Sentences with phrase «cent during the last year»

It has seen occupancy rise by 9.2 per cent during the last year, and REVpar (revenue per available room) go up by 19.6 per cent.

Average local home price increases there have topped 20 per cent during the last year.

Not exact matches

Foreign investment in Canada has dropped precipitously this year — $ 2 billion so far in 2013, down 92 per cent from $ 27 billion during the same period last year, Prentice says.

The total included $ 23.6 million generated during the last three months of last year, as a reduction of operating costs at Torstar's print divisions offset a 10 per cent decline in fourth - quarter revenue.

The chain last registered comparable sales above 0.3 per cent during the third quarter of its 2016 financial year when the metric reached two per cent.

Net income was $ 290 million, or 64 cents per share, compared with $ 178 million, or 40 cents per share, during the same quarter last year.

Pacific NorthWest LNG, majority - owned by Petronas, told the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office that it would recruit 40 per cent of the workers required to build its terminal, and a staggering 70 per cent of the workers used during the last three years of building, from overseas.

In 1980 there were eight handgun murders in England and 10,012 in the United States.3 During the last thirty years the U.S. homicide rate per capita has increased almost 100 per cent.

Speaking during News Hour he said: «Last year we placed about 17 per cent of our children which were from different ethnic backgrounds.

Last year St Columba's Lochside Mission and Outreach youth programme provided more than 150 lunches daily to local children after church staff learned that the 95 per cent of children in one local primary school, who receive free school lunches and breakfasts during the school term, were at risk of hunger during the summer holidays.

Meanwhile the company sold more product, with volumes rising by 6 per cent during the nine months, compared to the same period last year.

Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a massive 38 per cent increase in deaths across England and Wales during the arctic cold snap experienced last December, the coldest in over 100 years.

Labour's economic recordThe actions taken by the Labour government has ensured that during the biggest economic crisis in over 60 years, the number of York people claiming unemployment benefi t in December 2009 was still 45 per cent less than under the last Conservative recession.

Ghana, will pay cocoa farmers GH cents 7,600 cedis (US$ 1,914) per tonne for cocoa beans, during the 2016 - 17 season, nearly a 12 percent increase, more than the last crop year, Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, said last Saturday as he announced the start of the new season.

They had a drop in sales by 11.4 per cent last year during the opening of their namesake stores and even the same happened during the first quarter on its website stores.

Also, during the last year (2012) the 99 cent price range developed a reputation for low quality among regular readers overall.

To be precise, B&N axed its tablet line in June, having managed to capture a mere 1.9 per cent of the fondleslab market during last year's holiday shopping season.

Canada's economy expanded at a 1.8 per cent annual pace during the last quarter, the same growth seen at the start of the year and slightly better than what economists were expecting.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is maintaining its key interest rate at one per cent, where it's been for more than three years during a weak economic recovery from the last recession.

The BCREA points to statistics showing the provincial economy employed more than 78,000 additional workers during the first four months of 2016, up 3.5 per cent compared to last year.

The saving on gas only lasts for one year, during which cardholders can get 25 cents off every gallon purchased at Kroger Family Fuel centers.

During the third quarter of 2017, payment processor Moneris Solutions Corp. data showed contactless payments continued to rise in Canada with a 48.35 per cent increase in contactless transaction from the same time last year.

Abu Dhabi accelerated its growth in hotel guest arrivals during October with 418,883 guests checking into the emirate's 163 hotels and hotel apartments, representing an 18 per cent increase over the same month last year.

A total of 2,394,000 cruise passengers arrived during last season (October 2012 to May 2013); an increase of 15 per cent compared to the previous year, according to data released by the Secretariat of Central America Tourism Integration.

The number of foreign visitors to Central America increased by 4.7 per cent during the first six months of this year, compared to the same period last year.

The number of people using Manchester Airport increased again last month, with 2.8 per cent more people using the airport this May than during the same month last year.

During the month, over 1.74 million passengers passed through Stansted, an increase of five per cent over January last year and surpassing the previous record of 1.66 million passengers also set in January 2016.

Rockstar and 2K parent Take - Two has reported a 65 per cent drop during its fiscal Q3 ending December 31st last year, which equates to $ 14.2 m.

The company generated sales of $ 236.3 m during October, November and December, which is a 25 per cent year - on - year drop when compared to the $ 334.3 m acquired during the same timespan last year.

Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division generated $ 3.8 billion in revenue during the last three months of 2012, down 11 per cent year - over-year as the market awaits the company's next generation console.

Todd Vaughn our VP of Development and I had talked about it and sort of kicked around this idea, -LSB-...] Last year I think we had reduced it to like 99 cents [during a sale], and we were like «why don't we just make it free?

In June last year, during his Mansion House speech, he boasted that 40 per cent of the world's foreign equities are now traded here.

The report notes that just one per cent of open cases had a trial during the last year, and only two per cent had ever reached trial at any stage.

Last year, only 23 per cent of respondents said they would be hiring during the equivalent time period.

Even during lean times, the food industry in Canada saw five - per - cent growth last year.

On average, LAWPRO opened 823 litigation claims per year over the last ten years.1 During this period only 13 per cent of litigation claims required an indemnity payment.

The profit of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company grew 65 per cent compared to last year, to Rs 278 crore, during the quarter.

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)- South zone has reported a 15 per cent growth in total premium income to Rs 9,859.42 crore during 2004 - 05, as compared to Rs 8,579.4 crore, last year.

The automobile leader recently revealed that it was able to sell 2.44 lakhs two - wheelers in March 2017, which is 8 per cent less than what it sold during the same period last year.

The policyholder can decide to withdraw his savings anytime during the Flexi benefit period (that is, the last 10 years of the policy term) and avail the maturity benefits (100 per cent of sum assured plus accrued reversionary bonus till date plus terminal bonus, if any).

According to the data released by the Life Insurance Council, the representative body of life insurance companies, the total premium went up by 18 per cent during the last financial year to Rs 2,61,025 crore.

The total benefit, which comprises of death benefit, maturity benefits, periodic bonuses, periodic money back and other benefits, too has gone up 21.12 per cent to Rs 12,056 crore during the April - June 2009 quarter as compared to Rs 9,953 crore during the corresponding quarter last year.

During the first quarter, HDFC Standard Life recorded a 15 per cent drop in new business premium, while Bajaj Allianz Life, an arm of Bajaj Finserv, reported a fall of over 30 per cent at Rs 577 crore as against Rs 828 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

During the period, the industry witnessed a growth of 216 per cent in renewal premiums for regular unit linked insurance plan (ULIPs) at Rs 26,600 crore as against Rs 8,400 crore in the corresponding period last year, the Council said.

Hemant Kaul, CEO & MD Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, tells Niladri Bhattacharya that during 2011 - 12 the general insurance industry is expected to grow by 15 per cent as against 22 per cent last year and profitability remains a key challenge for the industry.

For example, this year, for an office building, a lender might use a 10 % vacancy figure and 50 cents per sq. ft. for tenant improvements, while last year the same lender looking at the same building might have applied a 5 % vacancy rate and 25 cents per sq. ft. during the underwriting process.

«Year to date, condo sales are just over five percent higher than during the same period last year, and the average sale price is 3.4 per cent higher than last for the same 11 - month period.&raYear to date, condo sales are just over five percent higher than during the same period last year, and the average sale price is 3.4 per cent higher than last for the same 11 - month period.&rayear, and the average sale price is 3.4 per cent higher than last for the same 11 - month period.»

The number of Canadians who have consulted with a mortgage broker remained unchanged from last year at 28 per cent; however for those new mortgages taken out during the last year, the number consulting mortgage brokers rises to 43 per cent.

In the space of four months last year, the homeowners lost a collective $ 135 million as the median house price slid 18 per cent, a faster decline than any major market during the U.S. market crash, according to Realosophy Reality Inc..»

During the last two years, NAR membership increased 23.2 per cent.