Sentences with phrase «by a third in»

In Vancouver, home to the country's most expensive real estate, residential property sales fell by a third in September, compared to a year earlier.

The retailer's operating profit fell by a third in the fourth quarter and operating margin has more than halved in a decade.

By comparison, the S&P 500 has increased by a third in the same period.

Two new studies from Europe have found that the number of farm birds in France has crashed by a third in just 15 years, with some species being almost eradicated.

Thus, despite the deaths of many members, our membership has actually grown by a third in the past year.

On a low heat, simmer till it has reduced by a third in volume, and then add a little salt to temper the sweetness.

I followed the advice of a previous reviewer and upped all of the ingredients by a third in order to accommodate a deep dish pie plate.

Osborne pledged to make # 3bn of savings by cutting bureaucracy, slashing the cost of Whitehall by a third in the next parliament.

Breaches at children's services departments in London have risen by a third in four years, figures show.

A daily pill to prevent HIV infection can reduce new cases among men who have sex with men (MSM) by a third in the U.S. over the next 10 years, according to a new modeling study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases and available online.

Commenting on the latest UCAS data showing that teacher recruitment numbers have dropped by a third in just 12 months, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said:...

Until recently, experts have maintained that, after seatbelts and airbags, electronic stability control (ESC) was the most effective safety device, reducing fatalities by a third in cars; and two - thirds in SUV.

Total assets increased by a third in the last 2 years to $ 9 trillion in the US.

The first mimics VDHG but reduces the home - bias by a third in favour of emerging and international markets.

What's more, the square - footage of the average Canadian home has grown considerably over the past 35 years, even though the average household size has fallen by a third in the same time period.

New Hampshire's intake drops by a third in six years.

Based on current trends, the study predicts that global e-waste rates will jump by a third in the next four years: an annual volume of 65.4 million tons — the weight equivalent of 200 Empire State Buildings or (if your interest runs more toward ancient history) 11 Great Pyramids of Giza.

Law firm HBJ Gateley Wareing says the number of couples opting to settle out of court using collaborative law practices has risen by a third in the last year.

Remaining balance to be paid by the Third in car - session at the latest.

Spooked by bad deals, venture firms across the board pulled back on cleantech investing by a third in 2012.

The company is hoping to stimulate sales of its Kinect sensor for the Xbox One, slashing its price by a third in a limited - time promotion.

Parental behaviour — The ratio of praise to inappropriate commands increased threefold in the intervention group but fell by a third in the controls (table 3).

The company also touts a survey it conducted among a sample of its clients, both 100 percent and commission - split companies, finding broker revenue increasing almost by a third in the first year of implementing compensation plans for associates based on estimates of what those associates cost to maintain.

Not exact matches

Prices on the London Metal Exchange soared by a third, lifting the metal to its highest in nearly seven years, after the United States imposed sanctions this month against billionaire Oleg Deripaska and his company Rusal, the world's No. 2 aluminium producer.

According to University of Scranton research, personal financing was the third most popular New Year's resolution for Americans in 2015, preceded by «getting organized» and «losing weight».

This can be done by creating an in - house team of native language customer service representatives, finding a third party that offers such a service or even using email translation software to help support customers who can't correspond in English.

Surveys taken recently by banks and small business advocacy groups show that at most, a third of small businesses plan to expand their staffs in the next 12 months.

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.

This cross-border MBA begins with a week on Schulich's campus in January, followed by classes every third weekend until the summer.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

In a national survey of workplace managers by APPrise Mobile, a mobile communications firm, almost one - third of millennial respondents say that it will be more difficult to manage employees from Gen Z compared to older generations.

Understandably, two - thirds of consumers polled in a recent study by Gartner said they worried that their home devices could be used to listen in on their private conversations.

Today, two - thirds of new net jobs in the U.S. are being created by new firms that are less than five years old.

Patersons Securities plans to introduce an employee share scheme to help bolster its net assets by at least $ 15 million, after posting its third interim loss in succession.

Melissa McCarthy's Spy finished in second, earning $ 16 million in its second week in theaters, followed by disaster movie San Andreas in third place.

The original lawsuit was filed in late March by two black women who worked in the network's payroll department, and a third colleague later joined it.

Yet, according to a study by Deloitte University Press, more than a third of firms struggle to instil purpose and passion in their staff.

The bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing embarked upon by the Fed in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent recession, have kept interest rates and bond yields low.

However, any employer who is considering seeking out a helping hand from a third party so that they can streamline their workplace processes have been urged by Chris Runckel, the president of Runckel & Associates in Portland, Oregon, to not rush into the decision.

The airport is the third busiest in the nation by passenger traffic.

Sorrell then referenced a speech given by WPP's third biggest client — and the biggest ad spender in the world — P&G's marketing boss Marc Pritchard, who said Google and Facebook were not doing enough to meet advertiser demands around measurement, brand safety, and viewability (the measure of whether an online ad had the ability to be seen by a human).

Western Australian retailers have a positive view of business conditions in the year ahead, according to a recent survey by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, with one third expecting an improved market in the 2018 financial year.

A collection of new studies presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference suggest that a Mediterranean diet — one that's rich in lean proteins like fish and chicken, filled with fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes, and (moderate amounts of) red wine — may carry yet another benefit: reducing the risk for dementia and Alzheimer's by more than a third.

The Fed permitted the quantity of money to decline by one - third from 1929 to 1933, just as the Bank of Japan permitted monetary growth to be low or negative in recent years.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stood by U.S. airlines in the third quarter, even as carriers were hit by three massive hurricanes, a spike in fuel prices and heavy selling of airline shares by other investors.

She cites the example of a recent client, a private B.C. firm with $ 400 to $ 500 million in annual revenues, and which is controlled by the third generation.

By one third - party estimate, consumers have sold about $ 23.2 million worth of these CryptoKitties since the platform's inception, resulting in the kitties changing hands 331,269 times since November.

Similar trends in biopharma M&A, which has disrupted business for third - party firms used by drug makers.

The fact that trust is crucial in markets is evidenced by the fact that businesses have come up with such a dizzying array of mechanisms designed to generate trust — everything from brands (which carry reputations) through to warranties, return policies, endorsements and third - party guarantors.

Simply possessing any amount of heroin is punishable by a minimum $ 1,000 fine and up to a year in prison for a first offense; by a third conviction, that rises to a minimum of three months in jail (and potentially up to three years) and a minimum $ 5,000 fine.