Sentences with phrase «year was on another level»

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D.R. Horton, the country's largest homebuilder, has been increasingly focused on its entry - level segment, which the company in January said should grow strongly over the next three years.

Just a few years ago, privacy was a big issue as regular people started to understand that big companies like Facebook, Target, Walmart and others were using sophisticated technologies to understand users on an individual level.

Many market players believe that a 3 percent level on the 10 - year U.S. paper is a massive problem for equities, but above all, for the global economy.

It was nudging up at 2.96 percent on Tuesday, which also left the gap between U.S. and German 10 - year benchmark bond yields just off its widest level in nearly three decades.

Tillerson's departure just over a year into the Trump administration puts him on a short list of high - level government officials whose tenure have been incredibly brief.

In the opinion of the Company's management, a discussion of loss reserve development is meaningful to users of the financial statements as it allows them to assess the impact between prior and current year development on incurred claims and claim adjustment expenses, net and core income (loss), and changes in claims and claim adjustment expense reserve levels from period to period.

«We typically don't go into this level of detail but I think it's important this quarter to give you additional color, and maybe the two most important messages are that we believe iPhone revenue will grow double - digits as compared to last year during the March quarter and also and, importantly, that iPhone sell - through growth on a year - over-year basis will be actually accelerating during the March quarter as compared to the December,» chief financial officer Luca Maestri said.

«My dad was keen, but it was my level - headed mother who finally convinced me that, at 18 and about to enter medical school, I was in no position to take on a seven - year - old,» she writes.

The London Metal Exchange three - month aluminum price hit a seven - year high of $ 2,718 per tonne on April 19 but is now trading back down around the $ 2,250 level.

This recommendation comes on a morning when stocks are selling off and the 10 - year is pushing to a fresh year - to - date low of 1.528 %, its lowest level since 2012.

What we've spent a lot of time focusing on in the last year is making sure that we're able to deliver that technology in a way that is super-customer-friendly and that is supported at a level they feel like they need, and that's from both a sales and account coverage standpoint.

South Korea's new management - minded approach is a dramatic turnaround from its energetic regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges this past year, alarmed at a heated market that saw local prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies in South Korea trade for higher than international levels.

OOIL shares on Monday rose over 20 percent on Monday morning, while COSCO's Hong Kong - listed shares were up to their highest level in almost two years.

It's something you'll hear in your entry - level courses in finance or investing: Stocks on average return about 10 % a year, and bonds return about 5 %.

The IRS audited only 0.84 % of taxpayers in 2015, the lowest level since 2004, and the agency is on track to audit even fewer people this year.

On average, 80 % of employees were engaged at Platinum Level Best employers this year.

Yields on the securities have climbed to their highest levels in six years, and total returns were negative 2.6 percent for the first two months of 2018, making for the worst start of a year for the asset class since 1981.

His comments followed less - than - stellar data on U.S. consumer spending that showed that even as confidence hit its highest level in more than 16 years last month, Americans are still holding their wallets tightly.

Although Spain's borrowing costs have fallen over the past two months on the back of the ECB's new rescue plan, the Spanish 10 - year yield is still hovering just below 6 percent - a level that has been seen as unsustainable since the crisis escalated in 2011.

In a report earlier this year for the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Trent University economist Harry Kitchen argues it's time for governments, particularly at the municipal level, to stop offering price breaks for seniors.

Mr Dawson said the fund was relying on bank balance improvements in the 2012 - 13 financial year to enable it to continue funding subsidies at the current level.

For months, Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have been working behind the scenes to broker a deal on overall spending levels for the current fiscal year, which already is two months old.

The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change, an intergovernmental group charged with researching the effects of carbon emissions, said at the end of September that climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40 years.

Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

It's worth noting that French broadband provider Free tried turning on network - level ad - blocking a few years back, in a bid to get money out of Google, but the government told it to stop.

And when I sold that business in 2015, I was able to focus my attention on bringing my powerful personal brand, which I had worked on for years to build, to an even higher level, and eventually into thought leadership.

The yield on 10 - year Treasury bond is hovering near its highest levels in four years.

During a webcast presenting his 2017 outlook, Gundlach, the founder of DoubleLine Capital, said certain «second - tier» managers were focusing on 2.6 % as an important level for the 10 - year Treasury yield — a threshold beyond which the bull market in bonds would end.

But the store where you've worked the last 20 years is still, on some level, the same store.

But that may prove to be a mere trickle compared with the number of health apps that end up on consumers» phones in the coming years, as Obamacare continues to drive the health care industry to reach new levels of efficiency.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Peter Schiff reveals what people are missing about gold, and CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis and the Futures Now Traders have a trade on the 10 - year note and look for key levels in the S&P.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports gasoline storage is reaching levels not seen in 27 - years and those stockpiles are putting downward pressure on crude.

Whether it's my wife who doesn't know how to press all the buttons on the controller or it's my 12 - year - old who over the weekend has been creating these levels that are just impossible to complete, everybody can enjoy it at their own level.

This year's list represents many examples of the disruption that is faced by many of the world's biggest companies on many levels.

Entry - level salaries on average increased 3 percent to $ 49,785 a year ago, marking the highest amount of the average base pay for college graduates in a decade.The analysis was conducted by Korn / Ferry International, an executive - search firm in Los Angeles.

I actually spoke to one of the members of the Board of Governors, it was a social occasion and I was kinda tweaking her a little bit and said «you guys are insolvent every now and then depending on the level of interest rates because you have all these 10 - year notes,» and she said «no we're not.»

TORONTO — The 2013 - 14 financial year was an unusually strong one for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which earned a 16.5 per cent annual return on the billions of dollars in assets it manages for the national retirement system, but its CEO cautions that level of growth likely won't soon be repeated.

ValueAct's Mason Morfit said the firm's trading levels — 3.5 x expected 2018 earnings, is «a valuation you put on a business that's going out of business in the next three or four years.»

Minimum wage levels are set by the provinces, and Ontario's decision to raise its baseline requirement to $ 11 an hour earlier this year sparked significant debate about the economic impact on workers and employers.

«While inventories remain at high levels, which is bearish, inventory levels have begun to fall year on year for the first time since 2014, indicating that supply and demand are finally beginning to come into balance,» he told CNBC via email.

It had been 20 years since Valeti had, but it nonetheless confirmed that, as far as they still had to go, they'd produced, on the most fundamental level, meat.

(Updates prices, market activity and comments to U.S. market open, new byline, changes dateline, previous LONDON) NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters)- The U.S. dollar was little changed in choppy trading on Thursday as investors took profits from a rally that sent the greenback to its highest levels of the year and awaited Fridays payrolls data for April.

They are now counting on him to raise their businesses to the next level: 100 or more paid speaking engagements a year.

Our research shows that investment budgets are too often based simply on levels in previous years, and too many investment projects are turned down by junior managers, preventing top leaders from even looking at all the available opportunities.

And to make matters worse, traders weren't braced for a drop that stretched as deep as 6.3 % in the company's shares on Friday, a loss that has the stock at its lowest level in more than four years.

On April 3, he initiated coverage with a buy rating, and pointed out his report that the emerging markets «downtick» is leveling off, while U.S. enterprise and commercial markets is growing by 10 % a year.

To help everyone set their year up for success, here are five ways you can keep the right level of focus on YOURSELF in 2015.

Of course, a return to normal levels of business engagement would be welcome after years of relying on consumers piling on debt to power the economy.