Sentences with phrase «more than a quarter of high»

Results indicated that more than a quarter of high school seniors report riding in a car with someone driving after using drugs or alcohol or driving after using drugs or alcohol themselves.

In South Eugene Oregon, more than a quarter of high school juniors have opted out and the overall opt out rate for that region's high schools is at least 20 percent.

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Equity funding of AI - focused startups reached an all - time high last quarter of more than $ 1 billion, according to the CB Insights research firm.

Garmin reported a higher - than - expected profit for the eighth straight quarter, selling more of its GPS - based outdoor activity gadgets such as underwater watches, leading it to raise its full - year revenue forecast.

Third - quarter 2017 reached the highest level of early - stage investments in more than a year, according to Crunchbase.

That's more than double the number of companies that went public in the first quarter of 2013, and the highest number since the same period in 2000, Renaissance reports.

The stock has lost more than a quarter of its value since touching a high of $ 389.61 in September, mainly due to reports of bottlenecks around its Model 3 production.

The Taoyuan City - based firm has been attempting to refocus its growth prospects on the high - end VR business, with shipments of the Vive headset totalling more than 190,000 units in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC.

SAP had been slow to move into the cloud, said Reuner, but after making the shift with acquisitions such as procurement software company Ariba in 2012, the first quarter of 2017 saw it sell more subscriptions than expected, with new cloud bookings increasing by 49 percent to 215 million euros ($ 244.9 million) and shares hitting a record high.

Tesla also reported first quarter revenue of $ 3.41 billion, up more than 6 % from $ 3.2 billion in the previous quarter and 19 % higher than the same quarter last year.

Maaden shares soared almost 3 percent in early trade after it said its first - quarter net profit had more than doubled on higher sales and increased average realised prices of products.

Tyre maker Nokian dropped more than 5 percent after first - quarter profit missed expectations and analysts believe that the higher cost of raw materials will dent future earnings.

Services are still a small part of Apple's sales compared with the iPhone, which booked more than $ 38 billion during the quarter, but services provide a high - margin, steady and quickly growing revenue stream as smartphone sales are set to slow worldwide.

On a final note, Boeing — the world's largest aircraft manufacturer — hit fresh new highs last week after the company crushed Wall Street expectations, reporting record operating cash flow of $ 13.4 billion for 2017, up more than a quarter percent from $ 10.5 billion in 2016.

For one, the millennial generation, including those with higher net worth, hold significantly more cash than any other generation, according to a report by UBS issued in the first quarter of 2015.

«As we continue to focus on quality and efficiency rather than simply pushing for the highest possible volume in the shortest period of time, we expect to have a slightly more gradual ramp through Q1, likely ending the quarter at a weekly rate of about 2,500 Model 3 vehicles,» Tesla said in a release.

Tesla shares were in freefall on Thursday, down more than 7 % in mid-morning trading, extending the losses that began on the heels of an alarmingly high cash burn in the first quarter that was exacerbated by Elon Musk's out - of - touch remarks.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

Yesterday's results were mostly more of the same: wearables were up a lot (more devices per customer); ASP's were down from last quarter but still 11 % higher than a year ago; 2 services revenue, meanwhile, shot through the roof for reasons that are still a bit unclear, but impressive nonetheless.

Looking at the sector - wide performance of Corporate America in the second quarter of this year, more than 80 percent of the companies in information technology, healthcare and the financial - services space reported higher than estimated EPS growth, closely followed by the consumer staples industry producing food, beverages, household articles, while about 60 - 70 percent of the companies listed under the energy, utilities and materials sectors reported better than expected EPS numbers.

According to CrunchBase, the VC investment total into blockchain projects is already «at more than 40 percent of the way to 2017's high water mark, just a quarter into the year.»

That's also more than three times higher than the median 2.1 percent down payment seen in the fourth quarter of 2006, «when riskier lending was taking hold in a misguided effort to extend the housing boom,» he notes.

The price of construction output continued to increase at a rapid pace in the December quarter, to be more than 8 per cent higher in year - ended terms.

FRANKFURT, April 26 Higher Prices for foam chemicals and transparent plastics helped Germany's Covestro post a gain of more than a quarter in quarterly core earnings.

Another report earlier this week showed that the Fed's preferred measure of inflation accelerated to its highest in more than a year in March, while data last week showed that wages grew at their fastest pace in in eleven years in the first quarter.

Shares of T - Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS) were trading higher by more than 1.5 percent early Wednesday morning after the company reported its fourth quarter results.

While the reported number of vacancies declined in the June quarter, the series has trended upwards for some time and in the June quarter was still more than 10 per cent higher than a year earlier.

The owner of banners including Safeway, Sobeys, FreshCo and IGA reported higher sales and doubled net earnings in the third quarter as its shares rose more than four per cent Wednesday on the news.

At these metrics, however, ADA is down more than 75 % from highs or, as is another way to put that, is available for just a quarter of the price it traded at the start of this month.

Shares of Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ: FTNT) spiked higher by more than 7 percent Wednesday morning after the company reported its first - quarter results.

According to studentsfirst.org, in the United States of America today, more than a quarter of students fail to graduate high school in four years.

In November of 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the national cesarean birth rate at 29.1 %, which was the highest rate ever recorded involving more than a quarter of all births.

In November 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the national cesarean birth rate was the highest ever at 29.1 % — more than a quarter of all deliveries.

DiNapoli reports that the decline in Wall Street profitability predicted by the state government is more pessimistic than what his office is forecasting, which could translate to revenues slight higher than anticipated in the final quarter of the fiscal year.

And, although more than one - third of the residents 25 and older had attained a Bachelor's Degree or a higher level of education, more than one - quarter of local residents in the same age group had not obtained a high school diploma.

Astorino, who is still not well - known to more than a quarter of the state electorate, has a higher negative rating than positive score among voters.

This year's CROS drew more than 8000 responses from postdocs in 68 U.K. higher education institutions, representing a response rate of around a quarter.

Nearly a quarter of cetacean species are considered threatened, and of those more than 10 percent (nine species) are listed by the IUCN as «Endangered» or «Critically Endangered» — the highest categories of threat

More than one quarter of children with two copies of a high - risk variant in a specific group of genes develop an early sign of celiac disease called celiac disease autoimmunity (CDA) by age 5.

Dr. Eli Y. Adashi, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Brown University, and his colleagues calculated that more than a third of twin births and more than three - quarters of triplets or higher - order births in the United States in 2011 were the result of fertility treatments.

These youngsters also suffered from asthma at significantly higher rates — those living within a quarter of a mile from a freeway had an 89 percent higher risk of asthma than kids more than a mile away.

At Xcel Energy, the utility firm with the highest total wind capacity in the United States, the number of forecasting errors has dropped since 2009, saving customers some US$ 60 million and reducing annual CO2 emissions from fossil - reserve power generation by more than a quarter of a million tonnes per year, says Drake Bartlett, a renewable - energy analyst with the firm who is based in Denver, Colorado.

Approximately 40 percent of respondents in the NHIS sample did not have paid sick leave; approximately half of the respondents were female; more than half were married or cohabitating; three - quarters indicated that their highest level of education included at least some college; and 62 percent were non-Hispanic white.

With cost taken out of the equation, more than three - quarters of the participants opted for an IUD or implant — a proportion roughly 10 times higher than in the general population.

Over 60 million Americans have high blood pressure, including more than half (54 %) of all Americans age 65 to 74 years old and nearly three quarters (72 %) of all American blacks in the same age group.

One - quarter cup of walnuts, for instance, provides more than 100 percent of the daily recommended value of plant - based omega - 3 fats, along with high amounts of copper, manganese, molybdenum, and biotin.

One - quarter cup of walnuts provides more than 100 percent of the daily - recommended value of anti-inflammatory plant - based omega - 3 fats, along with high amounts of copper, manganese, molybdenum, and biotin.

One - quarter cup of walnuts provides more than 100 percent of the daily recommended value of plant - based omega - 3 fats, along with high amounts of copper, manganese, molybdenum, and biotin.

We're hardly alone here: Of the 1,000 Americans with private insurance recently surveyed, more than a quarter have a high - deductible plan, per a poll taken by the Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Thanks to the joy that is higher education and student loans, I'm in more than a quarter of a million dollars of student debt, so I try to save money wherever and whenever possible.