And it has given a boost to the stock market.
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The industry was given a boost after STMicroelectronics earnings were published.
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Sexual-health services have been given a boost by improvements in HIV care.
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This has given a boost to United Front efforts to woo overseas Chinese.
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The China ban has, however, given a boost to one group of Western entrepreneurs.
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The sudden shift has given a boost to the supporters of the emissions rule.
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ToTok was also given a boost by Chinese smartphone giant Huawei, which endorsed the app.
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Its confidence given a boost, Northeastern came back the next afternoon and clobbered Colgate, 26-210.
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His efforts were eventually given a boost through help from organizations he connected with in Detroit.
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But suddenly, natural gas (which has been at low prices), has also been given a boost.
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However, he was given a boost by conservatives this week who said he should be kept on.
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His research suggests the protests might be winding down, although they could be given a boost on Friday.
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The selling has given a boost to U.S. Treasury markets, which are seen as a safe haven asset.
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That has given a boost to the euro, which has also benefited from recent better-than-expected data.
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That has given a boost to Mr Renzi and others who are agitating for elections as soon as possible.
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Attendance at the Orsay fell 1 percent, but it was given a boost by a popular exhibition on prostitution.
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Logistics firms were given a boost as U.S.-China trade concerns abated, with Cosco Shipping Holdings jumping 7.39 percent.
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The weaker pound has given a boost to British exports, making them lower priced than European and American competitors.
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But Lu said the universal two-child policy put into effect last year had given a boost to the industry.
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Last month's government shutdown has given a boost to Republicans pushing to change the Senate's rules to limit minority obstruction.
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Monday marked day four of the so-called Santa Claus rally period, which has historically given a boost to stocks.
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From Beijing to Budapest, authoritarianism and illiberalism have been given a boost by Trump as alternative models to liberal democracy.
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The company has been given a boost by winning six of eight pitches since April, including Mars, Adidas, Mondelez and Shell.
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Limited choice is still some choice, though, and Microsoft's efforts at offering diversity have today been given a boost by Acer.
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While the Iranian news may have given a boost to a market badly in need of a uplift, commentators are skeptical.
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The currency was given a boost following the appointment of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's new governor earlier this week.
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Cramer's campaign has also been given a boost by a plethora of outside spending groups looking to help flip Heitkamp's seat.
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A clean, mild ceviche of sea bass and lime, given a boost by pico de gallo, is strewn over a tostada.
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Johns admitted that he was given a boost on by the vocal Welsh support in Belfast during his record-breaking performance.
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And he was given a boost before elections last year by a wave of nationalist sentiment over clashes between India and Pakistan.
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Additionally, the recent tax law changes have given a boost to for-profit hospitals, allowing them to investment more on aging infrastructure.
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Egyptian exports were given a boost when Egypt floated its pound currency last year as part of an International Monetary Fund loan programme.
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Their championship ways have inspired a new generation of female athletes and given a boost to women's soccer attendance numbers across the country.
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Hurricanes Harvey and Irma left trails of destruction, but they could have given a boost to September retail sales and consumer price inflation.
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Coby said recently that being able to include dunks in his pregame repertory had given a boost to his confidence and his team's energy.
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Domestic demand should be given a boost as revenue begins to flow in from new natural gas discoveries and a recent rebound in tourism.
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Tesla is the best-performing auto stock this year, but it's also given a boost to the handful of other electric carmakers across the globe.
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Mr. Woodhouse said that the governor might have also been given a boost by his responses to the protests and riots that followed the Sept.
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Most major Asian indexes closed higher on Monday, given a boost by investor optimism that a plan to reduce corporate taxes would be passed stateside.
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And the success of streaming has quickly given a boost to catalog valuations, pointing to the possibility of steady growing returns for years to come.
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Indeed, bad data may not only have contributed to Democrats' confidence about the outcome of the election, but given a boost to bad data visualization itself.
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Their chances of success were given a boost last year by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, who had backed abortion rights in two key cases.
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These calls for military intervention were also given a boost by President Trump's statement in August that the United States had a "military option" in Venezuela.
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Netanyahu appears to have been given a boost among his right-wing supporters by the Middle East plan that U.S. President Donald Trump presented in January.
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It was given a boost this week when Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek, seen as an anchor of investor confidence, retained his position in the new cabinet.
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In short, Apple has been able to steadily raise the price of iPhones over the last two years, which has given a boost to ASP and profits.
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Smartphones have also given a boost to headphones, which are becoming ever more versatile, with features now ranging from cancelling out ambient noise to real-time translation.
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North Korea's stubbornness on its missile program has given a boost to U.S. lawmakers who are pushing for more money to expand and improve missile defense systems.
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A Republican super PAC that couldn't seem to break the six-figure mark throughout 2018 has just been given a boost with 11 days until the midterm elections.
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MUFG analysts said that rather than weaken as feared during this week's conference of May's ruling Conservative Party, sterling had been given a boost by the Irish reports.
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The company was given a boost recently when the European Commission approved the use of insect protein to feed farmed fish (in the U.S., regulations vary by state).
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Markets have been given a boost following the publication Friday of the latest jobs report, which revealed that the U.S. economy added 213,000 jobs in June, beating expectations.
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S. trade war has shaken confidence in financial markets, riskier assets have been given a boost on signs policy makers are prepared to ease monetary conditions to support growth.
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Traders said zinc, which is used in steel production, was given a boost by news of a Chinese clampdown on illegal expansions by steel mills and further environmental probes.
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Still, Paris was given a boost in November, when the European Union decided to relocate its London-based banking authority to the French capital after Britain leaves the bloc.
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But higher government spending and an easing of austerity measures have given a boost to economic activity, which has recently started to translate into positive inflation, economists have said.
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The result has been a tourism boom in all of these locations that, though not entirely driven by Game of Thrones, was certainly given a boost by the HBO hit.
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The recent election of the pro-European Emmanuel Macron as France's new president has given a boost to European officials to focus on how to take the European project further.
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O'Reilly's flawed book It could be argued that this form of Reagan-bashing had been given a boost by Bill O'Reilly, a "conservative" (but not really) darling in the media.
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Excitingly, the new system might be able to leverage the power of the brain's plasticity; connections between two neurons are given a boost when both are active at the same time.
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Rekordbox's "related tracks" feature has also been given a boost, which is a way for the software to automatically display tracks that should match well with the one you're currently playing.
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The U.N. initiative was given a boost in February by Russia which organized a Syrian congress in Sochi earlier this year to press the warring sides to pen a new constitution.
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Stocks were given a boost on Wednesday when the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates steady, leaving intact the low-rate environment that has helped fuel the bull market.
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Stocks were given a boost on Wednesday when the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to keep rates steady, leaving intact the low-interest-rate environment that has helped fuel the bull market.
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And that will be bad news for gold prices worldwide, though the shock election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States has given a boost to prices.
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Over the weekend the chances of President Jacob Zuma's ex-wife becoming the next leader of the ruling ANC party were given a boost with an endorsement from the party's women's division.
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After then-secretary of state Hillary Clinton's 2011 speech declaring that gay rights are human rights, activists around the world were sure that their efforts at home would be given a boost.
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The manned flights of the Ehang 184 have given a boost to the efforts of technology companies and the central governments to optimise urban transport and mobility with new products and services.
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Chinese equities were given a boost in the last session on the back of those policy changes, with the Shanghai Composite leading the advance in major Asian markets in the previous session.
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The attention has given a boost to the Horseracing Integrity Act, a federal bill that would set up a national anti-doping authority ban on the use of drugs on race day.
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That figure was 6 percent less than in 0003, although sales of modern and Impressionist works, which were given a boost by that Modigliani, increased 14 percent year-over-year to $2.7 billion.
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Hours after Sunday's incident, the bogus sex ring story was given a boost by Michael Flynn Jr., the son of retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, Trump's pick to be his national security adviser.
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The CEO of Russia's World Cup local organizing committee, Alexei Sorokin, said the tournament had given a boost to local business, with tourists spending some 100 billion roubles ($1.6 billion) in the country.
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The project was announced with great fanfare in summer 2014, when Elad bought the site for $43 million, and later given a boost when the city changed the zoning to residential from industrial.
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Activist investors are rare in Japan, but have been given a boost by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push for companies to engage more with shareholders and improve corporate governance to attract foreign investors.
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The trading of bitcoin futures, off to a slow but respectable start this week at the Cboe, is about to be given a boost by two additional players: TD Ameritrade and the CME.
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Voters have recently given a boost to Medicaid, too: Voters in Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah all passed ballot initiatives that will expand the program in their states to thousands of low-income Americans.
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Restrictions in countries like China will have hit exchanges used heavily by Chinese investors disproportionately, while other trading platforms may have been given a boost by the listing of new cryptocurrencies during the year.
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The index was given a boost in the afternoon trading session when casino stocks rose after Macau data showed a 22.1 percent rise in gross gaming revenues for October compared to one year ago.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Outrage over the deaths of 36 horses at Santa Anita Park in Southern California since December has given a boost to federal legislation aimed at stopping drug abuse in the sport.
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Trump's assertion was given a boost in March by the House Intelligence Committee Republicans, who also stated in their report that they had no evidence of collusion between members of Trump's team and Russian officials.
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But a deal by major oil producers in November 0003 to cut production and stabilize global oil prices has given a boost to U.S. crude prices and prompted midstream companies to explore new infrastructure projects.
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The demonstrations were given a boost after a representative of the Shiite community&aposs spiritual leader, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, offered his solidarity with the protesters during Friday sermon, but called for peaceful demonstrations.
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A scientific mega-project to unlock cosmic conundrums from dark energy to detecting extraterrestrial life was given a boost, when the 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope was inaugurated in the remote South African town of Carnarvon.
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Meanwhile India is just blown away that you can get Britain to leave by voting The outcome of the vote has also given a boost to factions in other European countries who want their own referendums.
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Still, the allegations have given a boost to his Democratic opponent Doug Jones, who has risen in the polls in recent weeks, turning a race once seen as safe for the GOP into a competitive showdown.
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ABOUT THE LAKERS (11-22): While Kuzma struggled, the Lakers were given a boost in the return of forward Brandon Ingram, who scored 23 points against the Grizzlies after missing two games with a quad injury.
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The Chinese yuan has also fallen against the U.S. dollar this year which has given a boost to bitcoin, according to Bobby Lee, chief executive of BTC China, one of the largest bitcoin exchanges in the world.
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That theory was given a boost by none other than the U.S. House of Representatives, which voted in 1976 — in the wake of the Watergate scandal — to establish a Select Committee on Assassinations to reinvestigate JFK's killing.
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A legal attempt by anti-Brexit campaigners to establish that Britain could unilaterally reverse Brexit was given a boost on Tuesday by Scotland's top court, which said it wants to examine the case in greater depth.
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That argument was given a boost this month by figures showing that productivity grew by nearly 22015% in the third quarter of last year, the sharpest rise since 265 (albeit following a bad first half of the year).
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Granted, the featherweight top-10 has recently been given a boost by the additions of streaking Hawaiian Max Holloway and former lightweight champ Anthony Pettis, but it's still far from the shark tank it was two years ago.
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The greenback was given a boost over the weekend when Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said the U.S. central bank was getting close to its employment and inflation targets, prompting speculation a rate hike could come next month.
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The greenback was given a boost over the weekend when Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said the Fed was getting close to its job and inflation targets, prompting speculation that a rate hike could come as soon as September.
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Given a boost by the returning Wigginton, Canada opened up an early 193-4 lead and never looked back, ultimately cruising to a 79-60 victory and its first gold medal in a FIBA or Olympic basketball event.
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The dollar itself has been given a boost against many currencies because of the Fed's policies but also the idea that the U.S. economy is doing better and other economies could take a bigger hit from trade battles.
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Dublin was also given a boost by the decision of an industry group, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), to examine writing contracts for the multi-trillion dollar derivatives sector in Irish and French law due to Brexit.
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The Kurdish economy has also been given a boost by an influx of tens of thousands of soldiers and policemen taking part in the Mosul campaign, and aid workers helping the almost 80,000 civilians who have fled the battle.
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These arguments were seemingly given a boost after a private survey on Tuesday showed Indian factory activity suffered its deepest contraction in more than nine years after confusion about the new goods and services tax battered output and demand.
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Some bitcoin experts said the web-based currency had also been given a boost by what might be the end of a stalemate over how to increase the capacity of the so-called "blocks" in which bitcoin is processed.
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In the 2020 campaign, Iowa's outsize role has already helped doom two black candidates (Cory Booker and Kamala Harris) and given a boost to candidates whose main appeal has been among white voters (like Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar).
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The chances of South African President Jacob Zuma's ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, becoming the next leader of the African National Congress were given a boost on Saturday with the endorsement of the ruling party's women's division.
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The greenback was given a boost over the weekend when Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said the U.S. central bank was getting close to its job and inflation targets, prompting speculation a rate hike could come as soon as September.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Wayde van Niekerk's hopes of a 200/43 meters double at this year's world championships in London were given a boost when organizers announced on Wednesday that they had changed the program to avoid the two events clashing.
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Such data shows that the global climate is continuing to warm at an accelerating rate, making it more likely that individual years will set all-time records, particularly if they're given a boost by a natural climate feature like El Niño.
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Signs of progress in Brexit talks have given a boost to sterling this week, including comments by the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, who said on Tuesday he was ready to move onto the next stage of talks.
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He became an adored elder statesman by the mid-'00s anyway, one given a boost by the aforementioned Chappelle's Show sketch and a run of incendiary performances at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammys, and the Super Bowl.
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This year's edition was given a boost by the arrival of the British-based design dealers Gallery Fumi and Rose Uniacke, who exhibit at PAD's sister fair in London, but the absence of exhibitors from New York was a talking point.
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The push for a "buy in" offer, which would effectively create some form of the "public option" scuppered by Congressional Democrats during the Obamacare negotiations in 2009, was given a boost during the party's leadership scramble after New York Rep.
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Its fund-raising efforts were given a boost that year when NBC broadcast an episode of the series "Experiment in Television" called "Theater of the Deaf," featuring Mr. Bragg and others who would become core members of the National Theater.
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Signs of progress in Brexit talks have also given a boost to sterling this week, including comments by the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, who said on Tuesday he was ready to move onto the next stage of talks.
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The popularity of MoviePass has given a boost to movie ticket subscription plans ( whether or not that company stays in business), and Disney buying 20th Century Fox proves that the movie studio system as we've known it for decades is disappearing.
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The fall in sterling has given a boost to many of the FTSE 100's international companies which earn much of their revenues in U.S. dollars, and therefore get a currency-related accounting lift as those dollars are converted back to pounds.
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The launch of new consumer electronic gadgets ahead of the year-end shopping season may also have given a boost to China's supply chain, as firms imported more components to make products such as Apple's iPhone 7, which officially launched this week.
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Their actions have been given a boost by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's ham-handed attempt last week to increase the number of Hispanic and black students, and reduce the percentage of Asian Americans, in the city's eight competitive elite high schools.
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Shares were given a boost by an enhanced $220 million stock repurchase program announced in January, and by the news on July 22016 that the Taikang Life Insurance Company of China had become Sotheby's largest shareholder by raising its stake to 229.5 percent.
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The Winter Olympics in South Korea have given a boost to engagement between the two Koreas after more than a year of sharply rising tension over the North's missile tests and its sixth and largest nuclear test in defiance of U.N. sanctions.
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Euro bulls were also given a boost on Monday after European Central Bank policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said that the ECB could give fresh guidance on the timing of its first rate hike as the end of its exceptional bond purchases approaches.
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After fighting her way back to fitness following an Achilles injury sustained at the end of last year, the 26-year-old's confidence was given a boost ahead of her third Olympics when she won the Australian Open Super Series title last month.
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The weakness in emerging currencies has given a boost to the dollar, further exacerbating the pain for emerging markets as that has led to an indirect tightening of domestic financial conditions as countries have rushed to protect their currencies by increasing domestic interest rates.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Lithuania's drive to become a centre for financial technology firms has been given a boost by Brexit and more industry players could set up in the small Baltic nation as it builds a critical mass of expertise, officials and executives told Reuters.
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The protests were intended to highlight Palestinian demands to return to homes and villages they lost during the creation of the state of Israel seven decades ago, and were given a boost by the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem on May 14.
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Short-term plans promoted by these actions, for example, do not guarantee coverage for preexisting conditions, while association plans, also given a boost by yesterday's order, lack basic protections like the one that forbids women from being charged more than men for the same services.
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HORSERACING-LEGISLATION Drug reform in U.S. horse racing faces obstacles LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Outrage over the deaths of 1073 horses at Santa Anita Park in Southern California since December has given a boost to federal legislation aimed at stopping drug abuse in the sport.
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The stock was given a boost in early December when Morgan Stanley released a report predicting Galactic's shares could rise as high as $60 over the coming years if the company can make good on plans to use its hypersonic plane for travel between cities.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The deal over migration struck on Friday between Mexico and the United States has given a boost to the process of ratifying a new North American trade deal known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a senior Mexican official said.
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Nicki Minaj, "Down in the DM Remix": Yo Gotti's winking ode to social media lechery started to pick up heat at the end of last year, and it's going to reach even more impressive heights now that it's been given a boost by a certified superstar.
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While Greece has been grappling with gargantuan levels of debt and has had to put stringent austerity measures in place in exchange for European Union funds, the country was given a boost in June when euro zone governments agreed to release US$9.5 billion in aid.
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Democrats, who already had their sights set on the seat after the tight race last year, were given a boost in August when Hurd announced he would retire after his term is up, one of a parade of Texas Republicans who said they would not seek reelection.
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Markets were given a boost by the polls released on the eve of the vote by ComRes, conducted for the Daily Mail newspaper and ITV television, and YouGov for The Times newspaper in London, which showed a last-minute increase in the number of voters supporting the remain campaign.
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Meanwhile, just as Mandarin is becoming more entrenched nationwide, the internet—harder to censor than radio or television—has given a boost to other types of linguistic free thinking and a platform for regional languages, from hip-hop artists rapping in their local dialect to satirical videos lampooning local pop icons .
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The Mueller investigation is given a boost if Trump himself, in a sense the very target of the investigation, were to basically say, yes, the Russians are the bad guys, because then Mueller can then push forward and simply try to close the loop by saying, and you are part of that group.
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While many investors are focused on Trump's agenda for U.S. companies that do business overseas, Cramer turned his attention to companies overseas that do business in the U.S. German software giant SAP has taken large strides to transform its business to the cloud, thanks to various acquisitions that have given a boost to its numbers.
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All of this has given a boost to two fresh political faces: Benoît Hamon, a Socialist Party candidate running on a strong environmental platform and a proposal to pay the French a universal minimum income; and Emmanuel Macron, an ardent supporter of the European Union who quit the Socialist Party last year to launch his own party.
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Schiff made the case for witnesses throughout the trial, and he was given a boost when The New York Times reported on a forthcoming book manuscript from former national security adviser John Bolton, who intends to allege that Trump told him directly about the link between Ukraine's military aid and his desire for investigations into his political adversaries, including former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Ms. Leersch, the German whom Mr. Guéry met at Stockholm University, counted among the benefits of European Union membership the 500 euros per month (about $550) that Erasmus provided to cover living expenses in Sweden; her two-month internship at the European Parliament in 2011; and the European Capitals of Culture program, which has given a boost to artists and tourism in more than 40 cities.
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"It will be necessary to start the exit of interventions in a way that will not cause unnecessary shocks to the economy," he added in the article published on Tuesday The weak crown policy, launched to lift inflation in the central European country, has given a boost to businesses and the economy, which is expected to grow more than 2 percent in 2016 before accelerating next year.
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When Britain voted on Thursday to leave the European Union in the Brexit vote, there is no question that it should have given a boost to the candidacy of presumptive Republican nominee Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE.
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