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Netbacks, profit after subtracting transport and other expenses, averaged C$ 16.80 per barrel of oil equivalent in the first quarter, compared with C$ 21.25 a year earlier.

In the second quarter, Foot Locker had earnings of $ 51 million, or 39 cents a share, down from $ 127 million, or 94 cents a share, a year earlier.

To be specific, Comcast's subscriber base grew by 53,000 during the most recent quarter, substantially more than most analysts were expecting, and a much better performance than the same quarter a year earlier, when the number of subscribers shrank by 8,000.

Nanos Research, which conducts a weekly survey for Bloomberg, found that almost a quarter of respondents at the end of September said their personal financial situation had worsened over the past year, compared with about 20 per cent in early August.

Aetna's net income was $ 1.21 billion, or $ 3.67 per share, in the first quarter ended March 31, compared with a loss of $ 381 million, or $ 1.11 per share, a year earlier that was related to costs for its failed deal to buy Humana.

NEW YORK — Taco Bell's new Nacho Fries were a hit with diners, with a quarter of all orders including the $ 1 spicy fries since they became available earlier this year.

The coffee chain posted fiscal third - quarter earnings excluding items of 55 cents a share, up from 43 cents a share in the year - earlier period.

Sales rose 7.9 percent to $ 3.45 billion in the first quarter from a year earlier, slightly above the average analyst estimate of $ 3.34 billion, with aluminum prices accounting for $ 109 million or about 40 percent of the increase.

Cash flow from operations — a key metric of financial health in the oil industry — came in at $ 7.4 billion for the quarter, matching the year - earlier period.

Services revenue increased only 18 % from a year earlier in the just completed quarter, the first of Apple's 2017 fiscal year.

Harley said it shipped 63,944 motorcycles in the quarter, down 9.7 percent from a year earlier, while it reiterated shipments of between 231,000 and 236,000 motorcycles in 2018.

Similarly, about a quarter of the respondents reported they intend to hire new employees, up from about 16 percent a year earlier.

The company said its profit of 1.02 billion euros was up from 641 million euros in the same quarter a year earlier, though net revenue edged down 2...

Shares of Exxon Mobil have slumped since earlier this year, when the company's fourth - quarter earnings fell short of Wall Street's expectations.

Spotify reported first - quarter revenue of 1.139 billion euros ($ 1.36 billion), up 26 percent from a year earlier, or 37 percent excluding currency effects.

That might sound like a lot of companies getting funded, but in terms of the number of deals it's actually quite a steep drop — 19 percent from a year earlier — and the lowest number since the first quarter of 2012.

The publisher lost more than $ 112 million in the quarter, down from a loss of almost $ 1 billion a year earlier.

Shares in the company that also owns the Taco Bell brand fell 5 percent early on Wednesday, after its chief financial officer said lingering concerns at KFC UK would contribute to the current quarter likely being «the worst» of the year.

IBM still remains profitable, reporting quarterly earnings of $ 4.5 billion, up slightly from the same quarter a year earlier.

Third - quarter 2017 reached the highest level of early - stage investments in more than a year, according to Crunchbase.

The largest oil producer in North Dakota's Bakken shale formation posted a net profit of $ 15 million, or 16 cents per share, in the quarter ended March 31, compared with a loss of $ 87 million, or 96 cents per share, a year earlier.

Return on average common equity (ROE), a measure of how well the bank uses shareholder money to generate profit, was 6.4 % in the quarter, down from 14.7 % a year earlier.

The rate of auto repossessions in the second quarter took a significant jump, up more than 70 percent (to 0.62 percent) from a year earlier.

For the fourth quarter, it posted a loss of $ 511 million, compared to a loss of $ 8.7 million for the same quarter a year earlier.

GDP inched upwards only 0.7 % in the third quarter from a year earlier, and the International Monetary Fund is forecasting mere 0.2 % growth for all of 2014.

Gross domestic product grew 1.1 % in the third quarter from a year earlier, the latest government estimate showed, higher than the advance estimate of 0.6 % growth and a 1.0 % expansion in the Reuters survey.

Pershing Square also dropped a few investments in the second quarter, selling off nearly 11.7 million shares of spirits company Beam, which sold to Japan's Suntory earlier this year, as well as roughly 3.7 million shares of apartment building operator Apartment Investment & Management.

On average, analysts expect the bank to report earnings of $ 4.35 a share for the fourth quarter, versus $ 4.60 a share a year earlier.

In the first quarter of 2018, unallocated CSS costs were $ 11 million, consistent with the year - earlier period.

Suncor Energy Inc., the world's second - largest oil - sands producer, said first - quarter profit fell 23 percent on lower output, higher costs and absence of a gain from insurance settlements a year earlier.

After companies from cable giant Comcast to satellite TV titan AT&T, which owns DirecTV, reported their fourth quarter results, the total number of pay TV subscribers dropped 3.4 % from a year earlier, the highest rate of decline since the trend of cord cutting emerged in 2010, analysts at MoffettNathanson Research reported on Thursday.

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said that in the first quarter of 2018, 37.9 percent of newly registered cars ran on diesel, marking a 17 percent fall from the same period a year earlier.

The Swedish company, which began trading in an unorthodox initial public offering a month ago, reported first - quarter revenue of 1.139 billion euros ($ 1.36 billion), up 26 percent from a year earlier, or 37 percent excluding currency effects.

Its stock closed at more than $ 57 a share, and it announced second - quarter revenue of $ 3.9 billion, up from $ 3.4 billion a year earlier.

Earlier this month, Tesla said it missed its sales targets for the second consecutive quarter, and is on track to miss its full - year goal of 80,000 - 90,000 vehicles.

As a reminder, Tesla reported in the fourth quarter a net loss of $ 675.4 million, which widened from $ 121.3 million a year earlier.

«We experienced strong Medicare Advantage enrollment growth and solid performance across all segments in the first quarter, with early positive indicators of medical utilization allowing us to raise guidance for the year,» said Brian A. Kane, Chief Financial Officer.

Paid subscriptions jumped 30 million in the quarter and increased by 100 million from a year earlier, he added, citing record sales in the categories of apps, music, extended warranties, Apple Pay and iCloud.

Sweeping up shoe brand Stuart Weitzman at least helped slightly; «the acquisition of Stuart Weitzman in early May contributed $ 43 million to fourth - quarter and full - year revenue,» CFO Jane Hamilton Nielsen said on the call.

Net loss attributable to Hasbro was $ 112.5 million, or 90 cents per share, in the first quarter ended April 1, compared with a profit of $ 68.6 million, or 54 cents per share, a year earlier.

SoftBank reported fiscal second - quarter profit of 395.6 billion yen ($ 3.5 billion) Monday, up from 328.1 billion yen a year earlier.

In a poll conducted earlier this year among several hundred corporate members of the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), a nonprofit business - research organization in Houston, more than half the respondents (56.8 %) said they worked in fully walled offices, while less than a quarter (21.4 %) claimed modular settings.

The business is certainly working for Micron technology, which saw sales more than double in the first quarter of 2014 from a year earlier.

This is after posting a net loss of $ 82 million in same quarter a year earlier.

In the three months ended in June, Crocs reported net income of $ 35.4 million, down 42.5 percent from the $ 61.5 million it posted the same quarter a year earlier.

Foreigners spent more than $ 5.4 billion on travel in the first quarter, compared with about $ 5 billion over the same period a year earlier and $ 4.7 billion in the first quarter of 2014.

Cenovus reported fourth - quarter net income of $ 620 million or 50 cents per share on Thursday, well ahead of $ 91 million, or 11 cents per share, in the year - earlier period, thanks to better refinery profits, stronger oil prices and production that almost doubled after it bought out its oilsands partner, Houston - based ConocoPhillips, last year.

The retailer said Thursday it earned a profit attributable to shareholders of $ 275.7 million or $ 4.10 per diluted share, compared to $ 246.8 million or $ 3.46 per diluted share in the same quarter a year earlier.

CGI (TSX: GIB.A) said the net loss in its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter was just under $ 170 million or 58 cents per diluted share, compared with a profit of $ 69.6 million or 26 cents per share in the year - earlier period.

But in the quarter ending Dec. 31, which included the key holiday season, handbags costing $ 400 or more generated 50 % of sales, up 20 percentage points from a year earlier.