Sentences with phrase «year on a strong note»

«The housing market is closing the year on a stronger note than earlier this summer, backed by solid job creation and an economy that has kicked into a higher gear,» said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the NAR.

Buoyed by rising employment and Wall Street profit - taking, along with voter - approved tax increases, California finished its 2012 - 13 fiscal year on a strong note with revenues coming in some $ 2 billion more than was forecast, according to new figures from the state's fiscal officers.

Once again, we finished the year on a strong note.

I wrapped up the year on a strong note and am looking forwar...

I know it's not many tasks, but I want to make sure to succeed and finish the first quarter of the year on a strong note.

Ending the year on a strong note, leading Asian hospitality group Dusit International has announce the launch of a new premium hotel brand, Dusit Devarana, fulfilling the needs of a new segment for the group.

«The housing market is closing the year on a stronger note than earlier this summer, backed by solid job creation and an economy that has kicked into a higher gear,» he said.

Not exact matches

U.S. stock indexes suffered their biggest losses in 3 months Monday, having finished 2014 on a fairly strong note, with the Dow gaining 7.5 % on the year, while the S&P 500 improved by almost 12 %, and the Nasdaq gained more than 13 %.

On its first quarter earnings call, Oracle's executive triad of Larry Ellison, Safra Catz, and Mark Hurd once again touted strong cloud growth, noting that total cloud revenue for the quarter hit $ 969 million, up 59 % year over year.

Craig Alexander, chief economist for the Conference Board of Canada, said the country had the strongest growth in the G7 last year, but is now entering 2018 on a soft note at an increasingly uncertain time.

China is ending the year on what many are interpreting as a strong note.

Nolte added that despite concerns about the valuation of the FAANG stocks, something he noted has persisted for years with little impact on the stock prices, the group's prospects remained strong by many measures.

Despite the strong data, the yield on the 10 - year US Treasury note fell to 2.415 % from 2.43 % a week ago.

«I'm coming on 15 years [of working here],» he says, noting that the firm has assembled a strong team.

Johnson - Thompson, who claimed world indoor long jump silver in 2014 and the European indoor pentathlon title in 2015, is also looking for a strong performance in Birmingham to start an important year on a positive note.

Through the work of four playwrights, Matt Charman, Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne, the play follows several intertwining stories: a couple in a therapy session discuss the impact that the strong environmental beliefs of one, and the indifference of the other, is having on their relationship, a young woman, against her parents» advice, drops out of university to become a climate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd) in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

«We are pleased the state is in a stronger financial and budget condition, and certainly we will continue to have that view,» DiNapoli said, noting thanks to strong revenues and ongoing financial settlements, New York is on track to end the year with a surplus.

EJ McMahon says Cuomo «is ending the year on a strong pro-taxpayer note, vetoing union - backed legislation that would have blocked the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority (NIFA) from imposing pay freezes to balance the county budget.»

Alberts's editorial also notes that relying on journal impact factors to evaluate a scientist's research output «creates a strong disincentive to pursue risky and potentially groundbreaking work, because it takes years to create a new approach in a new experimental context, during which no publications should be expected.»

«We show that the strong season of birth effects on late life diabetes among individuals born in the years 1930 - 1938 in all Ukraine regions were substantially larger for births in the first half year of 1934 in famine regions, especially after famine in early gestation,» noted Lumey.

So the report notes that the current «pause» in new global average temperature records since 1998 — a year that saw the second strongest El Nino on record and shattered warming records — does not reflect the long - term trend and may be explained by the oceans absorbing the majority of the extra heat trapped by greenhouse gases as well as the cooling contributions of volcanic eruptions.

I think it's just such a great excuse to hit the refresh button and put your foot on the gas to finish out the end of the year (can't believe I'm saying that) on a strong note.

Along the way we'll take note of probable nominees and winners, but the major emphasis here will be on what should happen, on those that are most deserving, the most impressive cinematic achievements in a strong year for movies.

She capitalized on that promise a few years later when she earned strong notes again for her performance in «Ghost World.»

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Rated PG - 13 for some sequences of intense action violence and frightening images Available on DVD and Blu - ray The final episode of the Harry Potter franchise was a momentous occasion this past year, not just because it was the last of eight films, but because they ended on such a strong note.

We indeed capped the year on a high note and as we look to the future, the commitment of parents, teachers, charter leaders and authorizers across the nation is stronger than ever.

Maryland elementary and middle school students continued a strong eight - year trend of making steady progress on the tests, noting gains in reading and math on this year's assessments.

When 2011 ended on a strong note (sales running at a 13.5 - million - unit annual pace that December), the hope for 2012 was that the full - year total might reach the upper 13 - million - unit range.

While CZI has been strong in recent weeks, note that it has lost over half its value on the year.

U.S. Treasury MarketsThe yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note hit its highest level since 2011 and the two - year yield hit its highest market since 2008 after strong retail sales and manufacturing data.The 10 - year Treasury note, rose 9 basis points to 3.091 percent Tuesday, above the 3.03 level reached in

Mr. Wicker notes that September demonstrated historically low market volatility on several measures and as we enter what is typically the strongest quarter of the calendar year, the market's behavior into the fourth quarter of 2017 is encouraging.

But on a more optimistic note, the GDP price index in Q1 is usually stronger compared to the reading for Q4 of the previous year.

I wanted to be able to say I'd gone out on a high note,» explained Hamill, who after lending his voice to the caped crusader's animated adventures for 12 years, has developed a strong protective streak for our favorite crazed clown.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

Note that it doesn't say «E3» specifically on the card, so chances are strong that this Trap will show up at other events later this year.

With Xiaomi making a stronger push for offline sales, it'll be easier to get your hands on the Redmi Note 5 Pro than in previous years.

Responsibilities for this Administrative Assistant job include: • Responsible for scheduling appointments, giving information to callers, making travel arrangements and otherwise relieving officials of clerical work and minor administrative and business detail Set up and maintain paper and electronic filing systems for records, correspondence, and other material • Answer office telephone and give information to callers, take messages, or transfer calls to appropriate individuals • Locate and attach appropriate files to incoming correspondence requiring replies • Greet office visitors and handle their inquiries or direct them to the appropriate person based on their needs • Open, read, route, and distribute incoming mail or other materials and answer routine letters • Complete forms in accordance with company procedures • Review work done by others to check for correct spelling and grammar, ensure that company format policies are followed, and recommend revisions as needed • Compose, type, and distribute meeting notes, routine correspondence, and reports Qualifications: • Must have Associate's Degree or 2 - 3 years work experience in the field or in a related area • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with demonstrated expertise in Word, Excel and PowerPoint • Strong attention to detail and follow - up skills Pay for this position is $ 15.00 / hr plus overtime as needed.

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Commenting on more of today's Case - Shiller report, Blitzer also noted that the Southwest and the West saw the strongest year - over-year gains as San Francisco home prices rose 24.5 % followed by Las Vegas (+23.3 %) and Phoenix (+20.6 %).

Commenting on strong sales in the Central Puget Sound region, Scott noted King County recorded the biggest year - over-year jump in pending sales of single family homes, surging nearly 11.3 percent, well ahead of Kitsap (up 4.5 percent), Pierce (up 4 percent) and Snohomish (up 3.2 percent).

In this week's economic review, the 30 - year average mortgage rate continued to climb, the U.S. economy ended 2017 on a strong note, and home sales fell in December.

The story goes on to note that Yahoo's year - over-year trend appears to be strong through the first half of Q2 2012 as it relates to display advertising sales across home pages.

«As more consumers remain in their homes rather than move in this economy, remodelers benefited from a gradual increase in home improvement activity, taking us to a five - year high,» said NAHB Remodelers Chairman Bob Peterson, CGR, CAPS, CGP, a remodeler from Ft. Collins, Colo. «2011 ended on a strong note for the remodeling industry.»

More than 80 percent of the major U.S. office markets will experience rent growth exceeding inflation in the next two years, she notes, with high - tech stars such as Boston and San Francisco still shining bright, and more markets such as Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas joining on the strong side.

Strong demand for space and limited new inventory coming on - line in 2016 will facilitate another year of steep vacancy declines,» notes Marcus & Millichap's forecast.