Sentences with phrase «years of declines under»

The city's welfare rolls under NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio have reached their highest point in nearly nine years, rising after years of declines under the previous two administrations, official records show.

Not exact matches

Over the past few months, Paulson has bought 3.7 million nonvoting shares of Viacom, which he said on Tuesday has begun to show positive results under a plan overseen by Chief Executive Bob Bakish after years of declining advertising and viewership.

However, the decline in the fraction of households headed by a business owner under 30 began about 15 years earlier.

Under Previous Standards, Total Revenues for the quarter declined (3.0) % -LRB-(6.8) % excluding the impact of FX movements) versus prior year, primarily reflecting a decrease in supply chain related revenues, partially offset by a favorable impact of FX movements.

Under Previous Standards, Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter declined (2.2) % -LRB-(6.1) % excluding the impact of FX movements) versus prior year, primarily as a result of a decrease in Total Revenues, partially offset by a favorable impact of FX movements.

Suffocating under the weight of declining coal production, West Virginia falls to No. 50 from No. 47 last year.

NXP has struggled under the weight of weakened semiconductor demand since about the midpoint of 2015, with the company reporting a comparable sales decline (i.e., not including revenue from its merger with Freescale Semiconductor) of minus 8 % from the prior - year period in the second quarter.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

This initiated a further decline in 10 - year government bond yields, which fell to all - time lows for nine large euro area countries including France, Ireland and Spain by 26 November, the end of the period under review (Graph 5, right - hand panel).

Under Armour also anticipates gross margin to decline slightly on a year - over-year basis, driven again by a combination of foreign exchange pressure and sales mix.

If our friends at Deutsche Bank are right in forecasting the US unemployment rate to decline from the current 17 year low of 4.1 per cent to 3.2 per cent by - late 2019, the US Federal Reserve are going to have a delicate balancing act as they lift the cash rate in trying to keep inflationary expectations under control.

Anyone who looks at nominal rates is not really looking under the hood, and it's the steep decline in real rates that's what's kept a lid on the Dollar, which is at a level that's no different than where it was a couple of years ago.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Projections issued after the Australia 2020 Summit in 2008 saw the age of the average Australian farmer peaking in 2011 at just under 55 years, and then gradually declining past 2030.

The 56 - year - old has largely worked with squads of players superior to this Liverpool one, but he played a large part in building that famous Milan side that won the European Cup twice under his reign, and also took a declining Chelsea side to a new level without any real signings of his own, showing how much influence he can have over a team's style of play.

Personally I think the board should apologize for hiring Wenger for another 2 years when they could see we was in decline under his management, I couldn't care a less what comes out of Wenger's mouth as it absolute drivvel.

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

Jameer Nelson declined last year and he's under contract until the end of next season with a team option for 2014 - 15.

«In the first year after divorce, fathers of children age four and under reported that their sense of family well - being plummeted three times more than a man's general wellbeing typically declines when he loses his job.»

But in contrast, GDP per capita has declined by 12 per cent under John Mahama's tenure as president when oil revenue and loans alone over the eight - year period of 2009 - 2016 would amount to GHS248billion,» he said at the lecture on the theme: «State of Ghana's Economy — Foundation of Concrete or Straw?»

We believe a long term asset management approach, allied to increased levels of funding, is required to bring our road network up to an acceptable standard and arrest the decline caused by years of under investment.»

On dwindling standard of education, Ezekwesili said the ministry under her, adopted a proxy approach to find out the declining performance of students in the annual WASSCE examinations in the last 10 years before 2006.

But in contrast, GDP per capita has declined by 12 percent under John Mahama's tenure as president when oil revenue and loans alone over the eight - year period of 2009 - 2016 would amount to GHS248billion,» he said.

Stefanik, who has previously spoken highly of Scalise following his near - fatal shooting last year, declined to make an endorsement, but said the GOP conference would be in good hands under the leadership of either lawmaker.

The sheriff has declined to specify the reason for the charges, but Newsday has reported that Walsh, a powerful figure in Suffolk politics for the past eight years, had been under investigation since February, accused of charging the county for hours that he didn't work.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) comes under attack for a steady decline in the quality of its work in paying statutory financial compensation to victims of violent crime the last ten years.

At 1 p.m., an annual UFT survey has found that for the first time in five years the number of overcrowded NYC classrooms has shown a significant decline, UFT President Mike Mulgrew and elected officials will call on the state meet its obligations under the Contract for Excellence, including lowering all city classes to the state average, steps of Tweed Courthouse, 52 Chambers St., Manhattan.

It is the 2 years of APC under a declining oil revenues that is responsible for all the woes of Nigeria since independence.

A third of New Yorkers itemized their federal tax filings last year; the number is expected to sharply decline with the near doubling of the standard deduction level under the new federal law.

But its very welcome, it will cause worry and concern in the PLP and this will feed into the public narrative of a government in serious trouble and decline If this type of Conservative poll lead continues with the Labour party continuing to drop under the 30 % barrier, I would expect it to have a similar destabilising effect on the Labour party comparable to the run up to the Conference season last year when we were facing an Autumn election with Labour riding high in the polls.

Under provisions of the current continuing resolution, federal research funding would total $ 55.2 billion for FY 2007, a 2.6 percent decrease that would mark the first year - to - year decline in at least three decades.

This September, after years of mulling over the decline — and spurred forward by litigation — the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed listing the bird as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

«Shrubs did rather well under these conditions because of their growing response to annual precipitation, but the grasses declined as a result of their limited response to wet years,» said Sala.

Deforestation has declined to record lows in recent years, and just over 50 % of Brazil's rainforest now falls under some form of protected status.

The incidence of invasive melanoma has been declining in Victorians aged under 55 but is still climbing in those aged 55 years or more, according to Australian research.

Moving from box office champ to box office chump in the span of a year, Sony (which releases films under the labels Columbia, TriStar, and Screen Gems) saw its global receipts decline by over a billion dollars from 2012 to 2013.

When films tend to recycle ideas under different titles, the genre as a whole suffers, and we have several films in the last few years that show the decline of great horror.

The total population under 18 has been steadily increasing since 2010 after 15 years of decline, but this has been largely driven by an increase in the population under 6 (Taylor, 2016).

While the law aimed to close these gaps, they persist despite incremental progress.20 Even after making statistical adjustments to proficiency rates under NCLB, by 2005 — four years after the law passed — the rates of schools making «adequate yearly progress» started to decline.21 Any school missing a single target for any subgroup for two years in a row initiated particular actions, such as offering free tutoring or the option for students to transfer to a higher - performing school.

Unfortunately, this year's nominations have allegedly been shanghaied by a small collective of people under the name «Sad Puppies» and a rival group «Rabid Puppies» who are disheartened with the «touchy feely» decline of science fiction into a genre that allows gay couples and women who don't have giant breasts to exist.

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For example, the last two bears — 2000 - 2002 and 2007 - 2009 — have been particularly severe with declines of just under 50 % and just over 55 % and lasting approximately one and a half and two and a half years respectively.

Public pension funds have come under pressure in recent years as funding concerns and declining returns have led many pension plans to reexamine the role of risk and investment returns in meeting the fund obligations.

In the current editorial of MoneySense (April issue), I talk about our theory that one reason the magazine launched when it did — 15 years ago — was that this was around the time the trend of the decline of traditional «Defined Benefit» employer - sponsored pension plans had gotten well under way.

All of this obviously isn't because of the fiat currency but the fact that the typical citizen is far wealtheir than they were 50 years ago under a hard currency implies that the declining currency is not an issue (unless you were super-wealthy and sitting on cash.)

«Course, there's plenty of water under the bridge since (& fair value estimates obviously change), but I anticipated a substantial UDG price decline back in 2014... in reality, the shares almost doubled in the last few years!

We focused on those two particular income groups because $ 35,000 has been defined as a threshold under which there is a significant decline in neutering of pets [JAVMA, Vol 234, No. 8, April 15, 2009] and almost one third of US households earn under $ 25,000 per year [Census.gov].

In one quarter of Oklahoma counties from 17 to 20 percent of homes earn under $ 10,000 annually and overall one third of households in our state earn under $ 35,000 per year (the income level at which spending on pet care dramatically declines according to a 2009 article in Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association).