Stocks are prone to bigger price fluctuations — remember the 33 - per -
cent plunge for Canadian stocks in 2008 — and companies can cut or suspend dividends if required for business reasons.
Not exact matches
The loonie's
plunge below 70
cents against the U.S. dollar in mid-January was bad news
for energy companies but will boost the competitiveness of our high - tech firms.
Prices
for development sites have already started to
plunge with one developer this week selling a prime apartment development site in South Brisbane at a 35 per
cent discount.
The revelations come at a difficult time
for Mr Ashley, whose retail empire saw profits
plunge 67.3 per
cent to # 45.8 million in the first half of the year.
On Friday, after management had reviewed the April sales figures, Murray Goulburn was
plunged into a trading halt, which lasted
for three days and led to a 38 per
cent plunge in its profit estimate, and Mr Helou and chief financial officer Brad Hingle departing the co-operative.
Earnings from Australian food fell 2.4 per
cent in 2017 after
plunging 41 per
cent in 2016, but EBIT rose 13 per
cent in the June half and full - year profit would have been up 8.3 per
cent if not
for the payment of more than $ 150 million in staff incentives, which pushed up the cost of sales.
Futures
for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
plunged more than 700 points, or around 4.1 per
cent as Trump's victory emerged, while S&P 500 futures fell by five per
cent.
Private player IDFC Bank today reported over 76 per
cent plunge in standalone net profit to $ 42 crore
for the March quarter on rise in bad loans an
«PV Costs Set to
Plunge for 2009/10,» Renewable Energy World, 23 December 2008; «PV Costs Down Significantly from 1998 — 2007,» Renewable Energy World, 23 February 2009; Christoph Podewils, «As Cheap as Brown Coal: By 2010, a kWh of PV Electricity in Spain Will Cost Around 9
cents to Produce,» PHOTON International, April 2007.
The Australian Council
for International Development (ACFID), the peak body
for Australia's aid groups, has published a detailed analysis, saying Australia's aid contribution as a share of gross national income in 2017 - 18 will be 0.22 per
cent, «once again
plunging aid to new all - time low levels of generosity» and failing to match - up to the reality of global challenges, like climate change, food crises and the insecurity faced by displaced people.