Sentences with phrase «cent drop for»

Remember that 10 per cent drop for stocks that freaked investors out in August?

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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.

Resources giant Rio Tinto has reported a 34 per cent drop in its underlying first half profit to $ US5.2 billion ($ A4.9 billion), with lower prices for iron ore and other commodities the main reason fo

Home sales across the country have dropped in the wake of several government policy measures, including a stress test for home buyers with a down payment of more than 20 per cent, that were implemented to cool the country's hot housing market.

For instance, business spending on research and development has actually dropped to 0.89 per cent of gross domestic product in 2011 from 1.29 per cent 10 years earlier.

He confirmed that the U.S. had been willing to drop its demand that 50 per cent of every car consist of American parts, in exchange for a new system that credits parts - makers when they pay more than $ 15 an hour.

TD, the last of the big banks to report its results, said Thursday it earned $ 2.353 billion for the period ended Jan. 31, marking a seven per cent drop from the same period in 2017.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Yum Brands says a key sales figure for China dropped 19 per cent in May, as the parent company of KFC began to see signs of recovery from the double whammy of a bird flu scare and an earlier controversy over its chicken supply.

The company's lone outstanding junk bond, worth $ 1.8 billion and maturing in 2025, briefly dropped two points to as low as 85 cents on the dollar for a yield of around 8 percent on Monday, according to MarketAxess data.

Since domestic long - distance telephone rates have dropped to a few cents a minute, international calling is the killer app for these sites.

Its stock, which surged for years despite narrow profits, has dropped 18 per cent in 2014 to about $ 326, in part because investors have been losing patience with its habit of plowing revenue back into new ventures.

cents Work Opportunity Tax Credit: Both houses extend, through 2010, this tax credit for hiring disadvantaged people to include unemployed veterans and unemployed young people who've dropped out of school and lack basic skills.

The gains came after the Toronto stock index dropped more than eight per cent from its all - time high and leading Wall Street indexes slumped into a 10 per cent correction for the first time in two years.

Thursday's move prompted a painful 8.7 per cent drop in Switzerland's stock market as investors took fright at the worsening outlook for Switzerland's traditional exporters, such as those selling chocolate or ski holidays.

A recent study released by Nielsen Media Research showed that click - through rates for banner ads had dropped from 2 per cent to 0.5 per cent, and just months ago many were engraving tombstones for the five year old banner.

Investors didn't like the forecast of $ 750 million of revenue and adjusted EPS of 10 cents for the next quarter and the shares dropped 6 % in premarket trading.

He also thinks one of the big factors behind the 0.8 - per - cent drop in manufacturing — auto sales — was a temporary setback as Ontario plants closed for retooling.

«The fact that we have a patchwork of provincial policies and haven't had new federal policy support for renewable power caught up to Canada last year, with investment dropping 46 per cent.

And a new Forum Research poll taken since Saturday's election call gives the Conservatives 41 per cent, Liberals 24 per cent and NDP 19 per cent — suggesting a seat count in which the Tories win 19 new seats for a majority with 162 seats, the Liberals lose 17 to 61, the Bloc rises by seven to 51 and the NDP drops two to 24.

The drop has come after an incredible run for the stock, which has risen almost 400 per cent in the last 12 months, and hit a record high of $ 9.40 last week.

Glencore dropped 5 per cent after mining subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo were served freezing orders for alleged unpaid royalties of nearly $ US3 billion.

The reading released daily by the Baltic Exchange has been sinking every trading day for the past three weeks, measuring a 34 - per - cent drop in ocean freight rates and foreshadowing a slowdown in trade.

The cost of local and international calls has dropped a lot in recent years; some operators charge less than five cents a minute for local calls and from seven cents a minute for international calls.

Valeant CEO Joseph Papa took home US$ 62.7 million in 2016 as the stock dropped, providing an 85 - per - cent negative return for shareholders.

Because of the slowing subscriber adds and the increased competition in the space, analysts are expecting earnings to drop, down to 3 cents per share from 5 cents per share (adjusted from 38 cents after its 7 - for - 1 stock split in June) at this time last year.

The U.S. Department of Energy puts the drop at 64 per cent for utility - scale solar power and 41 per cent for land - based wind since 2008.

The company on Wednesday, post market hours, reported 73.30 per cent YoY drop in profit at Rs 117.64 crore for the period under review.

For example, Overseas Shipholding Group (equity ticker OSG) is a deeply junk rated oil tanker company that has seen its bonds drop from trading around par (par means 100 cents on the dollar when comparing the market price to the face amount of the bonds) to distressed levels between 60 and 70 cents on the dollar.

This figure is a good deal higher than the 1.7 per cent for the latest year - ended rise in the CPI, but the pick - up includes the effect of dropping out the impact of the health insurance rebate, which reduced the CPI in the March quarter 1999, some further effects from past movements in crude oil prices, and an increase in tobacco taxes in the December quarter.

Crude oil prices have dropped more than 50 per cent since June to around US$ 50 per barrel, causing some analysts to predict doom and gloom for Canada's oil and gas industry and economy as a whole.

One rare exception to this flurry of higher tax activity came in 2016, when the federal government dropped the rate for one middle income bracket, to 20.5 per cent from 22 per cent.

Given this path for underlying inflation, CPI inflation is expected to dip temporarily below 2 per cent in early 2004 as the large March 2003 CPI figure drops out of the year - ended calculation.

For Australia, the drop - off in inbound travellers from Japan contributed significantly to the decline of around 20 per cent in international arrivals between January and May this year.

The profit margin in the australian residents health insurance (Arhi) division was also lower than expectations, dropping by 6.4 per cent for the six months to December 31.

For the following year, underlying inflation of 2.6 per cent is expected, with a similar figure for the headline rate as mortgage interest reductions drop out of the calculatiFor the following year, underlying inflation of 2.6 per cent is expected, with a similar figure for the headline rate as mortgage interest reductions drop out of the calculatifor the headline rate as mortgage interest reductions drop out of the calculation.

Different concerns chime with different people, but cumulatively the considerations resulted in support for legalisation dropping to 43 per cent.

Australian Food News reported in August 2014 that had announced a profit of $ 182.3 million for the first half of 2014, a drop of 19 per cent compared to the previous year before significant items.

Lion reported a 13 per cent drop in operating profit to $ 334.7 million for the six months ended March 31 after losing the rights to sell the imported beer brand Corona a year ago.

Blue Apron Holdings has dropped as much as 12 per cent after Amazon.com filed a trademark application for prepared food kits.

For Premier Investments, which now generates about 20 per cent of revenues in the UK through Smiggle, Citigroup estimates that the 10 per cent drop in the pound, if maintained, could reduce earnings per share by 1.3 per cent and dampen Smiggle's growth prospects.

However, in the case of Treasury Wine Estates, which generates 9 per cent of earnings in the UK and Europe, the currency translation impact may be offset by higher volumes and margins if consumers trade down to cheaper drops such as Treasury's Blossom Hill label, which sells for as little as # 5 a bottle.

French cheesemaker Bongrain sees sales drop 4.4 per cent in the nine months to the end of September, but stresses that cheese sales began to recover in the third quarter, auguring well for the rest of the year.

The level of precision necessary to meet this standard on an industrial scale for 100 per cent of the corks examined is astounding, especially given that the detection threshold of 0.5 nanograms / litre is the equivalent of one drop of water in 800 Olympic - size swimming pools.

The app's creators point out that concerns for the environment, animal welfare and human rights has already led to meat consumption per person dropping by 4 per cent in EU countries, 10 per cent in the US and 12 per cent in Canada.

Subdued dairy prices have been blamed for a 13 per cent drop in revenue generated for the Waikato regional economy by this year's Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

Importantly, Saputo has dropped a minimum acceptance condition that required it to secure a minimum 50.1 per cent of WCB shares for its deal to proceed.

Sugar contribution from water based beverages (e.g. soft drinks, sports drinks, iced tea) for each person has dropped by 17 per cent between 1997 and 2011

Murray Goulburn's barrister, Christopher Archibald, hinted that the company, as some in the market have speculated, may drop the minimum 50 per cent acceptance condition of its bid for WCB if Saputo meets its own 50 per cent threshold.

Sugar future prices are up almost 40 per cent this year, and the price for the commodity is at a 4 1/2 - year high; the result of a drop in production in Asia as drought has hit harvests.

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