It says in Montreal, 50 per
cent of the market for luxury single - family homes consists of foreign buyers, primarily from China.
Not exact matches
The global
market for voice AI speakers is expected to grow at a compound annual rate
of 43 per
cent to reach US$ 2.1 billion by 2020, according to analysis firm Gartner.
This was ahead
of analysts» expectations
for 26
cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S, but down from $ 1.09 per share a year ago, when a buoyant stock
market boosted investment returns.
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.
This was ahead
of analysts» expectations
for 26
cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S, but down from $ 1.09 per share a year ago, when a buoyant stock
market boosted...
Motor vehicles sales in Western Australia
for the year to November are down 8.5 per
cent on the same period last year, with sports utility vehicles the only part
of the
market that held up.
(Its mortgages account
for about one per
cent of the total
market.)
Men's apparel currently counts
for 12 per
cent of Lululemon's business, according to RBC Capital
Markets softlines analyst Howard Tubin.
He said the 20 major producers accounted
for 95 per
cent of Australia's wine production and dominated domestic wine sales, requiring small and medium producers to place greater reliance on overseas
markets.
Idaho's exports to China totalled $ 560 million in 2015 — an increase
of more than 16 per
cent from 2014 that makes China the second - largest export
market for Idaho.
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.
Since introducing its pods
for the Keurig system last year, he said Starbucks has captured 15 per
cent of the
market.
In other words, women in Louisiana earn 70
cents for every dollar men in Louisiana make, or they spend 10.5 hours
of each 35 - hour work week «working
for free,» as Expert
Market's research team puts it.
Net earnings increased to $ 209 million from $ 3 million, and the
market value
of the company's shares increased from $ 61 million to $ 2.6 billion,
for a compounded annual return
of 16.4 per
cent.
As universally expected, the Federal Reserve left things as they were after yesterday's Federal Open
Market Committee meeting: the target
for the Fed funds rate stays between 0 and 0.25 per
cent and the bank will continue to buy $ 40 billion - worth
of mortgage - backed securities, plus $ 45 billion
of longer - term treasuries per month.
The next three competitors — Microsoft, IBM and Google — only account
for a combined
market share
of about 25 per
cent or so.
May was a stagnant month
for the Deloitte WA index with the
market capitalisation
of Western Australia listed companies increasing by only 0.3 per
cent to close the month at $ 153.6 billion.
Neon Energy has backed out
of a merger agreement with MEO Australia after Evoworld Corporation agreed to make a revised off -
market takeover offer
for 50 per
cent of the shares it doesn't already own in the oil and gas producer.
Engineering services company RCR Tomlinson has increased profit by 3.9 per
cent to $ 19 million
for the six months to December, on the back
of sales in the infrastructure and energy
markets.
Amazon has so far been running away with the business, accounting
for about 40 per
cent of the
market, according to Synergy Research Group.
In Ontario, mortgage payments account
for roughly 60 per
cent of income, according to BMO; if the trend continues another 24 months, that figure will hit 1989 levels — the same year the
market crashed.
While downloads still command 40 per
cent of the
market, streaming revenue now accounts
for 20 per
cent of total revenue, up from just 3 per
cent in 2007.
When Atlantic Canada's biggest lumber company, J.D. Irving Ltd., was assessed a duty
of only 3 per
cent, the Chronicle Herald described the sanction as an «opportunity»
for the company to gain
market share at the expense
of its more heavily taxed Canadian rivals.
Western Australia's unemployment rate has fallen by a surprising 0.9 per
cent in the month
of December, while job numbers were up
for a record - equalling 15th consecutive month nationwide, with economists giving positive assessments
of the labour
market.
«While the so - called «value - added» data transmission sector
of the Australian telecommunications
market is growing rapidly — at rates
of up to 25 per
cent per annum — the demand
for new high - speed services is not being met in rural and remote regions
of the country,» Mr Woods said.
Amazon has 15 per
cent of the $ 1.8 billion U.S.
market for movie and TV show rentals and downloads, trailing Apple's 58 per
cent, according to Dan Cryan, an analyst with
market research firm IHS.
Russ Crupnick, managing partner
of consulting company MusicWatch, pegs Amazon's share at 18 per
cent of the $ 2.8 billion digital download
market in the U.S. last year and 23 per
cent of the $ 2.1 billion
market for CDs.
Although it commands just 15 per
cent of the smartphone
market, compared to more than 80 per
cent for devices running Google's Android software, the company is responsible
for more than half the profits earned by smartphone manufacturers worldwide (some estimates now put the number as high as 93 %).
According to the GAO report, public companies with $ 75 million or less in
market capitalization paid a median
of $ 1.14 in audit fees
for every $ 100 in revenue under the act, compared to just 13
cents for every $ 100 by companies with over $ 1 billion in
market capitalization.
Strong
market conditions in Australia meant the domestic
market accounted
for 94 per
cent of Ausgroup's revenue.
Cellit Mobile
Marketing, in Chicago, and Movo, in Florida, sell short codes
for $ 500 to $ 1,000 per month, plus a one - time setup fee
of a few thousand dollars and a charge
of 4
cents to 7
cents for each text message.
Meanwhile, BMO Capital
Markets» chief economist Doug Porter noted Facebook's estimate
of its economic impact in Canada — $ 5 billion and 82,000 new jobs — would mean it contributes between 0.2 and 0.3 per
cent of GDP, which is more than retailer Target ever accounted
for.
Markets are assigning just a 20 - per -
cent chance
of an increase at the April 18 decision, and only two hikes
for 2018 — in July and October.
As
for operating system
market share, comScore says that Google is first with 50.5 per
cent of the
market running some version
of Android, up from 44 per
cent a year ago.
The
market mostly reacted positively to Crown's latest results on February 22,
for which it stressed the recovery in its VIP business in Melbourne and its interim 30
cents dividend is now regular policy after an announcement last year that it will now pay a fixed full - year dividend
of 60
cents per share.
And because the TSX has come to be dominated by two sectors in particular — financial services and resources account
for close to 60 per
cent of the index's $ 1.9 - trillion
market capitalization — any strife facing companies in those sectors has an outsized effect on overall returns.
Foreign investment accounts
for around 1 per
cent of Shanghai - listed A-Shares, a
market driven by Chinese retail investor sentiment, not fundamentals.
As a result, financial traders, who have no intention
of ever actually buying or selling any barrels
of oil, now account
for 70 per
cent of the
market.
Similarly, foreigners are said to account
for 20 per
cent of the $ 1 million - plus
market.
Re / Max, relying on their own sales experience, estimates foreign buying accounts
for 70 per
cent of the luxury
market of $ 3 million - plus homes, located mainly in Vancouver and West Vancouver.
«A number
of participants indicated that the stronger outlook
for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 per
cent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path
for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open
Market Committee said in the records
of its March 20 - 21 meeting.
For boomers already holding a great deal
of their portfolios in the stock
market, Jeff Rose, a certified financial planner and owner
of investing blog Good Financial
Cents, recommended safe investing through peer - to - peer lending.
Eramet, which is 25.6 per
cent controlled by an investment arm
of the French government, has apparently been invigorated over the past 18 months by the appointment
of a new chief executive, Christel Bores, and by the material recovery
of markets for its major products, manganese and nickel.
These two centres,
for example, now account
for 50 per
cent of world foreign exchange
market turnover, up from 40 per
cent a decade ago.
«Overall, a report showing strong job growth, a falling unemployment rate, and steady wage gains should be mildly hawkish
for markets and supportive
of continued but gradual Fed rate hikes, keeping a June hike well priced above 90 per
cent,» TD said.
«The TPP will provide increased and privileged
market access
for Canadian exports, services and investments in one
of the world's most dynamic economic regions, which represents nearly 40 per
cent of the world's economy,» said Iain Black, President and CEO
of The Vancouver Board
of Trade.
Some 5.7 %
of corporate junk bonds from emerging
markets are trading at prices below 70
cents on the dollar, more than double the rate
for higher - risk U.S. bonds, according to JPMorgan.
Perhaps the biggest one is that the
market for the bulk
of Canada's exports, amounting to about 25 per
cent of Canadian GDP, namely the United States, is currently very weak.
Even despite softening
markets and economic uncertainty around the globe, our port still saw 1.5 per
cent growth in the first six months
of this year compared to 2014, with increases in demand
for Canadian wheat, sulphur, potash, lumber, and consumer goods.
RBC Transaction Banking has a leading
market share among Canadian banks
for export letters
of credit coming into Canada, and is used by 80 per
cent of the world's top 20 banks
for standard settlement in CAD.