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.
But he points to a
report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer released earlier this year showing that, since 2009, the debt service ratio — a measure of income spent to pay debt — has remained steady
at around 14 per
cent, not much higher than the long - term average.
The transaction — which Laliberte said wasn't a «fire sale»
at a
reported value of around $ 1.5 billion — will also see partner Dubai World sell its 10 per
cent stake.
Of the six Canadian teams in the National Hockey League, only the Ottawa Senators
reported that they did not sell 100 per
cent of their tickets for the 2009 - 10 season — and the Senators were
at 98.8 per
cent.
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».
At first glance, the planned $ 600 million expansion of Perth's Karrinyup Shopping Centre seems to run counter to the relentless march of internet retailing, especially as a fresh
report predicts that 50 per
cent of all retail sales will be made over the internet in less than 10 years.
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.
KFC
reported that sales
at established restaurants were down 2 per
cent, while that figure fell 4 per
cent at Pizza Hut.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum Brands Inc.
reported a 19 per
cent increase in second - quarter profits, boosted by rebounding business
at KFC in China where worries about food safety have eased.
He said rail shipping of grain has been better recently, but still not satisfactory, with shippers
reporting Canadian National Railway supplied 83 per
cent of demand and CP Rail
at 53 per
cent of demand in the week of April 2 - 8.
The Ottawa - based online store platform hinted
at the potential move after it
reported a better - than - expected fourth quarter on Thursday, during which revenue jumped 71 per
cent compared with a year ago.
The
reports breakdown by market segment showed that detached home sales in Toronto's 416 area code were down 6.9 per
cent at 1,137 in June, but the average price was up 8.1 per
cent at $ 866,326.
TORONTO — Housing sales in the Greater Toronto Area were down by less than one per
cent in June compared with the same month a year ago, while the average selling price was up by 4.7 per
cent at $ 531,374, according to a
report by Toronto Real Estate Board.
The
report mentions that the explosion would have caused significant flooding in Kent, but that the nuclear option would be «100 per
cent effective»
at ensuring «totally irreversible total collapse, rupture [of] tunnel and seabed to cause total flooding and complete collapse of part of tunnel.»
TORONTO — A new
report says the level of Canadian consumer debt
at the end of 2012 — not counting mortgages — was up nearly six per
cent from a year earlier.
The
report by McMaster University economics professor William Scarth argues that keeping the deficit
at 0.5 per
cent of GDP for the next three years could lower the unemployment rate by 0.4 per
cent, or create the equivalent of 75,000 additional jobs.
At the end of last week, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup both
reported 17 per
cent first - quarter profit jumps, buoyed by the election of Donald Trump and higher interest rates.
For the full year ended March 31, 2015, the company
reported a 15 per
cent increase in the net profit
at Rs 138.84 crore.
Another
report from the Commission for Environmental Co-operation, pegs this figure
at 35 per
cent.
Tesla's bonds dropped 4.5
cents on the dollar to 86.5
cents at 12:02 p.m. in New York, according to Trace, the bond price
reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority after reaching their lowest price ever earlier Wednesday.
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.
The good news culminated this summer with a StatsCan
report that showed gross domestic product expanded
at an annual rate of 4.5 per
cent in the second quarter.
The data was included in last Friday's advance first - quarter gross domestic product
report, which showed the economy growing
at a 2.3 per
cent annualised rate during that period.
AAA Texas on Thursday
reported prices
at the pump statewide rose 2 an average
cents to reach $ 2.60 per gallon.
A
report from the Labor Department showed hourly worker compensation accelerated
at a 3.4 per
cent rate in the first quarter after rising
at a 2.4 per
cent pace in the October - December period.
AAA Texas on Thursday
reported the price
at the pump statewide rose 6
cents to reach an average $ 2.58 per gallon.
New Delhi: PNB Housing Finance on Thursday
reported a jump of 44 per
cent in its net profit
at Rs 219.20 crore in the last quarter ended March of...
Following Apple's previous earnings
report in February, Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri gave rare additional guidance, telling analysts on a conference call that iPhone revenue would grow by
at least 10 per
cent year - over-year in the current quarter.
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 company on Wednesday, post market hours,
reported 73.30 per
cent YoY drop in profit
at Rs 117.64 crore for the period under review.
BCA Research, an independent Montreal - based firm, estimates the total number of analyst
reports being produced will fall by
at least 20 per
cent as investment banks reshape operations to adapt to the popularity of indexing.
The central bank upped its estimate for potential growth — how fast an economy
at full capacity can expand without generating too much inflation — to 1.8 per
cent over the next two years from a projection of 1.6 per
cent in the January
report.
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.
Before Friday's market open, J.C. Penney
reported a first - quarter net loss of 38
cents a share, compared to the loss of 21
cents a share analysts surveyed
at Factset expected.
The
report also pointed out that the growth of mobile has affected Windows as an operating system negatively, since its market share is now
at 35 per
cent, compared with the 45 per
cent share of Android and iOS.
According to the annual
report, 30 per
cent of all banking cases were related to credit cards, followed by mortgages
at 18 per
cent and issues with personal accounts
at 16 per
cent.
«The leading investment issue across products was suitability of the investment
at 27 per
cent, which was on par with 2016,» the annual
report said.
In the period to December 31 the insurer
reported an adjusted EBITDA up 2 per
cent to $ 20.8 million and confirmed its earnings guidance for full year 2017
at between $ 54 million and $ 57 million.
In four previous waves of
reporting, support peaked
at 41 per
cent, with just 32 per
cent saying they supported the deal when asked
at the beginning of 2016.
New Delhi: PNB Housing Finance on Thursday
reported a jump of 44 per
cent in its net profit
at Rs 219.20 crore in the last quarter ended March of 2017 - 18.
The
report revealed that out of four million current account holders, ten per
cent breach their limits
at least one month a year.
World Vision released a
report on Thursday that revealed that 67 per
cent of displaced children in southern Syria suffer violence
at school and that nine in ten children were getting no support in school to deal with their emotional trauma and social isolation.
That meant that 37 per
cent of the men interviewed
reported having,
at some age and on
at least one occasion, a homosexual experience.
Fifty - nine per
cent had been stared
at because of their disability and 38 %
reported name - calling.
«The time for the great reversal is
at hand,» conclude Hartford Seminary sociologists David Roozen and William McKinney, whose recent study indicates that 42 per
cent of the baby - boom generation are returning to church (
reported in the January 21, 1987, issue of the Lutheran) Many people between the ages of 18 and 35 who attended church only occasionally before 1970 are now attending regularly, their survey shows.
Thus, only 28 per
cent of defects detected
at birth and recorded in hospital records were accurately
reported on birth certificates, the data source for the National Center for Health Statistics and the Center for Disease Control.
Moynihan's
report hypothesised that these penalties increased the number of low - income black children born outside marriage — which then stood
at 25 per
cent.
TWE's renewed success in China comes
at a time when the likes of Coke and Unilever are
reporting single - digit growth in China, while beverage group Diageo saw its full year sales fall 2 per
cent across the Asia - Pacific.
I know you can also find these silicone trivets in grocery stores, and a reader
reported she has seen them
at «99
cent stores», but of course you can easily order them on amazon too.
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.