Not exact matches
After stripping
out restructuring charges, GE earned 29
cents per share from continuing operations in the third quarter, down 9 percent from the period a
year earlier.
Revenue was $ 4.61 billion, up from $ 3.54 billion a
year ago and above analyst estimates, as oilsands volumes nearly doubled as a result of Cenovus buying
out its 50
per cent partner, ConocoPhillips, in May of last
year.
«This encouraging start to the
year shows that we are firmly on the path laid
out in February that will take us above an eight
per cent return on equity in the medium term,» said chief executive of the company Bill Winters.
Cenovus reported fourth - quarter net income of $ 620 million or 50
cents per share on Thursday, well ahead of $ 91 million, or 11
cents per share, in the
year - earlier period, thanks to better refinery profits, stronger oil prices and production that almost doubled after it bought
out its oilsands partner, Houston - based ConocoPhillips, last
year.
Two
out of 10 Canadians (21
per cent) planned to travel on reward points this
year, up seven
per cent over last
year.
Same - store sales, a key performance metric that strips
out volume at stores open for less than a
year, grew 0.3
per cent at Tim Hortons, reversing two consecutive quarters of...
«Six
per cent over the next two
years would be a reasonable way to at least reduce the bump that we're going to hit when we come
out of this three
year rate period,» says Quail.
The majority also say it's important for them to be able to travel at least once a
year (68
per cent), shop for the things they want (62
per cent), and go
out for lunch or dinner a few times a week (53
per cent).
Those tariffs, and other smaller ones in countries such as Japan (6.3
per cent) will be eliminated after a phase -
out period of 10
years.
On Wednesday, a report published by Quebec's interim auditor general said the PQ's goal of achieving a balanced budget by 2015 - 16 was «to say the least, ambitious,» particularly if it rules
out tax hikes and caps government - spending increases at two
per cent over the next two
years.
The Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash rate in May from 2
per cent to a record low 1.75
per cent out of concern that inflation was trending too low, following first - quarter inflation data that showed prices had fallen 0.2
per cent in the first three months of the
year.
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.
The weighted average of the MERs charged by the component ETFs works
out to about 21 basis points
per year, which means the Sleepy Portfolio costs about $ 275 every
year or about 75
cents a day — less than half the cost of a large double - double these days.
An estimated three -
per -
cent expansion overall in 2017 — driven by an
out - sized first - half growth spurt of more than four
per cent — will likely be followed by slower output of 2.1
per cent next
year.
Operating earnings, which strip
out one - time and non-cash items, were $ 985 million or 60
cents per share, beating $ 812 million or 49
cents posted a
year earlier as well as analyst predictions of $ 952 million or 53
cents per share.
Based on my experience in the manufacturing industry, I would bet the people who don't think they needed financing are the same ones that went
out and spent a significant chunk of their working capital on a new machine, figuring they would save themselves the interest, and then the following
year they were part of the 49
per cent of respondents who said they needed to borrow money for working capital.
[2] If the May 2008 forecasts turn
out to be right, then the current episode would entail nine quarters with
year - ended inflation above 3
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.
If this capital were to generate 3
per cent per year after inflation and were paid
out to exhaust all income and capital over 30
years from 65 to her age 95, it would generate $ 5,250 a
year.
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 calculation.
Out of the UK's total of 5.7 m small businesses, only 1.7
per cent applied for a loan or overdraft last
year, the fifth consecutive
year of decline since 2012.
If this sum, still continuing to grow at 3
per cent after inflation, were paid
out for the next 38
years to her age 95, it would provide $ 55,832 a
year before tax.
What they take
out of CPP could be invested, but matching the 7.2
per cent annual penalty for each
year of withdrawal before 65 or 8.4
per cent for delaying withdrawals from CPP to 70 with investment gains is tough.
Dividends
out of their personal holding companies were taxed ten
years ago at 30
per cent and this
year leapt by 12.8
per cent from 40.13
per cent to 45.3
per cent tax rates.
The monthly payment on a $ 250,000 mortgage taken
out when five -
year mortgage rates were four
per cent would jump from $ 1,319 to nearly $ 2,000 if rates rose to just eight
per cent, where they were earlier this decade.
The report revealed that
out of four million current account holders, ten
per cent breach their limits at least one month a
year.
According to research was carried
out by ORB International, 85
per cent of the population will visit a church over the course of a
year.
The new rules ushered in earlier this
year from Brussels may well incur incremental costs for bakers and snack manufacturers, but with one
per cent of the UK's population potentially suffering from coeliac disease, the market for foods with the gluten sliced
out holds considerable potential.
Treasury shares finished at $ 10.53, down slightly on Friday, after a big share price surge of 11
per cent on a buoyant set of results announced on August 18 as investors crunched their numbers on the $ 800 million inventory of luxury wines that will be steadily rolled
out for sale over the next few
years in the $ 20 a bottle and higher price point.
S.Kidman & Co turns
out an average of 15,000 tonnes of beef a
year, supplying 1.3
per cent of Australia's boxed beef exports.
Like all manufacturers, Simplot is under huge pressure to strip
out costs wherever it can, particularly around wages which have traditionally grown at around 4
per cent a
year.
Rounding
out the top 10 stocks in the ASX All Ordinaries Index for this
year, as at Friday's close, were Mayne Pharma Group, up 133
per cent to 70
cents, Bega Cheese, ahead 130
per cent at $ 4.43, Tassal Group, up 125
per cent to $ 3.20, iProperty Group, up 116
per cent to $ 1.94, and Slater & Gordon, up 115
per cent to $ 4.61.
When the write - downs were stripped
out, Treasury's underlying earnings for the
year declined 14.6
per cent to $ 184.6 million and the wine group was forced to rely on currency adjustments to reach a previously projected profit guidance band of $ 190 million to $ 210 million.
Macquarie has previously estimated CCA's Australian beverage volumes could fall by up to 3.5
per cent and annual earnings by as much as 12.5
per cent once the CDS rolls
out in NSW, the ACT, Queensland and Western Australia over the next two
years.
Mr Garvin also queried the «premium» Murray Goulburn has promised to pay farmers, pointing
out that Parmalat has paid 12
per cent more on average than Murray Goulburn and 6
per cent more than Norco for milk over the last four
years.
Documents seen by the AFR indicate that the King Island Aggregation has been a stand -
out performer for the fund, delivering more than 12
per cent returns a
year for the seven
years it has been owned, with about half of that delivered through income returns.
Prices for raw materials and energy are forecast to rise by around five to 10
per cent this
year, but Nestlé believes cost cuts will balance the equation
out, the company's chief executive said yesterday.
As Citi points
out, the economy created 55,000 jobs last
year — a very modest increase of 0.5
per cent — but actually lost 67,500 full - time jobs.
It's going to be quite interesting to see who is at Ferrari next
year because the team isn't exactly 100
per cent happy with either of its current drivers, both of whom are
out of contract at the end of the
year.
Last
year, Mr Usmanov increased his stake to 30
per cent, buying
out Mr Moshiri, who went on to buy rival club Everton.
The chatter had resumed last week, but the 27 -
year - old was quick to stamp it
out, by committing himself to Inter Milan, until at least the summer, telling the Dutch media: «If I must give a percentage for it, I think I am 90
per cent certain I will stay until at least the summer».
«It's hard to pick
out the unkindest cut of all, but a top contender must be the ten
per cent cut in housing benefit that kicks in after someone has been unemployed for more than a
year.
Khan is free to disagree with those calculations and indeed sources close to Khan point
out that Boris himself has not raised fares by RPI plus one
per cent over recent
years either.
The plan sets
out national ambitions to: Reduce adult (aged 18 or over) smoking prevalence in England to 18.5
per cent or less by the end of 2015 (from 21.2
per cent), meaning around 210,000 fewer smokers a
year.
It comes a
year after Burnham took just 19
per cent of the votes in the battle for the Labour leadership — having started
out as the clear favourite to replace Ed Miliband.
Findings from a project led by London's Institute of Education and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) show that using new ways of encouraging young children to stay in regular schooling cut drop -
out rates by 42
per cent in just a
year.
The NAO finds the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has made «real and substantial progress» since its last report in 2002, noting that # 6 billion was given
out in pension credits to 2.7 million pensioner households last
year - a take up rate of about 69
per cent.
As Andrew Haldenby of Reform points
out, the planned debt to GDP ratio will still be 80
per cent, which, in perspective, is «twice as high as in the Gordon Brown
years».
They are calling for 23
per cent over three
years, although the AUT yesterday said it would accept offers for a two -
year deal, until an independent review was carried
out to establishing exactly how much universities could afford.
Ten
per cent of unemployed disabled people have been
out of work for five
years or more, compared with just three
per cent of people who are not disabled.