Sentences with phrase «declines in performance in»

Results from the Maryland School Assessments released in July showed declines in performance in reading and math in almost every school district in the state.

If you perform 5 - 10 intervals with full rest between you should notice only a slight decline in your performance in latter repeats.

Their claim of program effect fadeout is a consequence of the control group catching up, not a decline in performance in the treated.

Not exact matches

The decline is attributable, in large part, to slow growth in pension values — tweaks to assumptions about interest rate and life spans had inflated them the prior year — and underwhelming corporate performance.

Contrastingly, forcing yourself to remain focused on one complicated task for long periods of time can lead to a decline in performance.

The researchers also found that pre-promotion performance data could negatively predict a new manager's value after promotion: A doubling of the new manager's pre-promotion sales was associated with a 7.5 % decline in the sales performance of each new manager's subordinates.

But the iPhone's poor performance overshadowed a couple of other more positive surprises: iPad sales weren't as bad as they could have been and sales in Apple's «Other Products» division, which includes the Apple TV set - top box, Apple Watch, and Beats headphones, jumped after a string of declines.

13 Management Practices That Waste Time, Aubrey Daniels cites a study showing the individuals experience a decline in performance when they repeatedly fail to reach stretch goals.

The Deloitte WA Index declined in June after positive performance in the previous month, with the market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies decreasing by 3.1 per cent to close the month at $ 149.3 billion.

Total volume was even for the quarter because of a 1 % decline in sparkling soft drinks and a flat performance for the juice, dairy and plant - based beverages Coke sells.

In a report responding to the OECD's findings, TD's economics branch has declared that Canada has an «essential skills problem,» noting that another survey (the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA) measuring the math performance of 15 - year - olds worldwide also found a decline in Canadian teenagers» numeracy skillIn a report responding to the OECD's findings, TD's economics branch has declared that Canada has an «essential skills problem,» noting that another survey (the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA) measuring the math performance of 15 - year - olds worldwide also found a decline in Canadian teenagers» numeracy skillin Canadian teenagers» numeracy skills.

In 2010, Jung declined her bonus because of Avon's poor performance, and donated the $ 5.4 million to the foundation.

But the years after those declines, the fund had record net performance in 1999 (up 61 percent), 2003 (up 149 percent) and 2009 (up 132 percent).

By contrast, its GPI performance declined over the same period as the booming province experienced growing wealth disparity, increased household debt, more greenhouse gas emissions and a spike in problem gambling, among other things.

In one study, he found that while neurotic traits were positively correlated with workplace performance when financial managers» intelligence was high, as it declined the relationship faded away.

The latest science has already shown that it's possible to reverse cognitive decline in the middle - aged brain, and it's possible to rewire your brain as an adult through practice and «deliberate performance,» and learn new skills on the fly.

«Sweden's student performance has declined in all key domains of literacy, numeracy and science,» says the recently released OECD report.

Most of the other big industrialized nations have experienced a similar decline in both performance and expectations.

(Reuters)- Asian stocks edged up in April after declines the two previous months, helped by receding tension in the Korean peninsula and a strong earnings performance in the first quarter for regional equities.

Comments like these, later wrote Citigroup economist Kit Wei Zheng, «were widely perceived to have inadvertently contributed to the decline in the PAP's performance.»

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee offered Larry and Sergey cash awards in recognition of their performance in 2014, but as in previous years, they declined to receive cash bonuses.

The S&P 500 turned in a disappointing performance in 2015, closing at 2,043, a decline of 0.7 percent.

The view in designing and using OSUs was that they struck a balance between stock options and RSUs; they are performance - based and present significant upside potential for superior stock price performance while sharing some attributes of traditional RSUs by offering some value to the recipient, even if the stock price declines over the three - year measurement period.

Narrowly speaking, bankrupt Suniva filed a complaint with the ITC claiming that cheap Chinese solar panels and cells were instrumental in the company's declining performance.

«The sharp decline in March export growth after very solid performance in January and February suggests some exporters may have front - loaded exports (early) this year due to concern over the possibility of a Sino-U.S. trade war after the U.S. hiked tariffs on global imports on solar panels and washing machines,» said Lisheng Wang, an economist at Nomura in Hong Kong.

And our share performance has held while theirs has accelerated in decline.»

A new study published by Morningstar shows the updated US stock market performance since then (which includes 50 % decline in 2003 and 57 % decline 2007 - 09) can now survive a 2.8 % withdrawal rate over 30 years.

Meanwhile, male - to - female transsexuals saw a decline in performance during their hormone replacement therapy.

The decline in organic sales was largely due to the performance of Americas Simple Meals and Beverages, where U.S. soup sales decreased by 7 percent based on the key customer issue we discussed last quarter.

2) Because of this performance streak in small and mid-cap stocks (which make up the majority of stocks, but not the majority of market cap), breadth measures based solely on advance - decline statistics have not yet picked up the deterioration in sponsorship that's evident if we examine other market internals such as industry group action, interest - sensitive securities, and trading volume; and,

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry (R) World (TM); risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information;

«In terms of our results, we saw solid performance across our businesses this quarter amid declining global markets.»

The strong export performance of 2015 gave us new confidence, but this was shaken again in the first half of this year when we experienced a sharp decline over five months.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

Disney's quarterly decline came despite a strong performance from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which was the second - best grossing film released in 2014.

Even Facebook declined significantly in its first year before its performance and stock price rebounded.

Mac — in a declining PC industry, we expect Mac to continue its market share gain and support our forecast for its strong performance of 7.3 % revenue growth in FY 2015, followed by 3.6 % in FY 2016, and 4.6 % in FY 2017 on flat average selling prices over the three year period of $ 1,230.

Over-the-counter medicines remained solid, but declines in oral and baby care as well as women's health products held back Johnson & Johnson's overall consumer performance.

Even though Spirit Airlines posted a big profit decline last quarter, management was pleased with the company's performance in light of the big headwinds it faced.

While 11 out of 20 stocks that we owned for the entire period outperformed the S&P 500, significant declines in L Brands -LRB--33 %) and NOW, Inc -LRB--40 %) held back performance during our fiscal year.

The Fund's calendar year performance was weak in absolute and relative terms, declining 4 % versus the MSCI World ex U.S. Index's loss of 3 %.

These positive earnings drivers were more than offset by the combined impact of several factors, including increased energy - related provisions for credit losses, a 17 basis point decline in net interest margin, moderate growth of non-interest expenses, the addition of acquisition - related contingent consideration fair value changes reflecting performance within CWB Maxium Financial (CWB Maxium), higher preferred share dividends, and the 20 % increase to CWB's income tax rate in Alberta.

Particularly noteworthy in recent months has been the performance of the labour market, with employment posting a series of big increases and the unemployment rate declining to its lowest level since the 1970s.

All of this decline was due to a worsening export performance, but the TD Report also warned «that Canada's domestic demand is currently more vulnerable to another economic shock compared to the period leading up to the last downturn in 2008 - 09».

The Fund's calendar - year performance was weak in absolute and relative terms, declining 5 % versus the MSCI World ex U.S. Index's loss of 4 %.

Putting aside the performance of bonds during the bear market beginning in 1980 (both because the starting yields on Treasuries were so high but also because the bear market was relatively mild as the decline began from relatively low levels of valuation), what's interesting about the above chart is how dependably bonds protected a portfolio during equity bear markets.

The Equity and Income Fund declined 2 % in the quarter, which slightly trailed the Fund's performance benchmark, the Lipper Balanced Fund Index, which declined 1 % in the quarter.

We expect good performance over the next few years as economic growth improves, driving strong earnings growth and a decline in risk premia.

After all, the sector declined 4.1 percent in this year's third quarter, its worst performance since the fourth quarter of 2012.

In the case of consumer staples, declining brand value and the fragmentation of the consumer space have contributed to the sector's under - performance.