The study showed that while demand for pesticide and GMO - free food is up 20 per
cent a year in Canada, more than 90 per cent of organics come from the U.S. or overseas.
Barrick's shares are up 29 per
cent this year in Toronto, making it the best - performing stock on the Standard & Poor's / TSX Composite Index.
The annual worldwide online dating market is valued at # 600 million and is growing at about ten per
cent a year in many countries.
ETFs grew 50 per
cent a year in their infancy in the U.S. in the late 1990s and 2000s, which has slowed more recently to about 20 per cent annualized growth.
Do - it - yourselfers can expect to pay 1.2 % to 1.8 % per
cent a year in total management expenses for these low - fee equity funds, instead of 2 % to 3 % for most conventional equity funds.
What's the difference between deploying $ 1 in capital to save 5 cents a year on interest on a loan... and deploying $ 1 in capital to gain 5
cents a year in interest on a bond?
Not exact matches
IBT Education has reported a five per
cent drop
in net profit to $ 14.1 million for the half -
year to December 2005 but has forecast strong profit growth
in the current six - month period.
Best Buy Co. said comparable store sales dipped 0.8 per
cent for the nine weeks ended Jan. 4, but that was better than the 1.7 per
cent decline
in the prior -
year period.
In 2012, these television services spent $ 1.39 billion on Canadian programming, representing a 9.6 per
cent increase over the previous
year.
Varonis expects full -
year earnings
in the range of 1
cent to 7
cents per share, with revenue ranging from $ 264 million to $ 268.5 million.
New data has further confirmed the downward trend
in new vehicle sales
in the state with the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing sales slumped nearly 10 per
cent in the
year to September.
In the second quarter, Foot Locker had earnings of $ 51 million, or 39
cents a share, down from $ 127 million, or 94
cents a share, a
year earlier.
Wynne also appointed a panel last month to examine those proposals, which included a jump
in the HST, a five -
cent - a-litre regional gas tax, a $ 350 - million - a-
year business parking levy and $ 100 million a
year in development charges.
Nanos Research, which conducts a weekly survey for Bloomberg, found that almost a quarter of respondents at the end of September said their personal financial situation had worsened over the past
year, compared with about 20 per
cent in early August.
The slowdown
in mining project work has resulted
in a 26 per
cent fall
in the number of environmental professionals employed at the state's biggest consulting firms over the past
year.
After a
year, staff are able to buy shares
in the tightly held company and are included
in the profit - share program, where five per
cent of pre-tax profits is distributed evenly among the staff.
The investment indicator
in the Business Outlook Survey weakened significantly from the summer report, as the balance of opinion between firms planning more spending on machinery and equipment versus those predicting less dropped to 17 per
cent from 29 per
cent in the summer and 35 per
cent at the start of the
year.
In the quarter that ended Dec. 31, 2017, CNBC reports, McDonald's net income fell 41 percent, to $ 698.7 million, or 87
cents per share, from $ 1.19 billion, or $ 1.44 per share the previous
year.
1 - 800 - Flowers.com expects full -
year earnings to be 60
cents per share, with revenue
in the range of $ 1.13 billion to $ 1.15 billion.
The latest comes from analysis firm IDC, which found that tablet shipments declined 12.3 per
cent year - over-
year in the April - to - June quarter.
Net sales declined 6 %
in constant currency to $ 1.83 billion, while net profit dropped to 51
cents per share from 63
cents the prior
year.
The coffee chain posted fiscal third - quarter earnings excluding items of 55
cents a share, up from 43
cents a share
in the
year - earlier period.
That helped lower the unemployment rate
in February to 7.7 per
cent, a four -
year low.
Continental posted net income of $ 233.9 million, or 63
cents per share, compared with $ 469,000, or less than a penny per share,
in the
year - ago quarter, when oil prices plummeted - and the company's production costs were higher.
The Denver and Montreal - based company said its sales fell 4.8 per
cent to US$ 2.33 billion
in the first quarter compared to the prior
year quarter.
Profit attributable to common stock rose to $ 692 million, or 47
cents per share,
in the three months ended March 31, from $ 228 million, or 16
cents a share, a
year earlier.
SSL, which also owns Scholl, said sales were up 22 per
cent to # 320million
in the half
year to the end of September.
Revenue was US$ 29.79 billion, up more than four per
cent from a
year ago and
in line with analyst expectations.
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 Dow Jones industrials fell 66.79 points to 15,334.59 as the Standard & Poor's / Case - Shiller 20 - city home price index rose 12.4 per
cent in July compared with a
year ago, the most since February 2006.
The airline's net loss widened to C $ 170 million, or 62 Canadian
cents per share,
in the quarter, from C $ 13 million, or 5 Canadian
cents per share, a
year earlier.
A poll commissioned by Google and released
in May suggested only 20 per
cent of Canadians had ever made a mobile purchase and only 16 per
cent expected to boost their mobile shopping
in the following
year.
Barnes Group expects full -
year earnings
in the range of 3
cents to $ 3.15 per share.
New vehicle sales
in Western Australia registered a slight increase
in March compared with the same month last
year, while sales for the 12 months to March were up 5.3 per
cent on the prior
year, according to the latest data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
The 0.4 per
cent growth rate for the gross domestic product, the economy's total output of goods and services, was the weakest quarterly performance
in almost two
years and followed a much faster 3.1 per
cent increase
in the third quarter.
Statistics Canada's Consumer Price Index rose one per
cent in June from a
year earlier, as cheaper gasoline allowed Canadians to stretch their paycheques, the agency reported July 21.
Shares
in scooter manufacturer Vmoto have dived 20 per
cent today after the company announced on Friday it expected to record a $ 2.24 million loss for the first half of the 2011 financial
year.
Chinese direct investment
in the European Union jumped by 77 per
cent last
year to more than 35 billion euros (US$ 38 billion), compared with 2015, while EU acquisitions
in China fell for the second consecutive
year, according to the Rhodium Group.
Sprint reported a profit of $ 69 million, or 2
cents per share, compared with a loss of $ 283 million, or 7
cents per share,
in the
year - ago quarter.
Even though they're spending $ 900 million over five
years to satisfy the NDP, the cash - strapped Liberals are making right - leaning promises to limit spending growth to 1.8 per
cent a
year, rebalance the books
in 2017 - 18 and have no new taxes.
WESTERN Australia's hotels increased their total earnings by 20 per
cent in the past financial
year despite low occupancy rates.
Henderson - based contractor Civmec lifted profit to $ S10.4 million ($ A10 million) for the first half of the financial
year, up 59 per
cent, on the back of a big surge
in revenue.
Neither existed
in Germany or the Netherlands just a few
years ago, but they now account for 17 per
cent and 32 per
cent of their respective markets, the analysis firm says.
Shares
in Skywest Airlines have plunged more than 10 per
cent today after the company's executive chairman announced the airline has halved its 2011 half -
year profit outlook to $ 2.9 million.
In Ontario, for example, around 82 per cent of 18 - to 29 - year - olds consumed alcohol in 2015, according to a report from equity research firm Cowen and Co
In Ontario, for example, around 82 per
cent of 18 - to 29 -
year - olds consumed alcohol
in 2015, according to a report from equity research firm Cowen and Co
in 2015, according to a report from equity research firm Cowen and Co..
It's unadjusted data shows Canadian retail e-commerce increased almost 47 per
cent in May from a
year earlier.
St. Louis - based Anheuser - Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, said earlier this month it had cut its water use by 32 per
cent in the last five
years by sponsoring preservation initiatives
in water basins critical to its breweries, and by installing U.S. Department of Agriculture real - time weather and crop water - use data meters on suppliers» farms.
Eighteen
years in the making, the 360 Eye is taking aim at iRobot's leadership
in a market that's growing by 15 per
cent a
year.
In July, the Bank of Canada estimated that 47 per cent of residential mortgages with the Big Six banks will be up for renewal in less than a year, with another 31 per cent due in the next one to three year
In July, the Bank of Canada estimated that 47 per
cent of residential mortgages with the Big Six banks will be up for renewal
in less than a year, with another 31 per cent due in the next one to three year
in less than a
year, with another 31 per
cent due
in the next one to three year
in the next one to three
years.
New vehicle sales
in Western Australia were down 15.8 per
cent in May, adding to a sharp decline
in year - to - date activity, though one bright spot was a pick - up
in sales of luxury marques.