Sentences with phrase «at a quarter of»

So, after McDonald's told the world it will begin to offer fresh beef in Quarter Pounders and Signature Crafted Recipe sandwiches at a quarter of its U.S. restaurants, Wendy's went whole ham.

Just add the ice and a straw and you have a super tasty drink at a quarter of the price.

At the Tasmanian Wine Show awards night, they were calling it «Yattarna at a quarter of the price».

Any other Manager even at a quarter of his present salary would have been sacked just after half these years!!!

People involved in shooting generate conservation work valued at a quarter of a billion pounds per year.

They developed a theoretical grid across the floor of the chamber, spaced at a quarter of a millimeter.

Thuan said the data indicates that the tiny galaxy is rapidly producing new stars at a quarter of the rate of the Milky Way — yet its mass in stars is 30,000 times smaller.

I purchased mine from Poshmark at a quarter of the original retail price so I highly recommend going that route for any designer bag you're coveting.

Despite its excellent piece on uncounted suspensions (see above), The Washington Post's story on principal turnover at a quarter of DCPS schools seems like it might overstate the turnover problem, lack context, and bury the progress being made there.

Because selling comics at a quarter of the going print rate in a forum that local comic stores can't touch is in no way a threat to guys like my local comic store owner, who knows me by name and asks me to please remember that the only good digital comic is Max Headroom.

That's an amazing number to me, and if you had asked at the start of the year what sales would be, I would have been surprised and delighted at a quarter of that.

You've constructed the exact same product, at a quarter of the cost.

The interest rate increase was relatively minor at a quarter of a percentage and it will take several months to a year before you're likely to see any changes.

Start slowly, for example, start at a quarter of this and build up slowly.

Southern Nicaragua is Costa Rica at a quarter of the cost with fewer tourists.

I recently freed one of the Divine Beasts which puts me at a quarter of the way to my end goal of defeating Calamity Ganon.

Architectural projects present utopian or science - fictional possibilities for dwellings; perhaps the most revolutionary is Contour Crafting, a process developed at the University of Southern California «that has the potential to build housing units in a single day, and at a quarter of the cost of existing manual methods» (ibid., 268).

The draft CES proposed to cap distributed solar at a quarter of the annual 1 % RPS expansion, or 0.25 % a year.

Most of the world could run on renewable energy by 2050 at a quarter of the cost of the current energy system, all while saving lives.

These power stations could be built at a quarter of the cost of the wind farms they would replace and could provide gas and electricity at a fraction of the cost now projected.

But even this modest boost still puts ARPA - E's budget at a quarter of what the National Academies originally recommended and less than half of President Obama's request.

Google's streaming stick plays nicely with both iOS and Android apps, and while it doesn't have an interface of its own it boasts a relatively impressive app that essentially performs the function of a full streaming video box at a quarter of the price.

The assumption among some buyers is that even if Litecoin prices peak at a quarter of bitcoin's, it can still be very worthwhile.

Not exact matches

Executives spend too much time dealing with investors and analysts, trying to meet or exceed earnings expectations every quarter, and end up seeking short - term gains at the expense of the company.

British bank Barclays recently started issuing exchange - traded notes on the NYSE Arca exchange (similar to ETFs, only they are derivatives guaranteed by the bank rather than invested in the underlying securities) that track a Women in Leadership index of U.S. companies whose CEOs are women or whose boards are at least one - quarter female.

Nanos Research, which conducts a weekly survey for Bloomberg, found that almost a quarter of respondents at the end of September said their personal financial situation had worsened over the past year, compared with about 20 per cent in early August.

Suncor reported lower production in the quarter ended March 31 because of cold weather - related outages at its Base Camp north of Fort McMurray, Alta., and the nearby Syncrude Canada oilsands mine.

Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at RBC, expects positive results for consumer spending in the quarter overall (up an annualized 2.8 % in Q2 from a weaker Q1), but noted that retailers are still dealing with modest levels of spending by households.

I can't think of any other issue where the laws on the books are inconsistent with the wishes of three - quarters of British Columbians,» said Angus Reid vice-president Mario Canseco at the release of the numbers.

Consensus estimates indicate several more quarters near that pace, but it will be difficult for companies to maintain that at this relatively late stage of the economic cycle.

The textbook definition of a recession is a downturn in economic activity, characterized by at least two consecutive quarters of decline in a country's gross domestic product (GDP).

The three - hour walking tour goes through the La Rambla and Gothic Quarter areas of Barcelona and not only includes stops for tastings and drinks at local tapas bars but also La Boqueria, a well - known food market in the city.

Technology sector results so far at least from the likes of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Samsung and SAP have broadly beaten forecasts for the first quarter, and overall aggregate U.S. earnings growth is tracking seven - year highs of almost 25 percent.

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The economy grew at an annual rate of 0.4 per cent in the October - December quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

The ratio of working capital over annualized sales for the quarter stood at 15.3 % at end - March 2018 versus 15.6 % at end - March 2017.

Last quarter was the company's 20th consecutive quarter of at least 5 percent comparable growth.

With economic indicators suggesting gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of four percent in the first quarter, the Bay Streeters insist the future is bright.

Before Yellen addressed the Economic Club of Washington, her counterparts in Ottawa released their latest policy statement, in which Canada's central bank said it was keeping its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 %, a quarter - point shy of the lowest level ever.

Statistics Canada reported December 1 that gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of 2.3 % in the third quarter after contracting at rates of 0.3 % and 0.7 %, respectively, in the previous two quarters.

In Austria, there are somewhat similar «beck and call contracts,» though these are governed by tighter working time regulations, while in the Netherlands there are at least a quarter of a million workers subject to «minimum terms».

The pace of expansion is at its slowest in three quarters.

Social media is free to use for most businesses and is a gateway into promoting the type of services or products you have to offer at any time without waiting for a print ad to run or a new marketing quarter.

The company endured some unique challenges in the quarter, including delays in ramping up a new ordering system at a U.S. brewery, but the underlying beer trends in the U.S. really spooked the market, said analyst Brittany Weissman of Edward Jones.

Analysts think the economy is growing at a rate of around 2.5 per cent in the current January - March quarter, which ends this week.

While tech IPOs are at their lowest number since 2008, health care, including biotech, is one of the hottest sectors of the year for number of filings, per Renaissance Capital's third quarter report.

The second quarter will be impacted by strikes by France's national railway workers (SNCF) which affect the transportation by train of certain products and raw materials, and thus operations at certain sites, mainly in advanced materials.

McDonald's launched its digital app at the end of the third quarter last year and had millions of downloads within three months.

Cash flow from operations — a key metric of financial health in the oil industry — came in at $ 7.4 billion for the quarter, matching the year - earlier period.

The retailer's shares tanked 19 % to $ 28.37 — their lowest level since 2010 — after it reported that same - store sales, or revenue of stores open at least 14 months, rose a mere 0.1 % in the second quarter, well below its own forecasts for a rise of 2 % to 3 %, and short of Wall Street projections for a 1.4 % gain.