Not exact matches
The investment indicator in the Business Outlook Survey weakened significantly from the summer
report, as the balance of opinion between firms planning
more spending on machinery and equipment versus those predicting less dropped to 17 per
cent from 29 per
cent in the summer and 35 per
cent at the start of the year.
More than 74 per
cent of the 4.3 million BlackBerry devices that landed in user's hands in the quarter were its older BlackBerry 7 models, the financial
report showed.
T - Mobile US — T - Mobile
reported quarterly profit of 78
cents per share, 7
cents a share above estimates, with the wireless carrier's revenue also above forecasts as it added
more subscribers.
• According to the same
report, 21 per
cent of Canadians who purchased their home before 1990 still haven't paid it off after
more than 27 years, while one per
cent of Canadians who purchased homes between 2014 and 2016 have negative equity in their property.
Shares in Subiaco - based internet service provider iiNet fell by 11 per
cent after it
reported a flat interim profit and said competition had become
more aggressive in the fight for broadband customers.
In Toronto, information on foreign buyers is
more scarce, although a
report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in April pegged the rate of foreign ownership in the city's condo market at 3.3 per
cent.
Gold producers Resolute Mining and Troy Resources have released their quarterly activities
reports for the June quarter, with Troy's share price falling
more than 22 per
cent on the results.
The
report also said the average of the Bank of Canada's three measures of core inflation, which are designed to leave out the noise of
more - volatile items like gasoline, was two per
cent last month.
In the latest quarter, CIBC's U.S. commercial banking and wealth management division
reported net income of $ 134 million in the latest quarter, up $ 105 million from the same period in 2017, contributing to a
more than 22 per
cent increase in adjusted net income year - over-year despite slowing mortgage growth.
The overall youth unemployment rate was 12 per
cent, little changed from previous jobs
reports, as
more young people participated in the labour market.
Home Capital Group
reported its second - quarter earnings Wednesday with total originations increasing 22 per
cent year over year and said its top priority is growing those volumes even
more.
In the 23rd Actuarial
Report on the Canada Pension Plan (OCA, 2007), the Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) certified that, in spite of the substantial increase in CPP benefit payments that would result from the retirement of the baby boom generation, the current legislated contribution rate of 9.9 per
cent for employers and employees combined would be
more than enough to pay for benefits through 2075.
Aboriginal artists are producing
more art than the market is demanding, leading to 40 per
cent falls in average incomes between 2007 - 08 and 2012 - 13, according to a recent government
report.
On the London Metal Exchange, it was nickel's turn in the spotlight as it soared 12 per
cent at one point to a
more than three - year high of $ US15, 875 a tonne, before closing up 7.5 per
cent at $ US15, 275, its largest daily gain in 6-1/2 years, Reuters
reported.
This is reassuring in light of
reports that
more than 95 per
cent of the population experience daily periods of mind wandering.
The Commerce Department's
report on Monday also showed consumer spending, which accounts for
more than two - thirds of US economic activity, increased 0.4 per
cent in March after being unchanged in February.
As previously
reported, Roth Capital estimated that Secretary Ross» proposed trade actions would add 1 - 3
cents per watt in the cost of PV installations, by making the raw material for PV module frames, racking, tracking and mounting systems
more expensive.
23 years ago, the April 1993 Reid
Report found
more than half — 57 per
cent — thought minority groups should be encouraged to «try to change to be
more like most Canadians»:
QBE shares jumped by
more than 5 per
cent in early trade on
reports from German newspaper Handelsblatt that Allianz chief executive Oliver Baete met with QBE's chief John Neal before Christmas and suggested an offer of $ 15 per share, which would value the company at $ 20 billion.
The
report from Sotheby's International Realty Canada says sales of homes worth $ 1 million or
more in the Greater Toronto Area rose 48 per
cent in 2015 from the previous year.
The NAB survey
reported that growth in average purchase costs slowed to 0.3 per
cent in the June quarter,
more than unwinding the pick - up
reported in March.
Sales of homes worth
more than $ 3 million fell 58 per
cent between Jan. 1 and Feb. 28 with just 76 properties changing hands, compared to 180 transactions during the same period a year ago, according to a
report by Re / MAX Integra.
Food Banks Canada's HungerCount study
reported that
more than 860,000 men, women and children are helped by food banks each month, a 28 per
cent increase since the 2008 economic downturn.
The parent company of Ontario's largest electricity utility
reported its fourth - quarter profit was up
more than 20 per
cent year - over-year.
While the
reported number of vacancies declined in the June quarter, the series has trended upwards for some time and in the June quarter was still
more than 10 per
cent higher than a year earlier.
The owner of banners including Safeway, Sobeys, FreshCo and IGA
reported higher sales and doubled net earnings in the third quarter as its shares rose
more than four per
cent Wednesday on the news.
But, as the congressional
report points out, the U.S., though it has only 5 to 6 per
cent of the world's population, consumes
more than 40 per
cent of the world's total food and non-food resources — most of it imported.
Mr Joyce said the
report contained data which shows
more than 99 per
cent of livestock exported have experienced a positive welfare outcome since comprehensive welfare standards spanning the entire supply chain were introduced in 2011.
The
report quotes a consumer study of 204 Chinese organic buyers, which showed 71 per
cent of shoppers were prepared to pay up to 50 per
cent more for organic food.
Treasury shares jumped
more than 11 per
cent on Thursday to climb above $ 10.60 after the wine group
reported a net profit after tax of $ 179.4 million for the year ended June 30, up from $ 77.6 million a year earlier.
The acquisition follows a difficult few days for Dairy Crest, which saw its share value plummet by
more than 6 per
cent at the beginning of last week, after
reports surfaced that it could lose out on a new contract to supply Morrisons, the UK's fourth largest multiple retailer, with fresh liquid milk to rival processor Robert Wiseman Dairies.
Overall the average premium for takeovers valued at
more than $ 200 million in 2013 - 14 was 35.5 per
cent, according to the Minter Ellison
report.
Wing prices in August were running over $ 2 per pound —
more than 60
cents per pound higher than the running 10 - year average, according to a
report by Mizuho Restaurant and Proteins Analyst Jeremy Scott.
«Latest
reports suggest that
more than 70 per
cent of Queensland is in drought, which has had a direct effect on cattle markets as farmers continue to de-stock,» he said.
The
report — Less Is
More: Greenpeace vision of the meat and dairy system towards 2050 — claims that unless the way we farm for food changes radically, then agriculture will soon be responsible for pumping out 52 per
cent of all global greenhouse gas emissions.
«While the discounter model in Australia is still evolving, Aldi Australia has
more market share than in the UK [5 per
cent] and in many ways given the higher margins in Australia vs offshore peers Aldi Australia may have even greater opportunity,» Mr Gilbert said in
report last month.
Metcash shares rose
more than 6 per
cent, even though the wholesaler
reported a 1.9 per
cent fall in underlying first half net profit to $ 119 million after aggressive discounting by Coles and Woolworths led to a decline in grocery sales and market share.
A
report commissioned by the American Meat Institute and Food Marketing Institute in February revealed that 18 per
cent of Americans are now regularly eating
more meatless meals — which shows the positive effect that meat - reducing campaigns are having across the world.
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX: TWE) today announced its interim 2017 financial result, with
Reported Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) and Earnings Per Share (EPS)
more than double the previous corresponding period2 (pcp) with NPAT at $ 136.2 m and EPS at 18.5
cents per share.
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX: TWE) today announced its annual 2016 financial result, with
Reported Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) and Earnings Per Share (EPS)
more than double the previous corresponding period (pcp) with NPAT at $ 179.4 m and EPS at 25.1
cents per share, respectively.
The independent watchdog has published a
report which found
more than half (56 per
cent) of young people aged 17 - 24 are unregistered and 31 per
cent of people with black or minority ethnic backgrounds are not on the register.
«Other firms that use volunteer online polling panels have failed to pick up
more than three per
cent support for Ukip in recent months, while the highest figure
reported in a telephone or face - to - face poll is just two per
cent.
A 2010 Arizona's Office of the Auditor General
report found minimum security prisoners cost 33
cents (20p) a day
more per prisoner than public ones.
Its interim
report notes that 70 per
cent of young offenders come from single parent families, and a third of prisoners and
more than half of young offenders have been through the care system.
Moreover, the Guardian
reports that any law mandating that the coalition pays anything
more than lip service to its 0.7 per
cent GDP aid pledge might be omitted from today's announcement on account of Tory backbench opposition.
In parks in the North of England, increases of 25 per
cent and
more are being
reported - both for touring caravan pitches and for caravan holiday home rentals.
The Camping and Caravanning Club has
reported bookings to sites in the Northern region are up by a quarter and in Scotland by
more than 30 per
cent.
The number of Key Stage 1 classes
reported as unlawfully having
more than 30 pupils on the census day was 310 (from a total of 54,790 classes), 0.6 per
cent of all Key Stage 1 classes, up from 0.3 per
cent in January 2010.
The number of Key Stage 1 classes
reported as having
more than 30 pupils, but which met legal requirements (which allow infant classes of
more than 30 in very limited circumstances) on the census day was 1,060 (from a total of 54,790 classes), 1.9 per
cent of all Key Stage 1 classes, up from 1.6 per
cent in January 2010.
The proportion of Key Stage 2 classes
reported as having
more than 30 pupils on the census day was 14.5 per
cent, down from 15.0 per
cent in January 2010.