Sentences with phrase «at less than a quarter»

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That's $ 17.9 billion less than the the $ 285.1 billion it reported at the end of the previous quarter and the lowest total since June.

The Kardashian game's total bookings, which includes the cut Glu must pay to app store owners like Apple, fell to under $ 8 million in the second quarter, less than one - fifth what it brought in at the height of the game's popularity.

The rise is stark when compared to previous generations: less than a quarter of young adults lived at home in the «50s — a time when, it should be noted, the average woman was married before 21.

The bad: Total VC funding across all technology sectors was roughly 40 percent less than it was at the end of June» 08, with about $ 4 billion in funding received in the second quarter of 2009 versus $ 7 billion in Q2 2008.

Koonin also says that despite the close quarters, being on a plane is no more or less dangerous than punching in at the office.

Watching the New England Patriots — trailing 21 - zip in the second quarter, down 25 points in the third, 19 points in the hole with less than 600 seconds to go in regulation — rally to win the Super Bowl in overtime, I couldn't help but wonder if there was some mysterious science behind «the miraculous comeback»: something measurable, or at least point - to - able, that captures the transformation of human spirit that drives an individual — or, more inexplicably, a team of separate beings — to see «victory» when «loss» is flashing all around them.

Same - store sales, a key performance metric that strips out volume at stores open for less than a year, grew 0.3 per cent at Tim Hortons, reversing two consecutive quarters of...

After battling back from a five - goal deficit, the Bucs pulled within one goal of St. Thomas Aquinas, at 8 - 7, with less than 40 seconds in the third quarter.

2017.09.29 Housing affordability relief still elusive in Canada in the second quarter as ownership costs continued to rise in Toronto: RBC Economics Becoming a home owner in Canada is less affordable now than at any time since 1990, according to the latest Housing Trends and Affordability Report issued today by RBC Economics Research...

As of quarter end, the franc was trading at 0.91, a 26 % change in value relative to the U.S. dollar, in less than two months.

Legal & General Investment Management said on April 17 that it will vote against the reappointment of chairs at large UK - listed companies if less than a quarter of the board are women.

At the retail level, prices of imported consumer goods fell in the year to the March quarter by just over 1 per cent; domestically produced goods prices are also rising more slowly than a year ago, but the slowing is less pronounced and, in the year to March, domestic goods prices rose by about 3 per cent.

After giving the company credit for the expected ramp - up in production from large current investments, the company is trading at less than 9 times earnings — too low considering that approximately a quarter of those earnings come from the very high - return trading segment and the rest come from long - lived and well - run mining assets.

In 5 of the 10 «Auto Alley» states — Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee — new hires at auto parts plants are paid roughly one - quarter less than the other auto parts workers in the state.

With a little less than six minutes left in the first quarter, the Texans had a second - and - 5 at their own 32 - yard line.

That's also how you get Ginn dropping a pass at the 15 - yard line on a deep dig route that ends up being intercepted by T.J. Ward (or as Phil Simms says, the 13 - yard pass was too haaard... SMDH) while his team is trailing 16 - 7 with less than six minutes left in the third quarter.

It is one thing to say 200 mph in less than eight seconds, but it is quite another thing to see the dragster roaring and smoking at the starting line, look away for a moment, and then turn back to see it a quarter of a mile away.

Liverpool were the grateful beneficiaries of no less than three own goals as they hammered Brighton and Hove Albion 6 - 1 at Anfield to reach the quarter - finals of the FA Cup.

A breastfed baby, less than 3 weeks old who does not have at least one bowel movement larger than a quarter (coin) within a 24 - hour period should be seen by a healthcare provider to ensure he is drinking well at the breast.

The number of jobs in STEM fields is expected to keep growing rapidly, but women are currently very underrepresented, accounting for less than a quarter of employees in the STEM workforce, according to a report by the Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

By baby's first birthday, less than a quarter of mothers are breast - feeding at all.

According to them, by nullifying elections in 18 out of 31 local government areas, Section 179 (2)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution, which required that a candidate vying for the office of the Governor would be declared winner if he has not less than one quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two - thirds of the local government areas, has been breached.

Information, therefore, was only supplied by less than a quarter of NHS organisations, and what data that did exist was patchy at best.

Today's figures from the Bank of England confirm that mutuals out - performed the rest of the market in the third quarter, doing more net lending but at the same time drawing down less from the scheme than other lenders.

Less than one - quarter (24 %) said their LBGTI status is «known» in their workplace and 17 % said they have experienced unfair treatment at work over the last 12 months because of their LGBTI status.

Less than three quarters (72 %) of UKIP voters at the 2014 European Parliament election say they could see themselves voting UKIP in a general election, according to a new ITV News Index poll carried out by ComRes.

Less than a quarter of the Labour MPs that signed up to an early day motion expressing concern at the government's plans to reduce funding for equivalent or lower qualification (ELQ) degrees voted against the government in a Conservative - led motion last night.

A careful look at the Calendar shows that government actually borrowed less than what it took in the first quarter of 2017.

At that speed, my trip from London would have taken less than a quarter of a second.

At less than a millimeter long and a quarter of a millimeter wide, a mosquito egg doesn't give researchers much room for error.

Genotyping of a population of 329 patients with early RA revealed just over one - quarter had the allele * 2 HS1, 2 A enhancer, and one in 10 the allele * 1 HS1, 2 A enhancer, which is comparable with previously published data.7 Patients with the allele * 2 genotype had more active disease at the start of treatment and were significantly less likely to achieve a good response and / or remission after three months treatment than those patients with the allele * 1 genotype.

Three - quarters of those surveyed by phone correctly estimated the number of calories they should consume daily, but this was true of less than half of those surveyed at point - of - purchase.

Given a one - second snippet of the movement of a small, round target across a plane that stretched away from the viewer at roughly eye level, study participants correctly moved a virtual paddle to intercept the target's course less than a quarter of the time.

Less than a quarter of car seat and booster checks analyzed in the new University of Michigan Health System study were conducted in children ages four and older at car seat inspection stations in Michigan.

«This means if we look back to the universe when it was less than a quarter of its present age, we'd see that a pair of galaxies separated by a million light years would be drifting apart at a velocity of 68 kilometers a second as the universe expands,» says Font - Ribera, a postdoctoral fellow in Berkeley Lab's Physics Division.

A 2016 World Bank report found that of the various carbon pricing systems in use around the world, «about three quarters» of all emissions covered are priced at less than $ 10 per ton.

Then, I do a quarter grain at night, which is way less than I used to take.

The banana - fed group of patients actually saw success more than those who were medically treated with almost 60 percent of the patients being successfully treated while less than a quarter of the medically - treated patients were free of diarrhea at the final day of the studies.

I needed at least a teaspoon per day of salt when zero - carbing, compared to less than a quarter - teaspoon when eating carbs.

While a quarter of survey respondents said they would be worried about their relationship being spoiled, one American study recently suggested that the satisfaction of couples who had fallen in love at work was noticeably less than those meeting through an online dating site.1 For Irish employees looking for professional and personal stability, perhaps keeping romance and work separate is the best idea!

Their closest competitor in the online dating category averaged just 4 million total visits per month — just less than one quarter of the traffic at PlentyOfFish.com.

Blues Brothers 2000 grossed less than a quarter of what the 1980 original made at the U.S. box office.

Less than a quarter (22 %) of those surveyed said that they often come across people at work who make a lasting first impression.

Recent surveys found that three quarters of children spend less than an hour each day playing outside; and more than one in nine children in England haven't set foot in a park, forest, beach or natural environment for at least twelve months.

In 2012, virtually all 15 - year - old students in OECD countries had a computer at home, but less than three - quarters used a computer or tablet at school, and in some countries it was fewer than half.

Almost three - quarters (73 percent) of principals have less than 5 years at their current school (as of 2011 - 12), and about half (49 percent) of all principals have less than 5 years at any school.

Daniel Dennehy, chief operations officer at UK Essays, acknowledges that this proportion of international students is exceptionally high, especially given that individuals from either other EU or non-EU countries account for less than a quarter of the UK's student population.

Yet even with the expansion of the AP program in recent years, only about a third of American students take at least one exam, and less than a quarter pass at least one test with a score of three or higher.

This holistic approach has yielded results in places like Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City, where educators have engaged parents and the community to boost the graduation rate of Hispanic students by 70 percent; and Denver, where the teacher - led Math and Science Leadership Academy is taking a collaborative approach that focuses on mentoring and professional development to boost student achievement; and in Las Vegas, where a teacher empowerment program has led to remarkable gains, including at Culley Elementary School, a «high achieving» school where only five years ago, less than a quarter of students were at grade level.

Operating at less than 14 percent capacity in a 217,700 - square - foot building, district academic data show a quarter of students dropped out in 2014.