Sentences with phrase «by sharp falls»

Chief Executive Bob Dudley is in line for a $ 19.6 million compensation package for 2015, a year in which shrinking profit margins triggered by sharp falls in the price of oil led to more than 5,000 job losses at the oil and gas company.

Companies in sectors such as iron and steel have been affected by the sharp fall in commodity prices.

Over time this means that households will retain a growing share of China's total production of goods and services (at the expense of the elite, of course, who benefitted from subsidized borrowing costs) and so not only will they not be hurt by a sharp fall in GDP growth, but their consumption will increasingly drive growth and innovation in China.

Black Tuesday was Oct. 29, 1929, and was marked by a sharp fall in the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) especially hard hit in high trading volume.

The decline in activity was driven by a sharp fall in British Columbia, falling 3.4 % in Vancouver.

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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 port city of Tianjin saw the sharpest fall in its livability score among the eight Chinese cities surveyed, with the drop compounded by a decline in its environment score following an explosion at a chemical factory a year ago.

Fidelity - owned funds cut their stake by 2.54 per cent in PC Jeweller last week and one of the company's promoters Balram Garg believes the continuation of the sharp fall in PC shares this week could be due to further selling by the foreign investor of its remaining stake.

Economists at the U.S. - based bank, led by Nupur Gupta, cut their estimates for inflation - adjusted output for the fourth quarter of 2016, citing a sharper - than - initially - estimated fall in consumer sentiment and industrial production amid the demonetization drive.

According to the World Gold Council (WGC), demand for gold slipped by 7 percent in 2017 compared with a year earlier on the back of a decline in central - bank purchases, a sharp slide in inflows into gold ETFs (exchange - traded funds) and a 10 - percent fall in coin investments.

Cooling US core inflation this year was driven by major one - off drops — especially the sharp fall in wireless costs due to changes in major pricing plans — as well as some moderation in a few key categories such as housing.

The decline in issuance was sharper than can be readily explained by seasonality and the fall in housing loan approvals in 2004 and appears to have been driven by a fall in issuer supply rather than investor demand, given that primary spreads have narrowed by at least 5 basis points over the period, to historically low levels.

A sharp fall in exports to Japan was largely offset by continued growth in exports to the US and Europe.

The deficit was led by a record rise in imports to # 55.78 billion and a sharp fall in the trade gap of goods.

The fall in spreads has been accompanied by a sharp reduction in differentiation between high and low rated credit risks (Graph 17).

The price of gold fell by 2.4 per cent in SDR terms over the three months to January, with a sharp decline in January.

Following sharp falls in mid 2003, the value of resource exports fell further in the March quarter by around 2 per cent, to be about 14 per cent lower than a year ago.

The U.S. oil - rig count fell by 13 to 400 in the latest week, according to Baker Hughes Inc., maintaining a recent clip of sharp declines.

The increasingly sharp and personal tenor of the requests, many of which sought an appearance by Zuckerberg, raised the odds of a fresh round of potentially contentious hearings — after Facebook defended itself in fall hearings about Russian manipulation of its site connected to the 2016 election.

The fall in rural exports has been especially sharp, with the value of exports in the June quarter down by over 27 per cent on the level of a year ago, largely reflecting the effect of the drought.

Overall, food prices were flat in the June quarter as sharp falls in fruit and vegetable prices were balanced by price rises for most other items.

The effect of this fall was compounded by a sharp drop in spending by domestic residents with retail sales falling by 8 1/2 per cent in Hong Kong in April.

Following a sharp fall in March, consumer sentiment, as measured by the Westpac - Melbourne Institute index, rose only slightly in April, though it remains a little above long - run average levels.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- US durable goods orders fall 1 pct., driven by sharp drop in demand for military equipment.

The adjustments faced by the United Kingdom after its voters» decision to leave the EU were brought into sharp relief by the weakness of the British pound, which fell following the UK government's announcement it would seek to start negotiations with the EU about the terms of the UK's departure early in 2017.

«A short, sharp break off of all - time highs is never how bear markets begin» adding they tend to fall by 2 to 3 percent a month over their entire duration, with most of the decline coming in the last 40 percent.

Global stock markets fell Monday, led by a sharp dive in Japan, as traders awaited a packed schedule of economic data releases this week in the U.S. and a key meeting of the Federal Reserve.

The sharp fall on Wednesday came on the heel of the cancellation of SegWit2x — the controversial bitcoin protocol upgrade, as reported by CCN.

I chose you quite by chance My sheer sister From among all the others To be the gnomon Whose measured shadow falls On all my delicate sorrows I was thinking only Of the sharp beauty That you sew into the sky Why did you draw me An arbitrary pilgrim?

The plot is loosely held together by quite a bit of setting up and falling down, devoting much of its runtime to making you want to care about what the Pentagon Papers are, how the newspaper operates, and what's clearly at stake, before finally getting to the point where everything finally comes together, which is when the film is at its sharpest.

I did this by scooping it out with a sharp tipped spoon from the top, but you could also make a slit lengthwise along the side of each onion to make it easier (though then you'll have to push your onions back together so the filling doesn't fall out).

If desired, dispatch lobsters by using a sharp chef's knife (and one fell swoop) to split the front section of each between the eyes.

Meanwhile, for the salad, segment the oranges by holding them over a bowl and using a small, sharp knife to cut the flesh away from the inner membrane, letting the segments and any juice fall into the bowl.

First, with his sharp knife he cut a 12 - foot - tall hazel sapling; then, without allowing it to fall out of line with the others, he drew it down by the root end until it was on the ground, cut a foot off the top, then lashed on the gaff head with the cord.

Today's GDP figures from ONS show that the UK's recession deepened further in the second quarter of 2012, led predominantly by further sharp falls in construction activity.

Lord Kalms, a former party Treasurer and the founder of the Dixons retail empire, has given voice to the discontent felt by many disgruntled backbench MPs and influential Tory figures who have privately called on David Cameron to dismiss his close ally following a sharp fall in the party's opinion poll ratings.

The Federal Government has made known its intention to cut subsidies on petroleum products by half next year after sharp falls in global crude prices led...

Puncture an astronaut's space suit — whether by projectile, the sharp edge of a tool or falling onto a rock — and you could let in a world of trouble.

That means making sure she doesn't accidentally hurt herself, either on a nearby sharp object or by falling down the stairs.

Fall's white shoes are delivered with graphic elements to steer even the simplest to high - fashion territory — a Mary Jane is so - now with a pared - back chunky heel, stiletto mules appear nuanced with sharp lines, ankle boots are eye - catching by nil embellishment, block - heels are vivid with sculptural heels or when juxtaposed with black details.

As a nail art newbie, I wanted to immerse myself into the world of nail art by playing with sharp graphic designs and autumn colors from the Essie «Tokyo» Fall collection.

He also landed the cover of the fall / winter 2015 issue of GQ Style Germany, where he's seen wearing a sharp blue suit.Photographed by Paul Wetherwell, Daniel showcased the latest fall pieces from labels such as Jil Sander and Bally.

There he falls head over heels for Florence: a quietly beautiful young violinist played by Saoirse Ronan with a well fabricated English accent of the time; she gets its sharp, quick chirrup right.

What makes «Roger Dodger» hold its own is the razor - sharp script by Dylan Kidd (who also directs for the first time), and the decision to focus more on the fall of the rakish teacher than the rise of his student — even if in the end it turns back to Nick and the question of whether he is an alternative model of man, or just another Roger - in - waiting.

From the tightly scripted dialogue — by turn sharp, harrowing & funny and without an ounce excess on its bones — to the beautifully melancholic score by Carter Burwell and the powerhouse performances from a cast who've never been better, I fell in love with the entire movie, with every single breath - taking, nauseating, alarming, disturbing, uplifting scene, a fact made slightly more unusual given that I've tried — and failed on repeated occasions — to watch and enjoy Martin McDonagh's back catalogue.

It's a sharp, teasing setup for a tale of even higher stakes and steeper falls from grace, set in motion by an early scene of Molly being arrested by the FBI for her alleged involvement in an illegal gambling racket.

And both Damon and DiCaprio (in a sharp break from the original) fall in love with a psychiatrist, played adequately by Vera Farmiga.

Cobb still recalls the day in the fall of 2002 when he looked over the crowd gathered for a Growth Fund meeting in Seattle: nearly all the attendees were white, a sharp contrast to the students in the schools funded by the Growth Fund, who are nearly all minority.

St. Paul — Only weeks after going into effect this fall, Minnesota's «open enrollment» plan, which allows 11th - and 12th - grade students to take college courses with tuition paid by per - pupil state foundation aid, has come under sharp attack on economic and constitutional grounds.

There has also been a sharp fall in the number further education teachers, falling by nearly 20,000 since 2010.