Four out of five law firms reported worries around increased competition, a twenty per
cent rise year on year according to our latest law firm survey.
He says the 4 per
cent rise a year in rural property values in Victoria over the last two decades would have cut off in 2008 for dairy farms.
Not exact matches
Profit attributable to common stock
rose to $ 692 million, or 47
cents per share, in the three months ended March 31, from $ 228 million, or 16
cents a share, a
year earlier.
The Dow Jones industrials fell 66.79 points to 15,334.59 as the Standard & Poor's / Case - Shiller 20 - city home price index
rose 12.4 per
cent in July compared with a
year ago, the most since February 2006.
Statistics Canada's Consumer Price Index
rose one per
cent in June from a
year earlier, as cheaper gasoline allowed Canadians to stretch their paycheques, the agency reported July 21.
New vehicle sales are on the
rise, with new data showing 4.8 per
cent more cars were sold in the six months to June 30 than the same six month period last
year.
The company's net income
rose to $ 147.4 million, or 78
cents per share, in the third quarter, from $ 125.1 million, or 66
cents, a
year earlier.
New car sales in Western Australia started the 2018 financial
year in the slow lane, falling 8 per
cent in July as national sales continued to
rise.
Fourth - quarter revenue
rose 31 % to $ 895.2 million, while profit for the period climbed to 40
cents a share from 30
cents a
year ago.
Since 2005, Couche - Tard's earnings per share have gone up every
year except one,
rising from 12
cents to $ 1.20 over that period.
In the quarter ended Dec. 31, Starbucks said net income
rose to $ 2.25 billion, or $ 1.57 per share, from $ 751.8 million, or 51
cents per share, a
year ago.
Perth - based engineering and construction contractor Civmec has reported a 29.3 per
cent rise in half -
year profit to $ S18.4 million, along with a 97.8 per
cent leap in revenue to $ S296.6 million.
Perth dwelling values fell 1 per
cent in January as Australia's combined capital cities showed a 0.9 per
cent rise, with the local market expected to remain soft this
year.
Perth - based private mining contractor Barminco has posted a 30.7 per
cent rise in operating profit for the 2016 financial
year, with the company optimistic about prospects in the gold sector for the
year ahead.
Shares in Mungana Gold Mines
rose by more than 25 per
cent after the company announced it would move ahead with its North Queensland zinc strategy, following shareholder support for the $ 15 million acquisition of the Chilagoe base metal assets from the liquidators of Kagara, originally announced in December last
year.
The
rising cost of homeownership is pushing more people to rent, and the vacancy rate in Toronto has tightened over the past few
years to 1.3 per
cent, according to CMHC.
Global Construction Services has continued to withhold declaring a dividend despite reporting a 7.1 per
cent rise in net profit to $ 8.7 million for the 2015 financial
year, but says it hopes to deliver a payout next
year.
Nickel miner Western Areas has reported a 37.5 per
cent rise in net profit despite a small drop in revenue, with the company focusing on reducing costs in the
year ahead.
Financial services provider Pioneer Credit says it's on track for a record FY16, after delivering a 105 per
cent rise in half -
year profit.
Excluding items, GE Baker Hughes earned 9
cents per share, beating analysts» estimates by 3
cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. Revenue
rose to $ 5.40 billion from $ 5.32 billion on a combined basis a
year earlier.
The average selling price for all homes in the Greater Toronto Area, including houses and condos, surged to $ 916,567 in March, a 33 per
cent rise from the
year before, according to the Toronto Real Estate Board.
Average factory pay in China is
rising by 15 to 20 per
cent per
year, according to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Net income
rose to $ 872 million, or $ 1.05 per share, in the quarter, from $ 379 million, or 43
cents per share, a
year earlier.
Net earnings attributable to Centene
rose to $ 254 million, or $ 1.44 a share, in the second quarter ended June 30, from $ 170 million, or 97
cents a share, a
year earlier.
Fueled by low prices, and an improving job market, consumption of gasoline in the U.S.
rose by 2.6 per
cent last
year to 9.2 million barrels a day, the highest level since 2007, the government said.
At its closest rival AT&T Inc., wireless service revenue has been
rising just over 4 per
cent per
year.
Corey Davis, an analyst with investment firm Jefferies & Co., estimates shares will
rise to $ 1.44 in 2014 (about a 60
cents jump from the current price) after the combined company has a full
year of operations under its belt.
Net income attributable to Facebook's stockholders
rose to $ 2.05 billion, or 71
cents per share, compared with $ 715 million, or 25
cents per share, a
year earlier.
In that country, KFC's sales at established restaurants
rose 21 per
cent, while Pizza Hut's results were even with a
year ago.
The company's net income
rose to $ 13.6 million, or 16
cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, from $ 11.3 million, or 13
cents per share, a
year earlier.
Net income attributable to the company
rose to $ 268 million, or 14
cents per share, in the first quarter ended March 31, from $ 252 million, or 13
cents per share, a
year earlier.
Net income attributable to Corning
rose to $ 390 million, or 39
cents per share in the third quarter, from $ 284 million, or 26
cents per share, a
year earlier.
Scotiabank's spend on technology, including cybersecurity initiatives,
rose 13 per
cent last
year and now sits at more than $ 3 billion, Porter noted.
Apple said iPhone sales
rose 21 per
cent over the same period a
year earlier.
Perth's small business count
rose by 0.5 per
cent over the five
year study period, but the number of small businesses in the rest of the state fell by 1.5 per
cent.
The dollar has eased off in the last couple of days since Trump complained about it being too strong, but, after
rising half a
cent on the back of Draghi's press conference, it's still close to a 14 -
year high against the euro.
Net income attributable to Marathon
rose to $ 37 million or 8
cents per share, from $ 30 million or 6
cents per share a
year earlier.
For example, the average price of a two - storey home increased 5.4 per
cent to $ 428,943 in the quarter, while detached bungalows
rose 4.4 per
cent year - over-
year to $ 380,765.
In the quarter ended March 24, Pepsi's net income
rose to $ 1.34 billion, or 94
cents a share, from $ 1.32 billion, or 91
cents a share, a
year ago.
The company's latest House Price Survey, released Tuesday, found that most regions showed healthy
year - over-
year price growth, with the average price of a home in Canada
rising between 2.5 per
cent and 5.4 per
cent
The miner said adjusted net earnings for the quarter ended March 31
rose to $ 170 million, or 15
cents a share, from $ 162 million or 14
cents a share in the same three - month period a
year ago on the back of higher gold prices and lower depreciation.
Net earnings
rose to $ 372 million, or 99
cents per share, in the third quarter ended March 31, from $ 298 million, or 80
cents per share, a
year earlier.
«One of the largest increases in cocaine seizures in the past five
years has been observed in Ecuador, where the amount of cocaine seized
rose by over 242 per
cent, amounting to 50 metric tons in 2014,» the UN's International Narcotics Control Board wrote in its 2015 report.
The company's gold division, despite the strong
rise in the bullion price, remains second - rate and most of this
year's forecast pre-tax and pre-interest profit of $ 132 million (up 12 per
cent on 2003) will come from tantalum.
During the first few months of the
year the S&P 500
rose by less than 2 %, but Canadians who invested in the index are up more than 5 %, thanks to the loonie's fall to 90
cents (U.S.).
Net income attributable to Garmin
rose to $ 171 million, or 91
cents per share in the second quarter, from $ 161.1 million, or 85
cents per share, a
year earlier.
Despite the
rise in collaborative workplace technology over the last several
years, email continues to be the primary mode of communication: a whopping 91 per
cent of enterprise teams prefer to use email over any other communication method («planned meetings» are a distant second at 68 per
cent).
Admittedly, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has lifted that limit several times before — in 2007 its was $ 350 billion... meaning that taxpayers» exposure to the housing market has
risen by 70 per
cent in just four
years.
Over nine
years, consumers» premiums have
risen by 89.2 per
cent as money paid by their insurers on their claims has
risen by 91 per
cent.
Global equity markets have
risen to be nearly 50 per
cent above the lows in early March this
year.