & Co, insolvency practitioner Lee Christensen, who has changed partners during the
year and now goes under the banner Christensen Vaughan, and environmental planning lawyer Tony van Merwjk from Freehills.
In more recent
years, it has become more
of a special treat, thus the
category hasn't seen much growth.
A
year ago, when Inc. named Slack its Company of the Year for 2015, it was essentially in a category of one, a niche product beloved among early adopters in the tech and media industries but relatively unknown in other parts of the business wo
year ago, when Inc. named Slack its Company
of the
Year for 2015, it was essentially in a category of one, a niche product beloved among early adopters in the tech and media industries but relatively unknown in other parts of the business wo
Year for 2015, it was essentially
in a
category of one, a niche product beloved among early adopters
in the tech and media industries but relatively unknown
in other parts
of the business world.
Accenture's survey doesn't hint at any big increase
in sales
of wearable devices, an emerging
category that includes devices like Internet connected fitness gadgets and smartwatches, The survey said that only 14 %
of polled respondents said they would buy a wearable device
in 2017, which was «virtually unchanged from last
year.»
While some skepticism arose over the search fund model
in its early days, continued success (and average returns north
of 30 percent) has led to significant growth
of the
category in recent
years.
China, a country that some critics say should be
in a
category of its own, is the best - performing
in the group, with gross - domestic product growth
of over 7 percent a
year but still faces a sharp slump
in its property market.
Paid subscriptions jumped 30 million
in the quarter and increased by 100 million from a
year earlier, he added, citing record sales
in the
categories of apps, music, extended warranties, Apple Pay and iCloud.
The two companies also hope to use Kind as a «platform» to introduce other healthy food products
in a variety
of categories over the next several
years.
The pigeon initiative is the brainchild
of digital marketing agency DigitasLBi, and won the «Solve a Problem»
category in Twitters #PoweredByTwitter competition last
year.
We believe that within 10
years, all investors will be using some form
of automated investment service, and that's directly because
of Wealthfront's leadership
in this
category.»
By the end
of next
year, every «major» product
category at Target will be included
in the service.
This
year the state returns to more familiar territory, with some
of the nation's largest class sizes, near the lowest per - pupil spending and a finish
in the bottom tier for the
category.
The new Nike + app, which executives previewed earlier this
year at a media event held
in New York City, will give users a mix
of services (booking one - on - one retail appointments), training and running advice tips, shopping tips, and a form
of social commerce that has become increasingly popular
in the athletics
category.
The authors cite nearly 20
years» worth
of case studies that show how
category kings swiftly take over the market cap
in a particular
category, leaving scraps for other competitors
in the space.
According to one limited partner who has been involved
in every Founders Fund pool since 2007, performances have ranked
in the «top quartile, if not the top decile»
of all VC funds
of their vintage (i.e., the
category determined by the
year the fund closed), with annual returns
in the 35 % to 45 % range.
Though the Best Actor
category is often brutally crowded, Spall is likely one
of the
year's first legitimate Oscar contenders - and, the actor admitted at the same lunch, he's also a candidate for an unlikelier honor if the film catches on after Sony Pictures Classics releases it
in December.
Home Hardware jumped 10 spots this
year, perhaps reflecting the shuffling
of the deck
in the home improvement
category as competitor Rona was bought by U.S. giant Lowe's.
Forty - seven percent
of total U.S. employment is
in the «high risk»
category of being automated within the next 10 to 20
years, according to research done at University
of Oxford by Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne, co-directors
of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technology and Employment.
Birch ranks Nebraska 49th
in the country
in two
categories: the percentage
of people working at companies that are less than 15
years old and the number
of jobs lost to layoffs and closings.
The group at the greatest risk
of a lifestyle adjustment,
in fact, are
in the highest - earning
category; 41 %
of those aged 55 to 64 with an average income
of $ 140,000 a
year are not saving enough to replace their spending after they stop working.
Managers and wardens
of various stripes would be included
in this
category, and can expect to make between about $ 74,000 and $ 108,000 per
year depending on their rank.