Every single
year we record more happy couples.
According to an article recently published by Northern Woodlands, «In Canada, biologists surveying a two - mile stretch of road over four
years recorded more than 30,000 dead amphibians.
Not exact matches
Following a
record - breaking summer, Australia's energy market operator warned this week that eastern Australia desperately needs
more gas for power stations within the next two
years to provide back - up electricity for wind and solar and avert blackouts.
Pay television lost a
record number of subscribers in last
year's fourth quarter as
more and
more companies have opted to cut the cord.
Bitcoin's price soared in 2017 — reaching a
record high of
more than $ 19,000 in December — but saw sharp declines at the start of this new
year due to fears of regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies.
Perth's CBD office market
recorded $ 740 million worth of major transactions in the 12 months to March 2018,
more than three times higher than it was this time last
year, according to research undertaken by Savills Australia.
Apple now has
more stores in China than any other region outside of the U.S. Despite that, China revenue fell to $ 45 billion in the latest fiscal
year, down from a
record $ 59 billion in 2015 amid greater competition from local phone makers like Huawei Technologies and Xiaomi.
With
more MBA programs than ever before serving a
record number of students — about 10,000 students are registered in Canadian MBA programs this
year, up from 4,800 in 1998 — specialization has become a defining trend, helping schools compete for the best students, and graduates compete for the best jobs.
National outlets are paying
more attention to her than ever before and she is arguably making this
year's U.S. Open interesting even to non-tennis fans, thanks to her historic quest at a
record.
The tech - heavy Nasdaq composite rose
more than half a percent to post its 50th
record close for this
year.
Muzak amassed a collection of roughly 5,000 songs within a few
years,
more than any
record label at the time.
For decades, Japan had accumulated solid current account surpluses, but the surplus for 2012
more than halved from a
year before to 4.7 trillion yen, the smallest on
record.
After a seven -
year legal battle, European authorities came down hard on Google on Tuesday for taking advantage of its dominance in online searches to direct customers to its own businesses, fining the tech giant a
record 2.42 billion euros ($ 2.72 billion) and raising the prospect of
more.
At the 40th celebration of Virgin
Records, the 63 -
year - old who has helped shape the music, space and airline industries, recalled crying when he sold the
record label
more than 20
years ago for $ 1 billion.
«With a
record year of mega-cap deals in 2015, certain sectors have become meaningfully
more concentrated,» the Goldman note said.
The singer now earns
more than $ 45 million a
year and holds the 2012 Guinness world
record for fastest - selling digital album by a female artist.
Thus far, the industry has announced plans to close 6,700 stores this
year,
more than any other
year on
record, and there's still two months left in 2017.
So far, 2016 has seen mainland firms launch a
record $ 181 billion of overseas mergers and acquisitions — about 70 %
more than the whole of last
year.
This
year, there will be at least 27 (a
record), which will cover
more than 25,000 square feet of exhibit space, a 200 percent increase over the 2015 show.
The telecom company reported
record low customer turnover rates, and marked its fifth consecutive
year netting 1 million or
more customers.
More than 110 million Americans watched last
year's Super Bowl, and this
year's edition — played between two big markets, New England and New York — is expected to surpass those
record - setting numbers.
The
record $ 16.8 million donated this
year to Telethon's annual fundraising weekend — the charity's most successful event to date — will mean
more money in the pockets of the chosen beneficiaries, including the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.
Quintana Roo state, where Cancun is located,
recorded 133 murders in the first six months of 2017,
more than double the total for all of last
year.
While
more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent
years, the number of fatal accidents compared with the total number of flights was a
record low, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Sales of the Envision have been strong in China since and the popularity of the SUV helped Buick sales in October in China rise 42 percent
year - over-
year and set a
record of
more than 100,000 sales in a month for the first time.
We already know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens set
records at the box office, but on Tuesday we will find out
more about the blockbuster film's ultimate impact on Walt Disney's (dis) bottom line in the first quarter of the entertainment giant's fiscal
year.
For long - term growth, the company must continue its international expansion, and its
record in the American market is decidedly middling.While it doubled its U.S. presence over the past five
years, now boasting
more than 645 outlets, it was also forced to close 54stores there in 2010.
The Oiler became the youngest captain in the history of the league at just 19
years of age, and in 2016 won the Art Ross Trophy for
recording more points that any player in the NHL, netting 30 goals and 70 assists on the
year, and won MVP.
Add another one to the list: for one
year, it smashed all
records for the highest executive compensation in Canada, awarding its former CEO Michael Pearson $ 179 million in company stock, for a total take - home of $ 182 million,
more than double paid to the previous
year's highest paid CEO, BlackBerry's John Chen.
On Monday, as the market again reached a new
record high, Trump tweeted that the first
year of his presidency had seen 70
record closes (presumably he meant 70
record - high closes), which he said was
more than any previous
year.
This
year's Masters, which generally garners
more betting than any other golf tournament on the PGA tour, is estimated to surpass $ 12 million in Nevada, which would be a
record.
«With a
record of service that has spanned
more than 30
years as a public servant, as an adviser, as a scholar, Ash is rightly regarded as one of our nation's foremost national security leaders,» Obama said.
For the second consecutive
year, the company
recorded a 20 % increase in revenues in 2011, to
more than $ 79 million, from sales of IT asset management, data security and computer theft recovery services.
«For example, high - quality engineers or scientists may be
more interested in joining a company started by an entrepreneur who previously started a company in a good industry and
year if they believe (justifiably given the evidence) that this track
record increases the likelihood of success,» they write.
Getting lots of money from Spotify may be great for music labels and owners, but it's not doing much for Spotify: The company lost $ 200 million last
year, and the massive payments it makes to
record companies (which amount to
more than 85 % of its revenues) are a big part of the problem.
Our sense is that in light of the oil shock and weak economic growth
recorded in Canada this past
year, the SEPH is likely telling the
more accurate story, meaning we could see employment as measured by the LFS slow significantly during the first half of 2016.»
Bitcoin had a
record year in 2017 with the cryptocurrency gaining
more than 1,300 percent to almost $ 20,000 in December.
Already in Brazil, the region's biggest economy, President Dilma Rousseff is starting to roll out a
more conservative message of austerity, including cuts in unemployment and welfare benefits, to tame a
record budget deficit widened by the biggest economic slowdown in 25
years.
The five -
year - old association has
more than 400 members, all of whom adhere to a code of ethical business practices concerning the use of private
records.
Instead, he went right back Paris Fashion Week the next
year, and while The Telegraph was not much
more enthusiastic about this collection, they conceded that it was not a «hit with a capital S.» Meanwhile, his track
record with footwear is another matter entirely.
Last
year, China's total new loans hit a
record 13.53 trillion yuan, 7 percent
more than the previous
record in 2016.
A torrent of streaming music services has erupted, with Spotify, Rdio, MOG and many
more offering users access to a vast collective
record library, stored in the cloud and downloaded on demand — and 2013 will be the
year they hit the mainstream.
Earlier this
year, Reuters reported that the NSA collected
more than 151 million
records of Americans» phone calls in 2016, even after Congress purportedly limited the scope of the government's data collection powers.
In a
record year for U.S. M&A, with $ 2.18 trillion in deals, according to Dealogic, hostile takeover bids have also surged, worth
more than 14 % of the total value of transactions.
The digital currency is down around 16 percent this
year, having fallen from a
record high of
more than $ 19,000 in December last
year.
Last quarter was the best quarter for blockchain and bitcoin VC funding on
record,
more than doubling the amount raised in the first quarter and up 89 %
year over
year, according to CBInsights.
Strong employment growth, consumer confidence and
more workers moving to B.C. are credited for the booming housing market over the last four
years, including 2016, when a
record 112,209 homes changed hands.
She wasn't racing the field but the clock, spending most of the race
more than a second - and - a-half under her own world
record pace, set earlier this
year.
Both companies said they are accelerating shale drilling in the Permian Basin of west Texas and New Mexico, the largest U.S. oilfield, helping to lift the nation's output so far this
year to
more than 10 million barrels per day, a new
record.
Within the next five
years, revenue from live music «will
more than offset» the drop in
record sales since 2008, according to a PwC study.