Sentences with phrase «years against increased»

Deutsche Bank's investment unit, in particular, has struggled over the last couple of years against increased market competition, in both trading and deal advising.

Its investment unit has struggled over the last couple of years against increased market competition, in both trading and deal advising.

The government must review pensions and benefits each year against increases in prices and uprate them by at least the same percentage.

Not exact matches

Koum also signaled years ago that he would take a stand against Facebook if the company's push to increase its profits demanded radical changes in the way WhatsApp operates.

Despite a 64 percent increase in Internet security breaches last year, only 25 percent of U.S. organizations are prepared to defend against a cyber attack.

In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructure.

Weighed against unemployment, which has dropped to a 16 - year low at 4.1 percent, that weakness has puzzled economists and made some policy makers declare the Fed should hold off on additional rate increases until prices respond more briskly.

They're paying the lowest premium in nearly three years to protect against a 10 % decline in Nvidia's stock over the next three months, relative to bets on a 10 % increase, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

A specialist EU team that detects and counters Russian cyberattacks, the East Stratcom Task Force, has reported an increase in campaigns aimed at aggravating the crisis, in what is a clear echo of the charges made against Russia in the U.S. election campaign last year, and the French and German election campaigns this year.

The Late Show host also spoke to Cook about his decision last year to publicly announce that he is gay, as well as the Apple CEO's efforts to increase the company's charitable works: «It became so clear to me that kids were getting bullied in school, kids were getting discriminated against, kids were even being [disowned] by their own parents,» Cook said.

The litigation against 150 - employee Banana Bungalow has resulted in an increase in the company's premiums from about $ 6,000 to $ 14,000 a year, says Buckley.

On a year - to - year basis, industrial production increased by 4.3 % against a forecast of 3.2 %.

Over the past few years, allegations ranging from verbal harassment to rape have rocked the careers of these men against a backdrop of increasing awareness about harassment.

What happened is with the increase in the number of people leaving the bank last year, we have more people [gaining] with lawsuits against us.

The increase took place against a backdrop of an overall variable annuity market in which sales last year fell 9 percent to $ 128 billion compared to 2016.

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

While we don't expect to grow same - restaurant guest counts versus last year since we are up against the very significant increase we achieved last year, we do expect this promotion to be more profitable for guests this year because of lower seafood costs.

The dollar fell a cent against the U.S. currency as traders realized the odds of another interest - rate increase this year had become remote.

In the first four months of this year, electricity use increased even more slowly, at 6 percent, against a year - earlier gain of 11.2 percent.

You can't argue against an 86-fold increase in shareholder returns over 20 years!

May 04 — Lawsuits against property and casualty insurers with the largest market shares in Florida increased sharply in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the same period last year, and Hurricane Irma claims are to blame, insurers say.

And in fairness, Darden CEO Gene Lee said it's people competing against the «new necessities today, whether smartphones, whether your cable bill, your Netflix bill, those all have increased significantly over the years and I think that people are making choices.»

A complete list of the U.S. counties receiving an increase to their local conforming loan limit, with a comparison against their prior - year limits, follows:

The claim comes one year after the ATO had a landmark win in the Federal Court against US oil company Chevron over a similar issue, and as Exxon's Australian subsidiary reported a 43 per cent surge in revenue to $ 10.37 billion and a 26-fold increase in annual profits.

The ArcSight review took place last year, at a time when Washington was accusing Moscow of an increasing number of cyber attacks against American companies, U.S. politicians and government agencies, including the Pentagon.

Over the second half of last year, personal credit recorded a solid pace of growth, and revolving credit secured against residential mortgages increased at an annual rate of around 27 per cent.

The company's FY2015 revenue was $ 5.26 billion, an increase from $ 4.87 billion in FY2014, while its net income was $ 2.14 billion against $ 1.65 billion in the previous year.

As a result, a five-fold increase in the number of mass shootings has occurred, when comparing the 30 years of impact of school prayer (i.e. 1949 - 1981) against the impact of no school prayer (i.e. 1982 — 2012).

I didn't write about Commenders with this current situation in mind, but because I have generally been seeing an increased level of push - back against them from the spiritual abuse survivor community over the past five years.

Nearly two dozen churches have been forced to shut their doors this year, and violent attacks against Christians have increased since January, reports Compass Direct News.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, for example, noted in its 2015 annual report the increase in reports of violence in India in recent years and observed that a «climate of impunity» against wrongdoers appeared to exist in a number of Indian states, «exacerbating the social and religious tensions among communities.»

everything in the universe evolves, not only life forms but also memes, Religion is a meme so it also change in conformity to its era or time of its conception as faith.Because in pre scientific times thousands of years ago, the scientific method of approach or philosophy has not existed yet, myth or merely story telling is considered facts, The first religion called animism more than 10,000 years ago believed that spirits or god exists in trees, rivers, mountains, boulders or in any places people at that time considered holy.hundreds of them, then when the Greeks and Romans came, it was reduced to 12, they called it polytheism, when the Jews arrived, it was further reduced to 1, monotheism.its derivatives, Christianity And Islam and later hundreds of denominations that includes Mormonism and Protestants flourished up to today.So in short this religions evolved in accordance to the scientific knowledge of the age or era they existed.If you graph the growth of knowledge, it shows a sharp increase in the last 500 years, forcing the dominant religions at that time to reinterprete their dogmas, today this traditional religions are becoming obsolete and has to evolve to survive.But first they have to unify against atheism.in the dialectical process of change, Theism in one hand and the opposing force atheism in the other, will resolve into a result or synthesis.The process shall be highlighted in the internet in the near future.

For five hundred years we have lived, through all the cultural triumphs and glories of mankind, in an age of the increasing evolution of the Mystery of Iniquity - the military rebellion, so to speak, against the Lordship of Christ.

«A consistent stream of virulent and inflammatory statements by political and religious leaders and an increase in harassment and imprisonment of, and physical attacks against, these groups has led to a renewal of the kind of oppression seen in the years immediately following the Iranian revolution,» the report says.

From controlling the foreign Affairs of Afghanistan after the 1st Anglo - Afghan war to drawing the Durand line between the Pashtuns after the 2nd Anglo - Afghan war, Why should the Afghans trust the British when the forefathers of Afghans fought against the Empire and today you send your royal family member on military expeditions in Afghanistan, why good have you done for any other country you have entered into militarily - what good can you do for Afghanistan when you have never been sincere with Afghans, Afghan never bought the story of Britain entering the war to eliminate poppy fields, the world is aware poppy production increase where British are present and Afghans know very well the British empire introduced poppy growing over 200 years ago to Afghanistan for transport through silk road and on to Hong Kong.

A report published earlier this year by the Turkish Association of Protestant Churches warned that persecution and hate speech against Christians of all denominations increased significantly throughout the country in the last year.

The increase in cheese and dairy prices has also helped cushion exports from the relentless rise of Australian Dollar, which now buys 76 US cents, as against 55 US cents two years ago.

DAIRY farmers are demanding they be given the choice to reduce or vote against any increase in the $ 35 million in levies they pay each year to research and development corporation Dairy Australia.

With Arsene Wenger once again driving the average Arsenal fan up the wall, going against conventional wisdom and baffling football pundits everywhere by sticking to his guns and refusing to get drawn into the ever increasing spending frenzy that is the summer transfer window, the odds against the Gunners ending the 12 year wait for a title get smaller by the day.

Sterling was back to somewhere near his best against West Bromwich Albion this afternoon as the Reds ended a tough run in the Premier League, but joy from that result will be tempered by this latest news, with increased speculation linking Sterling with a major continental move likely to mean that the 19 year - old is less inclined to quickly sign the offer that Liverpool have put on the table.

The 19 - year - old started in Chelsea's first game of pre-season against New York Red Bulls and in Wednesday's night defeat to Fiorentina — on both occasions in midfield — and could be set for increased involvement in the west London giants» title - defending campaign.

if the Ox was played to either showcase his skills or to increase any potential bids because of his perceived importance to our starting 11, this was an incredibly risky move that could have cost us dearly... imagine if he was injured or played poorly, like he did, and this negatively impacted our ability to get the best available deal... more importantly, why was Wenger willing to play someone who obviously wants out in such an important game under false pretenses... this kind of behaviour might be less offensive in April, when things are done and dusted, but to do this following a loss against a supposed main rival that pipped us for fourth by a point last year, could be considered at best inappropriate and at worst treasonous... we can't afford to let this coach make business decisions on game day, which has gone on for far too long

And with Bartolo Colon getting the Opening Day start and Harvey likely to pitch in game 2, deGrom hopefully won't have to go up against opposing teams» aces for much of the year, which vastly increases his win value.

You must have seen Dein arrive at AFC and the improvements, the ambition... the loss of Dein, the old board make a pact not to sell their shares, seen Gazidis hired before Silent Stan bought majority share position, the old board sell for a nice payday and going against their words, AFC asset value increase year after year while Silent Stan is happy to let that continue and media focuses on Wenger.

Over the years, SportsInsights has highlighted the fact that «Betting Against the Public» has even more value when there is increased public attention.

If you make contributions into an ISA after 6 April this tax year they will count against your New ISA limit for 2014/15, but your ISA limit will automatically increase to # 15,00 after the 1st July.

However, «The AAP Section on Breastfeeding, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Academy of Family Physicians, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, and many other health organizations recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life.2, 127 — 130 Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as an infant's consumption of human milk with no supplementation of any type (no water, no juice, no nonhuman milk, and no foods) except for vitamins, minerals, and medications.131 Exclusive breastfeeding has been shown to provide improved protection against many diseases and to increase the likelihood of continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

‡ 2,127 — 130 Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as an infant's consumption of human milk with no supplementation of any type (no water, no juice, no nonhuman milk, and no foods) except for vitamins, minerals, and medications.131 Exclusive breastfeeding has been shown to provide improved protection against many diseases and to increase the likelihood of continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

Your warning against placing infants in adult beds is highly erroneous, irresponsible, and will lead to increases in the number of U.S. infant deaths each year.

«At the same time, over the last year, there's been a 40 percent increase in hate crimes against transgender people and a record 25 transgender people killed because of violence nationwide, including here in New York.