Sentences with phrase «about a quarter as»

They also only produce about a quarter as much milk as a full - sized cow, but I figure for our family of four, that will still be plenty.

* O - cal-ette cups have been around forever and are about a quarter as expensive as Milkies / Milk - Savers.

In fact, removing these dyes from a child's diet has shown to be about a quarter as effective of prescribed ADHD medicine.

Oh, and I have about a quarter as many aches and pains as I used to on a daily basis.

The National Republican Congressional Committee, for example, issued multiple press releases specifically citing a study from M.I.T. as the basis for a claim that cap and trade would cost $ 3,100 per household, despite repeated attempts by the study's authors to get out the word that the actual number was only about a quarter as much.

Not exact matches

Look back at that first graph: about a quarter of millennials listed the professional or skilled trades as their goal.

In early 2004, as American house prices roared higher and there came dire warnings from some quarters about the existence of a bubble — accompanied, of course, by strident denials from banks, most economists and the mortgage and real estate industries — Ben Bernanke (then still a governor before he became Fed chairman) addressed the problem of what to tell the American people.

As oil prices have fallen, defaults in the sector have risen — about a quarter of all corporate bond defaults in 2015 were energy related, according to Moody's — and that's made traders even more reluctant to buy.

Glenn Fogel, Bookings Holdings CEO, and CNBC's Seema Mody talk about the company's better - than - expected fourth quarter sales as the online travel company receives a boost from a rise in reservations and strong performance from its international business.

Obviously, as print continues to drop, digital will become an even larger part of the Times «business than it already is (it accounts for about 42 % of advertising revenue and about 25 % of subscription revenue), and the amount of money being lost on print every quarter will therefore continue to shrink.

Even the Wall Street Journal and New York Times recently said that their print advertising revenue fell by about 20 % in the latest quarter, and as a result both companies are looking at layoffs and restructuring.

The earnings report forApple's second fiscal quarter is less than two weeks away, and much as we like to obsesses about the new Watch, it hasn't earned Apple a penny yet.

Investing in the bonds means that as long as Tesla is worth about a quarter of its current value, «We're guaranteed not to lose money,» Palihapitiya explained.

While Americans were buying their first cell phones, about a quarter - century ago, Estonians were shut off from the world as an outpost of the Soviet Union.

Only about a quarter of those sites contained any content at all, which leads the agency to believe they are serving as placeholders for future crowdfunding portals, perhaps readying to launch once the SEC implements its investor guidelines.

Three quarters of millionaires plan to spend the same as last year, with about 15 percent spending more.

Penegor is certainly right about the downturn in sales at restaurants, as we have previously noted, and other fast - food chains such as Burger King and Taco Bell also saw sales declines in their most recent quarters.

Health care (XLV) registered as a «winner» in the first quarter, down a little less than the S&P 500 as a whole, but being a winner showed that the market really fell apart after a strong start in January — health - care stocks were down only about 2 percent.

As of the first quarter of 2017, the total value of all mortgages in Canada was about $ 1.5 trillion.

«It's the ninth inning, it's the fourth quarter or whatever time frame that resonates as well as the obvious meaning, which is something like, «We haven't had a recession yet, but we're about to, and if that's the case, stocks are way too expensive.»»

For comparison, Blue Apron has some 290,000 Instagram followers, and about 850,000 subscribers as of the third quarter.

Conservative Solutions, the pro-Rubio super PAC, raised more than $ 14 million in the second half of 2015, about as much as Rubio's campaign committee did in the fourth quarter.

This after Asian shares extended gains on Monday as tensions in the Korean Peninsula eased and first - quarter earnings shone, although some investors were cautious about the outlook amid the backdrop of a simmering U.S. - China trade dispute.

As of the third quarter of 2015, about $ 47 billion in venture capital flowed into 3,329 deals, according to the National Venture Capital Association.

Though the company's earnings improved in the fourth quarter, analysts are cautious about whether or not wearable tech fashion is something Fossil can really pull off, as MarketWatch reports.

As the overall market gained on the last day of the quarter, Apple underperformed Wednesday, closing up about 0.8 percent while the S&P rallied 1.9 percent.

As of Sept. 30, Tesla said it had about $ 3.1 billion in cash and cash equivalents, compared with $ 3.2 billion at the end of the second quarter.

As long as people have lived in close quarters, they've been complaining about the noises other people make and yearning for quieAs long as people have lived in close quarters, they've been complaining about the noises other people make and yearning for quieas people have lived in close quarters, they've been complaining about the noises other people make and yearning for quiet.

As a result of this new dynamic, since 2010 a one point increase in the VIX Index has been associated with about a quarter point decrease in equity multiples.

TORONTO — Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX: L) plans to unveil about 700 Joe Fresh stores in the U.S. next year as Canada's largest grocery chain works to ramp up sales of its hip fashion line to help bolster earnings that dropped by 19 per cent in its most recent quarter.

Shares of Apple, which generates about a quarter of its sales in China, tumbled nearly 4 percent as worries about the country's economy intensified.

But the company that shows up next quarter could be a very different one: Layoffs of more than 1,700 people will be well underway, offices will be closed and assets sold, and Yahoo could be in discussions with «qualified strategic entities» such as Verizon about a sale of some or all of its core properties.

Sales of small businesses with revenues of about $ 350,000 rose eight percent in the second quarter of 2011 over the same period last year, but the news isn't quite as good as it sounds.

The «Squawk on the Street» crew talk about Big Blue's mixed quarterly results as sales decline for the 20th consecutive quarter despite gains in cloud service and Watson AI operations.

North American brand capacity in the third quarter is 38 % in the Caribbean, slightly up from a year ago; 24 % in Alaska, slightly higher than a year ago; and 25 % in Europe, which is about the same as last year.

To this number, we added 25 % of reported «other» debt as of December 2017; the New York Fed Consumer Credit Panel / Equifax said that about a quarter of «other» debt is outstanding retail credit card debt.

After Verizon announced slightly - better - than - expected first quarter results on Tuesday, analysts pushed Ellis about rumors that the company might bid for a major media company, such as 21st Century Fox (fox).

For example, over the past three months, payroll gains have averaged about 150,000 per month, as compared to an average of more than 200,000 per month over the course of 2015 and the first quarter of this year.

The second quarter is an outlier as I have a once yearly dividend from Novartis of about $ 280 and I also had a twice yearly dividend from DEO.

As of the fourth quarter of 2009, the expected duration of unemployment had risen about 18.7 weeks for job losers and about 17.1 weeks for leavers and entrants, using the years 2006 - 2007 as a baselinAs of the fourth quarter of 2009, the expected duration of unemployment had risen about 18.7 weeks for job losers and about 17.1 weeks for leavers and entrants, using the years 2006 - 2007 as a baselinas a baseline.

«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.

April 25 AT&T Inc's first - quarter profit rose about 33 percent as the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier signed up more subscribers who pay monthly bills.

Of the increase of about $ 2.5 billion since 2006 - 07, about three - quarters relates to measures introduced as part of the Economic Action Plan.

With about 100 million daily active users as of the first quarter, Toutiao is targeting annual revenue of $ 2.5 billion for 2017, according to a person close to the company.

Snap also only burned about half as much cash ($ 255 million) as it did in the third quarter.

However, that only means that my net worth should grow faster going forward, as less and less (about $ 1k less per quarter) of my money is going toward interest.

As you enter the last quarter of the year, you generally have a pretty good idea of how close you will come to hitting your goals, and begin to think about where you'd like to be over the course... [Read more...]

As of the third quarter, AT&T had about $ 16.5 billion in capital expenditures in 2017.

The Dow Jones Industrial DJIA, +0.02 % has shed about 1.8 % since April 12, just as first - quarter earnings season was about to get under way.

Should we wish to do anything more, our debt to EBITDA this quarter, as we exit this year, will be around about 1.5 x.