Sentences with phrase «by a quarter in»

Rising inventories are partly due to soaring U.S. production , which jumped by a quarter in the last two years to 10.6 million bpd.

Several exchange - traded funds (ETFs) that hold gold have surged by a quarter in recent memory.

PayPlan knows from its own experience, as one of the UK's biggest free debt advice providers, that people feel the pressure at Christmas, with inquiries dropping by a quarter in December 2015, before rocketing up to 37 % in January.

The deficit has fallen by a quarter in just two years.

Fortunately immigration has fallen by a quarter in recent years, Cameron says.

In a new development roughly 45 countries with tropical rainforests are proposing to cut their deforestation by a quarter in 5 years as part of a deal to be finalized next week at the Copenhagen climate conference.

Average housing prices here have dropped by a quarter in two years.

GMC -10 % The Sierra -LRB--14 %) was caught in the pickup downdraft, and the big SUVs were down by a quarter in the changeover to the new model.

Ethiopia, for example, could increase GDP by a quarter in 2025 by selling unused emissions rights.

The market has enabled Tokyo to reduce its carbon emissions by a quarter in the six years since it was created in 2010..

Over the forecast period, costs are expected to drop by a quarter in solar PV and 15 percent for onshore wind.

Not exact matches

Starbucks» first - quarter results show that the coffee chain continues to struggle with soft traffic in the United States, quantified by a drop in the number of transactions.

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.

Carlsberg's first - quarter sales fell 5 percent, weighed by a negative currency impact and lower volumes in Russia.

April 24 - Freeport - McMoRan Inc, the world's biggest publicly listed copper miner, reported a rise in first - quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by higher copper prices.

In 2012, travel to Canada by the under - 25 age group increased by almost one - quarter.

At the same time, Foot Locker shares, already down sharply this year, tumbled 25 % in heavy trading as the retailer reported that comparable sales fell 6 % in the second quarter — a stunning result given the 1.7 % increase expected by Wall Street, according to Consensus Metrix.

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.

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 streaming giant failed to meet its own forecast by adding a net 880,000 domestic subscribers in the quarter, compared to the 1.15 million it had predicted.

CEO Rob Peabody said Husky cut back heavy oil production by about 5,000 barrels per day in the first quarter and substituted mainly blended bitumen bought from other Alberta oilsands companies to send to its U.S. refineries in Ohio and Wisconsin or to the refining complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Loans outstanding to small businesses dropped in the second quarter by.4 percent, according to the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy.

In particular, the complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that (1) the trials for GED - 0301 suffered from fatal design defects, such that GED - 0301 had failed to demonstrate meaningful clinical efficacy; (2) the growth of Otezla sales had dramatically slowed during Celgene's third fiscal quarter of 2017; and (3) the clinical and nonclinical pharmacology data in Celgene's new drug application («NDA») for Ozanimod were insufficient to permit a complete review by the FDA, which resulted in the FDA issuing a refusal to file letter to Celgene regarding the NDIn particular, the complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that (1) the trials for GED - 0301 suffered from fatal design defects, such that GED - 0301 had failed to demonstrate meaningful clinical efficacy; (2) the growth of Otezla sales had dramatically slowed during Celgene's third fiscal quarter of 2017; and (3) the clinical and nonclinical pharmacology data in Celgene's new drug application («NDA») for Ozanimod were insufficient to permit a complete review by the FDA, which resulted in the FDA issuing a refusal to file letter to Celgene regarding the NDin Celgene's new drug application («NDA») for Ozanimod were insufficient to permit a complete review by the FDA, which resulted in the FDA issuing a refusal to file letter to Celgene regarding the NDin the FDA issuing a refusal to file letter to Celgene regarding the NDA.

Drugmaker Merck reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by a more than 150 percent rise in sales of cancer drug Keytruda.

But unlike Calgary - based rival Cenovus Energy Inc., which temporarily throttled back oilsands output in the first quarter because of low prices, Husky says it is cutting output because it can make more money by buying «distressed» barrels from other producers.

In the second quarter of 2013, tech IPOs represented about a quarter of all IPOs — and plenty of analysts are saying that we're going to start seeing a lot more tech companies (especially enterprise software) go public in the next several months driven, in part, by a backlog generated in a sluggish 201In the second quarter of 2013, tech IPOs represented about a quarter of all IPOs — and plenty of analysts are saying that we're going to start seeing a lot more tech companies (especially enterprise software) go public in the next several months driven, in part, by a backlog generated in a sluggish 201in the next several months driven, in part, by a backlog generated in a sluggish 201in part, by a backlog generated in a sluggish 201in a sluggish 2012.

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Air pollution rose by more than a quarter in parts of northern China in March, and the region has been hit by another bout of smog in the second half of April,...

Perth has suffered the biggest drop in house prices, falling 2.4 per cent in the June quarter, as capital city house prices across Australia decline by the sharpest rate in nearly than three years.

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.

The results should not have been entirely surprising: NPD Group has said that its data showed that sales at athletic and sporting goods retailers were down by a low - double digit percentage in the quarter.

L Brands expects to earn between 20 cents and 25 cents per share in the first quarter, compared with the 49 cents per share expected by Wall Street analysts, according to Thomson Reuters.

Ubide observed that economic growth in Cyprus declined by more than 5 % in the quarter after its government implemented capital controls.

Keytruda raked in sales of $ 1.46 billion in the quarter, ahead of $ 1.40 billion estimated by analysts, according to Thomson Reuters.

Bernstein analyst Alexia Howard wrote in a note that «this deal appears to be the latest attempt by Campbell to bring back growth, having experienced several tough quarters with declining sales in soup.»

The world's largest retailer, for years slow to respond to Amazon.com (amzn) in the digital wars, has been on a tear in recent quarters, helped by the $ 3 billion acquisition of jet.com and overhaul of its marketplace last year, and by better integration of its stores with its digital business.

The Commerce Department said Wednesday that business spending and home construction both increased by 4.6 % and 13.4 % respectively in the second quarter, while consumer spending rose by 1.8 %.

The company produced 2,020 Model 3s in the final week of the first quarter, short of its goal of producing 2,500 Model 3 sedans weekly by the end of March.

It said production in the three months ended March 31 fell by about 10 per cent to 300,400 boe / d compared to the first quarter of 2017.

Down 0.8 % on first - quarter 2017 when restocking took place, volumes were impacted by weather conditions in Europe and the United States.

The September 1 Gross Domestic Product release will be the one that will let us know whether or not we are in a recession, at least by the semi-official definition of «a period of at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real gross domestic product for Canada, as reported by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act.»

While hiring was down by 0.1 percent in March, the survey found that nearly 9 in 10, or 87 percent of small businesses, expect the first quarter to be the same or better than a year ago.

«Really the success of that product isn't how many people buy it, in our mind, but how many people don't buy it and choose another product,» he said, after the company reported better - than - expected profits for a quarter plagued by deadly hurricanes.

The fast - food chain on Tuesday reported surprisingly strong first - quarter U.S. same - restaurant sales, boosted by customers» enduring interest in ordering Egg McMuffins throughout the day.

NEW YORK, May 2 - U.S. consumers spent a record $ 100 billion online in the first quarter, helped by holiday promotions, Adobe Analytics said on Wednesday, highlighting the ongoing switch to web retailers from brick - and - mortar stores.

In the above table, I have selected a few prior years with interim high and low readings, as well as the last 4 years, and further broken out 2015 by quarter.

By contrast, a 3.8 percent rise in Burger King comparable sales topped a consensus forecast of 3.5 percent and helped Restaurant Brands beat first - quarter profit estimate.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

By comparison, Netflix added 2 million users in the past quarter.

This was followed up by a further decline in April (the first month of the second quarter), which was the fifth decline in six months.