Sentences with phrase «cause.the sharp drop»

NORTHERN Star Resources was better placed than most to ride out last month's sharp drop in the gold price to less than $ 1,400 an ounce.

In fact, it saw the sharpest drop since the financial crisis as weaker corporate performance sacked cash bonuses and accounting regulation hampered pension growth.

May 2 (Reuters)- Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday.

Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday.

The world's top oil and gas companies, including Exxon and Chevron, reported sharp drops in quarterly results last week due to lower oil prices and weaker refining margins.

For TransCanada, the financial imperative to build Keystone may have fallen off recently amid a sharp drop in oil prices that could make extracting and transporting the product much less lucrative.

More importantly: notice the sharp drop in positive sentiment during the final stage of the sales cycle, where the buyer and seller may be verbally wrestling with each other to come to a win / win agreement.

For all the defiance, pressure on the Russian economy is slowly mounting under the combined influence of sanctions and, more importantly in the short term, the sharp drop in the price of oil, its main export.

In the commodities space, oil prices are headed for their eighth consecutive week of falls on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumer.

John Hardy, head of forex strategy at Saxo bank, also told CNBC that «assuming that we don't have a growth slowdown or sharp drop in inflation if the euro rises especially rapidly,» the ECB is likely to announce tapering in September for starting to actually slow down its purchases in early 2018.

The recall, which could cost the two firms hundreds of millions of dollar each, revives quality concerns at a time when Hyundai (hymtf) and Kia (kimtf) face a sharp drop in China sales and sluggish demand in the United States and South Korea.

But even with the sharp drop, the stock's price remains higher than it was just six weeks ago.

In the second consecutive quarter showing a sharp drop in corporate profits, the auto sector looked up a bit

SNC - Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX: SNC): Pierre Duhaime left the company amid an internal accounting investigation in March into questionable payments and a sharp drop in quarterly earnings.

He called it «an unintended consequence of the Trump - led efforts to stop many Muslims from coming to the U.S.,» resulting in «a sharp drop in foreign tourism to our nation that imperils jobs and touristic income.»

The Missoula, Montana - based online tour - package company, which he founded in 1999, saw a sharp drop in off in 2001 bookings, as consumers stopped traveling for several months following the attacks.

The Australian share market has closed 1.6 per cent lower, as a sharp drop in oil prices pulled back energy stocks, and resources stocks weakened.

WA recorded Australia's strongest growth and sharpest drop in regional small business numbers over the five years to 2000 - 01.

With the collapse of global oil prices, the largest recyclers like Waste Management have reported sharp drops in recycling revenue and stagnated recycling rates across the country.

Seadrill was forced to seek bankruptcy court protection from creditors after a sharp drop in oil prices in 2014 cut oil firms» appetite for exploration, pushing rates for rigs down and leaving many idle.

After a sharp drop, bitcoin has surged into record territory again, hitting $ 385 in early Tuesday trading on Mt. Gox — one of the many exchanges for the digital currency.

The decline in copper prices and even sharper drop in oil prices led the Phoenix - based firm to take big losses in the final quarter of 2014.

Population growth rates have fallen in Western Australia and across the country as a whole, with WA experiencing a sharp drop in overseas migration and a net loss of people through interstate movements.

Since he became CEO in 2000 the share price had risen more than 840 percent but has fallen 22 percent from its peak in December 2015 following a sharp drop to 311 crowns last month after a profit warning due to pricing pressures.

The scandal triggered a sharp drop in Facebook shares amid concern the revelations could threaten the social network's business model of offering a free service in return for data that could be marketed to advertisers.

After a sharp drop against the dollar on Friday, sterling ticked up 0.1 percent in early Asian trade as markets braced for a potentially messy election outcome.

The March crude contract was up nine cents to US$ 59.29 per barrel after sharp drops all of last week and the March natural gas contract was down three cents at US$ 2.55 per mmBTU.

The energy sector was certainly hard hit by the sharp drop in oil prices.

Chevron posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit that still beat Wall Street's expectations due to cost cuts and strong refining margins.

Media giant Viacom said on Wednesday it cut the compensation of its top two executives, executive chairman Sumner Redstone and CEO Philippe Dauman, as the company faced business pressures and a sharp drop in its share price.

Binns said a sharp drop in the oil price could work in the venture's favor, since the new technology was cheaper for companies to buy and operate than more traditional helicopters.

Poloz's bold and unexpected move to cut rates this year — not once, but twice — has been credited for dampening the impact of the sharp drop in global oil prices on the Canadian economy.

I would guess that there is a much sharper drop in the chance of your business surviving for 2 years during a recession caused by a financial crisis where it is much more difficult to raise funding.

Sharp drops in oil production and real estate activity weighed on the Canadian economy in January.

One speculative note: The 2010 SEC / CFTC report (page 21) shows the E-mini market depth, with a sharp drop - off of both buying and selling depth at about 1:45 p.m. Central / 2: 45 Eastern.

A sharp drop after the open had pushed the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average below their 200 - day moving averages, a key technical indicator of longer - term momentum.

There we can see the sharp drop in oil and gas output, which constitutes 10 per cent of our economy, and the slowdown in non-energy commodity production, which represents a further 8 per cent.

U.S. stocks experienced sharp drops in August 2015, when China devalued its currency; in January 2016, as oil prices dropped; in June of 2016, after the «Brexit» vote; and in the run — up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

But he said the sharp drop in share prices of health insurers Tuesday — Cigna Corp.'s stock fell 7 % and Anthem Inc. dropped 5 %, for example — «was an overreaction.»

This probably occurred because the big wage increases in 2010 - 11, which were counterbalanced by the sharp drop in real interest rates during that period, were finally able to take effect in 2012 when real interest rates rose sharply once again.

At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin has nearly gained back losses from the extremely sharp drop in price yesterday.

The news came as Chevron also reported a sharp drop in third - quarter earnings that still beat Wall Street's expectations due to cost cuts and strong refining margins.

«People think this sharp drop is just the lousy economy and people giving up, but it's a lot more complicated,» said Steven F. Hipple, an economist at the BLS.

The numbers reflect a surge in small - ticket transactions involving early - stage Internet and technology companies but a sharp drop - off in the kind of mega-deals that move the value dial.

After the peak prices at the end of 2016, there was a sharp drop which inclined me to unload my gold and silver miners for a hefty profit.

Dollar drop big, but not big enough: The RBA might be «delighted» about it, but the sharp drop in the Australian dollar in recent weeks is not enough to move the dial on economic growth and activity, experts say.

A sharp drop in markets, even when followed by a rebound, can be a shock for investors.

Locodel Solutions Pvt Ltd, the company behind hyperlocal delivery startup Grofers, reported a sharp drop in revenue and a multifold jump in losses for 2015 - 16.

You might feel risk tolerant, but if you haven't structured your investments to handle a sharp drop, your financial capacity to handle risk may not match your attitude.

For 2015 - 16, Locodel Solutions Pvt. Ltd had reported a sharp drop in revenue and a multifold jump in losses.