Sentences with phrase «by a quarter percent»

Therefore, the Prime Rate will remain at 3 % despite the talks of Prime increasing by a quarter percent as earlier predicted.

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For example, if the second quarter GDP is up 3, percent this means that the economy has grown by 3 percent over the first quarter.

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

PARIS, May 3 - Veolia said first - quarter revenue climbed by 3.7 percent to 6.4 billion euros as its French water business returned to growth and international activities showed double - digit growth, with new services driving earnings.

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

Exxon's production of oil, natural gas and other liquids fell by 6 percent from the previous quarter.

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.

PARIS, May 3 - Veolia said first - quarter revenue climbed by 3.7 percent to 6.4 billion euros as its French water business returned to growth and international activities also showed double - digit growth, with new services driving earnings.

The Saudi stock index was flat, restrained by a 1.9 percent drop by top petrochemical producer Saudi Basic Industries, which fell 2.1 percent after reporting lower - than - expected fourth - quarter earnings.

Online sales rose 14.1 percent from the year - ago quarter, boosted by sales for Presidents Day and Martin Luther King, Jr Day,...

Priceline shares tanked by 8 percent Wednesday after the company reported a bookings miss for its second quarter and weak guidance for the current quarter.

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.

Priceline shares tanked by 8 percent Wednesday after the provider of travel - related discounts reported a bookings miss for its second 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.

Although the move itself is minimal, with the Fed saying in a statement that it would lift its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percent, to between 0.25 percent and 0.5 percent, it has a huge symbolic value.

By contrast, 40 percent of those who would like to export said they don't have goods or services that are exportable; a slightly smaller percentage said they didn't know much about exporting, and about a quarter said they would worry too much about getting paid.

While United's fourth - quarter profitsurpassed Wall Street's expectations, investors were focused on its plan to grow capacity, or the number of seats it flies, by 4 percent to 6 percent each year through 2020.

The company reported a 15 percent year - over-year increase in first - quarter bookings, boosted by its HomeAway, Expedia and Hotels.com brands.

Of course by the next quarter if I felt ripped off I could advocate for seven percent or maybe ops requirements needed to be upped to 20 percent for one quarter.

That will increase to 19 percent by 2020 after anlotinib is launched in the first quarter of 2018, said Credit Suisse.

Total produced 2.703 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe / d) in the first quarter, driven by ramp - ups and new acquisitions, up more than 5 percent compared to the same period in 2017, and above analysts» estimates of 2.663 million boe / d.

Recently, Equilar, a research firm that focuses on board recruitment, put together a Gender Diversity Index and predicts that the board of directors on the Russell 3000 list — the 3000 largest companies based in the United States — will achieve parity, with a membership made up of 50 percent women and 50 percent men, by the fourth quarter of 2055.

Operating profit fell 8 percent to 12.4 billion Danish crowns ($ 2.00 billion) in the January to March quarter compared with a year ago, hit by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, but beat an average 11.8 billion crown forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts.

Operating profit fell 8 percent to 12.4 billion Danish crowns ($ 2.00 billion) in the January to March quarter compared with a year ago, hit by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar.

The U.K. economy grew by 0.3 percent in the three months to June compared to the previous quarter, which was in line with expectations.

Third - quarter S&P 500 earnings are expected to grow by 4 percent on a year - over-year basis, according to data from S&P Capital IQ.

Its shares were up by more than 8.7 percent on strong fourth - quarter results.

«We expect the ECB to continue net asset purchases until around the third quarter of 2018, while the Fed will likely begin reducing its stock of quantitative easing assets early in 2018... These opposite moves mean that the ECB's balance sheet could be around 20 percent larger than the Fed's by around end - 2018, assuming constant FX rates,» he noted.

Total said it will raise first quarter interim dividend by 3.2 percent, while Scrip shares issued in January for the second 2017 interim dividend were bought back to prevent dilution.

Studio revenue for the quarter increased 22 percent to $ 2.1 billion, powered by the box - office success of «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» and animated movie «Zootopia.»

Marks & Spencer ended up by more than 1.3 percent after keeping its fiscal - year guidance unchanged on Thursday and announcing a better - than - expected performance in both clothing and home - product sales for its third quarter.

60 - day loan delinquencies in the second quarter of 2014 increased by 7 percent (from 0.58 to 0.62 percent) from the previous year.

Those findings jibe with just - reported data from the National Venture Capital Association, which reports 36 venture - backed companies went public, raising $ 3.3 billion, a 50 percent increase by number of deals and nearly 40 percent increase from the fourth quarter in 2013.

Gross domestic product grew at more than a 3 percent annualized pace in both the second and third quarters, and is on track to expand in the fourth quarter by 2.9 percent, according to the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tracking estimate.

In the first quarter, revenue came up short by 5 percent, and profit missed, too — IBM turned in $ 3 per share, versus the $ 3.05 expected.

The 7 - 2 vote for the rate move, the Fed's third this year, raises the benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent.

Economists at Macroeconomic Advisers boosted their forecast for fourth - quarter economic growth by three - tenths of a percentage point to an annualized rate of 2.4 percent, on the «unexpected strength» in consumer spending.

The Results Performance at the North Carolina center improved significantly, helping buyCalls increase sales by 11 percent and boosting the client's revenue by more than $ 120,000 each quarter.

This raises the benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent

Revenue last quarter was up 78 percent from a year ago, while the net loss shrank by 25 percent,» he writes.

April 23 (Reuters)- Barrick Gold Corp, the world's largest gold miner by output, reported a 5 percent rise in first - quarter adjusted profit on Monday, primarily reflecting higher gold prices and lower depreciation.

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters)- GlaxoSmithKline's new shingles vaccine Shingrix exceeded expectations in the first quarter, but the drugmaker's sales and earnings fell 2 percent, held back by a stronger pound and more pricing pressure in respiratory medicine.

PARIS, May 3 (Reuters)- Veolia said first - quarter revenue climbed by 3.7 percent to 6.4 billion euros ($ 7.7 billion) as its French water business returned to growth and international activities also showed double - digit growth, with new services driving earnings.

The rout in the shares began last August after Teva badly missed second - quarter 2017 earnings and slashed its dividend by 75 percent.

Roughly half of $ 1 - million - plus accounts are betting the market will rise by 5 percent in the fourth quarter, and they are splitting bets evenly between the energy, technology, financials and health care sectors.

UBS beat market expectations with a 19 percent jump in net profit for its first quarter, boosted by strong equity trading activity.

The latter company is currently not profitable and its stock dropped by 15 percent in 2016's first quarter.

Electrically - charged cars saw sales jump by 47 percent, although the alternatively - powered market still only accounted for around 6.5 percent of total sales during the first quarter.

Online travel services company Expedia reported a 23.2 percent rise in fourth - quarter revenue, helped by higher gross bookings.

Peer Blackstone Group LP disclosed last week its private equity funds appreciated by 6.4 percent in the quarter.