Sentences with phrase «cent jump in»

November of 2015 also set a new high - water mark for that month with a 14 - per - cent jump in sales over the same month last year.

With the new A10 Fusion, there is also 50 per cent jump in graphics performance.

Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance today reported a 380 per cent jump in first year premium to Rs 860 crore in 2004 - 05.

Private life insurance companies reported a 46 per cent jump in group single premium products to Rs 2,906 crore, whereas LIC recorded a 29 per cent rise in sales of such polices, to Rs 19,094 crore.

State - run United India Insurance today announced nearly 200 per cent jump in its profit after tax for the year ending March 31,2012.

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP decided to forgo its usual glitzy party with more than 2,000 guests after it learned that the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank had recently seen a 50 - per - cent jump in demand, but a decrease in donations and volunteers.

A 58 per cent jump in revenue at Blizzard has played a big part in Activision beating analyst expectations for the last quarter.

Investors transferred $ 350 billion into IRAs in 2013, a 45 per cent jump in four years, according to researcher Cerulli Associates.

OTTAWA - The Canadian Real Estate Association has raised its outlook for homes sales this year as it reported an 11.1 per cent jump in August sales compared with a year ago.

It's oh - so - clearly built for the track, with 10 per cent stiffer springs and anti-roll bars, a 15 per cent jump in roll stiffness and three driving modes, two of which are a bit mental.

Despite a 10 per cent increase in engine output and a 30 per cent jump in peak torque — to 680Nm (502 lb - ft)-- fuel consumption and CO2 emissions have been reduced by over 30 per cent in both cases compared with their respective predecessors.

For example, there was a 12 per cent jump in suicides in the US in the month following Marilyn Monroe's death from a sleeping pill overdose in 1962.

There have been renewed concerns about the economy after official figures showed a 0.5 per cent jump in the rate of unemployment from the previous quarter as 164,000 people lost their jobs.

Mr Clarke said that during the six months ended December 31, 2016, Treasury had «front - ended» a 30 per cent jump in advertising and promotional spend for the US business to deliver extra oomph to the US brands.

A 63 per cent jump in Australian wine exports to China to $ 848 million in 2017 augurs well for Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estates.

A 20 per cent jump in feed and energy costs, a hard, dry summer and lower farmgate milk payments have triggered a new exodus of dairy farmers from the industry this year.

But that follows a 27 - per - cent jump in 2010.

On the U.S. side, TD's retail unit recorded a 28 - per - cent jump in quarterly adjusted net income compared to last year, to $ 1.02 billion.

«The combination of more home flips and a greater share of financing for flip purchases resulted in an 18 per cent jump in the estimated dollar volume of financing for home flip purchases, up to $ 12.2 billion for the flips completed in 2016 — a nine - year high.»

One encouraging element in the May numbers — for those who subscribe to the soft landing scenario — is that most of the gains came in the notoriously volatile condo market, which registered a 22.2 per cent jump in starts to 114,346 units annualized.

The gains were mainly in Ontario, where urban areas saw an almost 70 per cent jump in starts in May over April.

The leap is not all explicable by the 36 per cent jump in crude oil prices in the interim, nor by the significant improvements on costs and break - even levels made under chief executive Kevin Gallagher.

It was released as the asset manager and investment bank reported a 15 per cent jump in annual net profit to a record $ 2.56 billion.

That was driven by a 14.8 per cent jump in vegetable prices after the coldest winter in seven years led to smaller harvests.

Shares in Russian gold and silver producer Polymetal, which had been hit by worries over the US sanctions, jumped 12 per cent after the firm reported a 19 per cent jump in first - quarter revenue.

In comparison, the bank saw a more than 12 per cent jump in mortgage growth from $ 166 billion in the first quarter of 2016.

Gold miner Northern Star Resources has increased its dividend payout after confirming a 65 per cent jump in full - year profit, on the back of higher gold prices and a reduction in costs.

Waste management and industrial services company Toxfree has reported a 33 per cent jump in net profit to $ 10.5 million for the first half of the financial year.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

Manitoba saw the biggest jump in inflation, rising almost a full point to 2.7 per cent as gasoline prices rose 10.7 per cent.

Enerplus said its average realized selling price for oil jumped 22 per cent to C$ 65.91 in the fourth quarter.

Today's Globe and Mail reported that CEO's at Canada's 100 largest companies «saw their compensation jump 13 per cent last year, led higher by a 20 - per - cent increase in annual cash bonuses».

Citrix Systems jumped more than 6 percent after the IT services provider handed in third - quarter adjusted earnings of $ 1.04 a share on $ 813 million in revenue, topping estimates of 84 cents on $ 786 million.

The Federal government has sought to allay community concerns about tree farms - which have jumped 20 per cent in five years in Western Australia to reach almost 400,000 hectares - releasing a report on the impact of timber plantation.

Shares in OTOC have jumped by 20 per cent after the company released a promising earnings guidance and gave a positive insight into future operations.

Exploration firm Red River Resources has seen its share price jump by over 80 per cent after it entered into a $ 6.5 million agreement with the administrators of collapsed explorer Kagara, for the sale of its projects in northern Queensland.

Corey Davis, an analyst with investment firm Jefferies & Co., estimates shares will rise to $ 1.44 in 2014 (about a 60 cents jump from the current price) after the combined company has a full year of operations under its belt.

RBC's capital markets division saw a 13 per cent jump year - on - year in net income to $ 748 million, primarily due to a lower effective tax rate largely due to U.S. tax changes and higher results in corporate and investment banking and global markets.

Even fans of wage hikes acknowledge that they must be done in steps — say, an $ 1.00 per hour jump the first year, and 75 cents the second.

(The reason for the jump: Amazon analysts and shareholders had braced for an expected loss of 13 cents per share, but the mega-retailer reported instead that it was in the black for the quarter — a 17 cents per share profit.)

Since the «Bike with Purpose» program was introduced in 2008, school attendance on the island has jumped from 35 per cent to 90 per cent.

The poll also found that 31 per cent of those surveyed say they aren't planning on putting away retirements savings at all this year, a jump from 28 per cent in 2012.

«Our assumption would have been that small businesses wouldn't offer as much retirement support, so they would be likely to jump ship, but they actually came in at the lowest per cent, at 70 %.»

Shares in oil and gas group AWE have jumped more than 20 per cent following a $ 430 million indicative takeover offer from a Chinese state - owned energy corporation.

The company's shares jumped 77 cents on the news, or more than 5 per cent, to $ 15.24 in late trading Wednesday.

The Australian share market is at its highest level in almost 10 years, with the benchmark S&P / ASX200 index closing 1 per cent higher today and the Western Australia - focused BN30 index jumping 1.8 per cent to a new high.

In his first full year as president and CEO of Royal Bank (TSX: RY), David McKay saw his total direct compensation jump 44 per cent to $ 10.9 million.

Reversing a trend towards soft - pricing in the commercial market, Steadfast said prices in its Australian small business portfolio had jumped 4.4 per cent in the half, compared with last year.

The company's shares jumped 3 per cent to $ 344.74 in morning trading after SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket.