Sentences with phrase «change by quarter»

While building the logistic regression model, they determined separate models needed to be created for each quarter of a game because the behavior of the selected variables change by quarter.

Not only that, life is abundant where the pH changes by a quarter of a unit in a week.

Not exact matches

Investors were watching Herbalife's earnings report particularly closely because it was the first quarter the company began implementing changes mandated by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a settlement last summer.

The bigger a small business is, the more likely it is to support the tax changes being promoted by President Donald Trump and GOP leaders in Congress, and the more likely the business is to expect immediate benefits, according to the fourth - quarter CNBC / SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey, conducted with more than 2,000 small - business owners across the United States between Nov. 20 and Dec. 4, using the SurveyMonkey's online polling methodology.

Other Yahoo investors have been calling for the company to sell off its core business as soon as possible and slash its workforce by three - quarters, among other dramatic changes.

Changes to Facebook's news feed as part of an initiative to crack down on the share of low - quality viral videos reduced the amount of time users spend on the network by 50 million hours a day in the fourth quarter, the company reports.

Take a look at the portfolios of Buffett's likely stock picking successors and see how they have changed quarter by quarter.

The following first quarter sales table provides results by geography and product category, as well as the percentage change compared to the prior year quarter on a reported basis and a constant currency basis.

Iowa cropland prices increased by a quarter over the past year, with the choicest plots changing hands above US$ 10,000 an acre — far above historical averages.

Tesla originally said it planned to build 5,000 per week in December, but in November the company changed the timeline and said it would hit that number by the end of the first quarter.

Ideally, keep your revenue forecast up - to - date by inputting changes once per month, or at minimum once per quarter.

Also, if a majority of the Board is comprised of persons other than (i) persons for whose election proxies were solicited by the Board; or (ii) persons who were appointed by the Board to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation or to fill newly - created directorships («Board Change»), unless the Committee or Board determines otherwise prior to such Board Change, then participants immediately prior to the Board Change who cease to be employees or non-employee directors within six months after such Board Change for any reason other than death or permanent disability generally have their (i) options and stock appreciation rights become immediately exercisable and to the extent not canceled or cashed out, generally have at least six months to exercise such awards; (ii) restrictions with respect to restricted stock and RSRs lapse and generally shares are delivered; and (iii) performance shares and performance units pay out pro rata based on performance through the end of the last calendar quarter before the time the participant ceased to be an employee.

This ratio is calculated by dividing the current Price by the sum of the Basic Earnings Per Share from continuing operations BEFORE Extraordinary Items and Accounting Changes over the last four quarters.

UFCF in the first quarter of 2014 was impacted by a $ 15.6 million increase in operating expenses due to our change from a quarterly management bonus plan to an annual plan.

Still, an improvement will be a welcome change after trading revenue for those banks fell by 20 percent in the fourth quarter, 15 percent in the third quarter and 10 percent in the second quarter, according to Sandler O'Neill's Harte.

In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changes.

«These strong year - over-year results were fueled by an acceleration in our Americas» business led by the US and Canada, our 25th consecutive quarter of double - digit growth in Germany, continued meaningful progress in Asia - Pacific and changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Housing affordability changed very little in Ontario in the second quarter and homebuyers did not appear to be overly concerned by the fact that affordability remained somewhat stretched for single - family homes.

Since all published measures of inflation will be affected by the tax changes, the ABS proposes to calculate a «constant tax rate measure» for the September quarter CPI.

Shares of Nike also declined last quarter after management revealed that Nike store traffic was impacted by changing consumer patterns in North America.

These will have their main impact in the September quarter but it will be some time before the CPI, or underlying inflation measures based on the CPI, will provide a clear reading of annual inflation unaffected by the tax changes.

The June quarter represents the last CPI figure for some time for which the annual increase will not be heavily affected by the implementation of the GST and related tax changes.

The economic cycle is measured by the change in gross domestic product (GDP), which is the dollar value of all goods and services within an economy during a stated time period (usually one year or one quarter).

The national accounts measures of compensation both grew by 0.2 per cent in the March quarter, but these relatively low outcomes appear to have been affected by the recent changes to the Labour Force Survey.

We find that during contract negotiation years, unions increase the number of proposals they make by about one - quarter (and by about two - thirds during contentious negotiations), and change the subject of proposals to focus on matters personally costly to managers.

McDonald's — which has been taking heat from parents, consumer groups and local lawmakers over the nutritional content and marketing of Happy Meals — said it would start making the changes in September and the new Happy Meals would be available in all of its 14,000 U.S. restaurants by the end of the first quarter of 2012.

Even in gay loving relationships which by the way are a mere quarter of 1 percent of the US people are we giving in and changing the definition of marriage for all and allowing these who define marriage by their own rules and ways rather than saying you need to live up to this standard.

To keep from becoming derailed by such external factors as higher egg and beef prices, extreme weather conditions across various parts of the country in the first quarter, and a changing labor landscape, among others, the industry continues to draw on its resilient nature as it keeps dutifully moving along.

Europe is already in the vanguard of climate change action: a European Environment Agency report published last month said within five years emissions on the continent may have been slashed by a quarter on 1990 levels, «meeting and overachieving» its 2020 target of 20 per cent.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, November 7, 2016 / PRNewswire / — In the news release, «RiceBran Technologies to Host 2016 Third Quarter Financial Results Conference Call on November 10th at 4:30 PM EST» issued on 7 Nov 2016 14:30 GMT, by RiceBran Technologies over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the date in the first paragraph has been changed from «Wednesday, November 10th» to «Thursday, November 10th»

By my count, the Cavaliers only got a legitimate stop five times when the Warriors changed ends within the flow of the first three quarters.

I totally disgree and were ourselves rubbish for all but the last quarter of game (approx) What changed it was finally binning the dreadfully inept Welbeck, the appallingly dreadful and limited Elneny (ludicrously overrated by SOME myopic Gooners) and Wilshere who had a rank poor game and will anyway soon be off, it appears.

And despite common folklore, you can't change its shape by strapping something across your baby's belly, or by taping a quarter over it.

Is it easier to make a change if your lemonade is priced in multiples of 25 (i.e. quarters) or by the dollar?

The assumed change of mind by the president has set into motion series of reaction from various quarters of the public.

In the last quarter of the current State fiscal year, for example, withholding collections are expected to be reduced by more than $ 1.0 billion because of the tax law changes.

«Everybody was saying that the economy would change by the third quarter of 2009.

Just under a quarter (23 percent) said climate change was mostly caused by natural changes, 27 percent said there was not sufficient evidence, and 4.6 percent said climate change was not occurring.

«Small dietary changes reduces cardiovascular disease risk by more than a quarter.»

A quarter of producers said they believed climate change was caused mostly by natural shifts in the environment, and 31 percent said there was not enough evidence to determine whether climate change was happening or not.

That includes about half of the mammals and almost a quarter of the birds on the «red list» kept by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), according to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

While cryogenic treatment would also see a 25 percent drop in efficiency, and therefore result in electricity costs increasing around a quarter, the researchers believe these would be offset by benefits to society, such as reductions in health - care and climate - change costs.

The United Nations recently projected that up to one quarter of global food production could be lost by 2050 due to the combined impact of climate change, land degradation, and water scarcity.

A bonanza of heat records fell throughout February in almost all quarters of the U.S. and research released on Wednesday shows that this pervasive spring - like warmth was made possible by climate change.

Doctors can evaluate whether a patient has made sufficient changes by tracking her weight and performance in a quarter - mile walk test, Dr. Inge adds.

She changed into a stunning Kenzo gown (and an entirely different cape) for her ceremony, and then hopped into a second jumpsuit for the star - studded reception, which was preceded by a Mardi Gras - style parade through the French Quarter.

While everyone is piling into the stadium, Dug escapes the town guards by sneaking into the stadium changing quarters, but putting on the only disguise he can find (a goalkeeper's outfit), he's quickly forced in line with the home team and walked out onto the pitch.

By replacing student grades with an end - of - quarter conference, you can change that persistent question of «Will I be graded on this?»

With regular changes to the curriculum and prescribed thinking on teaching strategies, as well as the more prominent role of IT in classrooms, retraining schemes were cited by 27 % of teachers, while a quarter (25 %) answered that a change in attitude within the education sector to become more accepting of older teachers would have a positive impact.

Joined by similar teams from seven other large districts, they camped out in dorm - like quarters while engaging in the kind of deep thinking about organizational change that, while common among captains of industry, is rare for most school administrators.