Sentences with phrase «year one as»

Cryptocurrency trading saw a massive uptick in the past year as bitcoin's price skyrocketed to new highs.

That likely reassured investors who watched Walmart sacrifice profits for a couple of years as it gave workers raises and invested heavily in e-commerce to better compete online and in stores.

Adena Friedman's first year as CEO of Nasdaq has been pretty remarkable.

Two years as our CEO and president.

As of March 2016, Express Scripts began amortizing the contract over 10 years, rather than over 15 years as it had been doing, the company said in its annual filing in February.

With 74 western U.S. Dairy Queen locations, and 43 years as both franchisor and franchisee, Bill Spae is also focused on growth.

In some years as many as 400,000 people were removed.

MILAN — Carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles reported Thursday a 60 percent rise in net profit for the first quarter of the year as sales improved, particularly in the Americas, and demand rose globally for its Jeeps.

Before joining the Times, Kate worked for more than six years as an on - air television reporter at CNBC, appearing on the channel's daytime programming with news, interviews, and analysis.

Tram ridership has decreased for eight of the past ten years as new forms of public transit have increased competition.

For these sins he was demoted and has spent the past couple of years as the minister of state for small business.

Harley, which commands about half of the U.S. big - bike market, has seen its U.S. market share erode in recent years as it grapples with an ageing customer base, weak demand from younger buyers and discounts offered by rivals.

Exxon's profits have improved over the last year as the oil market continues to recover from a prolonged price slump.

Caruso - Cabrera joined CNBC in 1998 from WTSP - TV in St. Petersburg, Fla., where she spent four years as a general assignment reporter covering crime and hurricanes.

Gilmour served for 13 years as creative director of Clif Bar, where he was in charge of product packaging and coming up with new brands, like the Luna bars.

The difference has been even more visible in recent years as the Canadian dollar has hovered around par with the greenback.

The investigation is the latest problem for a six - year - old company, known until last year as Trump University, that already faces a string of consumer complaints, reprimands from state regulators and a lawsuit from dissatisfied former students.

After graduating with a degree in Architecture from Cambridge, she spent a year as Operations Manager aboard the record - breaking biofueled powerboat Earthrace, where she traveled 25,000 miles, visited 120 cities, and ran a campaign to promote the use of alternative fuels.

Tensions with the West have increased steadily over recent years as Russia becomes involved in conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.

Despite Lynn's years as a lobbyist for Raytheon, a defense contractor, the administration appointed him as Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Harley Finkelstein, Chief Platform Officer of Canada's tech darling Shopify, took on a second job this year as a judge on CBC's Next Gen Den, the web - only version of the hit show Dragon's Den, featuring younger entrepreneurs and riskier deals.

Priceline and its competitors have also beefed up their listings of vacation rentals in recent years as Airbnb and such accommodations in general became more popular.

He dismisses the unfortunate events of last year as the kind of short - term problems that any business undergoes during a transition.

As it grew, «it became a little less cool in the eyes of some core boarders,» says Mike Lewis, who covered Potdevin for years as the editor of Transworld Business magazine.

We've made many changes to it over the years as we've learned from our experiences, and we're always looking for ways to make it better.»

T - Mobile Celebrates 5 Years as a Public Company with Record - Low Churn, Industry - Leading Customer Growth, and Strong Profitability

Six years as a small, closely held, well - funded upstart haven't helped Square solve this problem.

An angel investor in roughly 75 startups, including Square and Pinterest, Lanman previously founded recommendation app Livestar and spent nine years as a corporate strategy executive at Microsoft.

Amazon Go's opening was delayed for about a year as Amazon struggled to get the technology just right.

Perth - based information technology company ASG Group has reported a significant financial loss for the 2013 financial year as it struggles to come to terms with the changing sector.

To illustrate that point, the report cites data that suggests the U.S. has become less entrepreneurial over the past 40 years as startups have struggled to compete in increasingly consolidating industries.

In their book Start Your Own Business, the staff of Entrepreneur Media Inc. guides you through the critical steps to starting your business, then supports you in surviving the first three years as a business owner.

The introduction in October of around - the - clock Egg McMuffins and hash browns helped the Golden Arches enjoy its best quarter in nearly four years as it comes off two years of declines.

Sales dropped 9 % last year as foreign exchange impacts hit the company hard.

It could be that some businesses are much better off being private, even after years as public companies.

Conversely, the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opus flopped, as did Independence Day: Resurgence, a sequel to a flick released the same year as Trainspotting.

He even spent a few years as an engineer with Alcan Aluminum in Montreal before he founded Jarislowsky Fraser.

Kennedy saw the online dating industry grow and change over the past few years as general counsel and then deputy CEO of Badoo and then as an advisor and member of Bumble's board.

David Katz, Matrix Asset Advisors, and Steve Massocca, Wedbush Securities, discuss their market outlooks for the rest of the year as markets bounce back after some companies report strong earnings results.

But a cure is still a long ways off, and for many, an ALS diagnosis spells a death sentence — often, patients die within five years as they lose the ability to control their muscles, eat, and breathe.

As long as OPEC and Russia continue to curb production, «the market is likely to balance for the year as a whole with the first half in a modest surplus and the second half in a modest deficit.»

Her years as a bulimia sufferer had ended and she was eating properly,» he wrote.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

He's just working hard on something for years as his passion project,» Maurice says.

The US$ 80 million the club will now rake in every year as a result instantly put it on equal ground with deep - pocketed powerhouses like the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, both of which have their own sports networks.

There was only one area that we were allowed to rent: a strip of land at the edge of my grandfather's house that he let go wild each year as the lemonade stand season approached.Before opening we were required to rent the mower, buy the gas, and mow the lawn.

Your lifestyle has probably expanded over the years as your salary has grown.

A new report says state tax revenues increased in the final three months of last year as the improving economy boosted income and sales taxes receipts.

It's made for a busy first half - year as premier, and whether you consider her successful or not so far likely depends on where you sit on the political spectrum.

«The announcement that Jamie Dimon was potentially staying for five additional years as CEO should end speculation that he may leave for political office or political appointments in the near term,» wrote Keefe Bruyette and Woods analysts on Monday.