Sentences with phrase «fallen by a quarter»

The deficit has fallen by a quarter in just two years.

Osborne: «In the last two years, the deficit has fallen by a quarter.

Fortunately immigration has fallen by a quarter in recent years, Cameron says.

ENDS Notes to Editors UK Alcohol duty context For a short video summary of the issues around alcohol pricing, please visit: https://vimeo.com/191959217 Following heavy lobbying from the alcohol industry, the last four Budgets have seen real terms cuts in alcohol duty Alcohol is 60 % more affordable than it was in 1980 — the alcohol duty escalator, introduced in 2008, which ensured that duty rose above inflation, helped mitigate this trend, but this progress has reversed since the duty escalator was scrapped in 2013 In real terms, spirits duty has halved, and wine duty fallen by a quarter since 1978 - 9 The Government estimates suggest that the duty cuts since 2013 will cost the Exchequer # 2.9 billion over four years The University of Sheffield estimated that an additional 6,500 people would be hospitalised each year as a result of the alcohol duty cuts in 2015 The report The report was peer reviewed by academic experts the fields of economics, public health and public policy prior to publication.

A spokesman for the Department for Education said: «More and more parents have the choice of a good school place thanks to our reforms - the number of children in failing secondary schools has fallen by a quarter of a million since 2010.

Last time» round, I even tagged FOG as worthless... which was completely ridiculous, as the stock's only fallen by a quarter since!

On average, incomes across those countries have fallen by a quarter.

Global average generation costs fall by a quarter for utility - scale solar PV, almost 15 % for onshore wind, and by a third for offshore wind by 2022, as competition drives down costs.

Not exact matches

Carlsberg's first - quarter sales fell 5 percent, weighed by a negative currency impact and lower volumes in Russia.

At the same time, Foot Locker shares, already down sharply this year, tumbled 25 % in heavy trading as the retailer reported that comparable sales fell 6 % in the second quarter — a stunning result given the 1.7 % increase expected by Wall Street, according to Consensus Metrix.

Exxon's production of oil, natural gas and other liquids fell by 6 percent from the previous quarter.

Perth has suffered the biggest drop in house prices, falling 2.4 per cent in the June quarter, as capital city house prices across Australia decline by the sharpest rate in nearly than three years.

The Saudi stock index was flat, restrained by a 1.9 percent drop by top petrochemical producer Saudi Basic Industries, which fell 2.1 percent after reporting lower - than - expected fourth - quarter earnings.

It said production in the three months ended March 31 fell by about 10 per cent to 300,400 boe / d compared to the first quarter of 2017.

Pfizer posted second quarter 2017 financials that missed analyst expectations on revenue, a decline driven by falling demand for its blockbuster pneumonia vaccine Prevnar.

Even the Wall Street Journal and New York Times recently said that their print advertising revenue fell by about 20 % in the latest quarter, and as a result both companies are looking at layoffs and restructuring.

Tesla reported in April that it had fallen short of its target to produce 2,500 Model 3s per week by the end of the first quarter.

Subscription revenue at Time Inc. also fell by more than 14.5 % in the most recent quarter, and overall revenues dropped 3 %.

At the same time, iPad sales dropped again in the second quarter, falling by almost 23 % to 12.6 million units sold, which brought in $ 5.4 billion in revenue.

But while fourth - quarter EBITDA rose to $ 844 million from $ 605 million, this fell short of the $ 896 million forecast by analysts in a Reuters poll.

Operating profit fell 8 percent to 12.4 billion Danish crowns ($ 2.00 billion) in the January to March quarter compared with a year ago, hit by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, but beat an average 11.8 billion crown forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts.

Operating profit fell 8 percent to 12.4 billion Danish crowns ($ 2.00 billion) in the January to March quarter compared with a year ago, hit by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar.

Financings worth $ 100 million or more fell by almost half in the fourth quarter of 2015, to 38 worldwide, compared with the third quarter.

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters)- GlaxoSmithKline's new shingles vaccine Shingrix exceeded expectations in the first quarter, but the drugmaker's sales and earnings fell 2 percent, held back by a stronger pound and more pricing pressure in respiratory medicine.

OpenText's third - quarter earnings were lower than expected, and the stock fell by more than 30 %.

The average Individual Retirement Account, or IRA, balance also fell by 7 % compared to the same quarter in 2015, based on 8.2 million IRA accounts.

For example, smartphone shipments by market leaders Samsung and Apple in the third quarter fell 13.5 % and 5.3 % respectively, according to a report by International Data Corporation in October.

The company reported on Thursday another dismal quarter of declining sales in the U.S., where comparable sales fell 2 %, even worse than the 1.5 % decline analysts polled by Consensus Metrix were expecting.

Last week, Sears reported that comparable sales last quarter fell 7.5 % at its Kmart discount chain and dropped by 9.6 % at its namesake stores.

Sales at stores open for at least one year fell in the third quarter by 2.3 % at company - owned restaurants.

Taken altogether, gross private investment fell by 2.7 %, the third consecutive quarter in which that measure saw declines.

Shares fell 5.1 percent to $ 5.22 in extended trading after the company missed first - quarter sales estimates, selling 2.2 million devices, compared with 2.33 million expected by analysts, according to financial data analytics firm FactSet.

Ratings agency Moody's reported Monday that the rolls of «potential fallen angels,» or issuers with investment - grade debt currently in danger of becoming junk, swelled by 17 in the third quarter, while no companies fell into the opposite category, called «potential rising stars.»

Although Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) were lower, and the number of new listings fell to 31 from 43 in the first quarter of 2011, the amount raised through secondary financings was up by 89 %, and the amount raised through supplemental financings was up by 19 %.

Stocks fell across the board Wednesday as the year's final fiscal quarter opened to a market sell - off spurred by concerns over mounting global crises, including the first domestic case of Ebola, as well as the looming possibility of an interest rate hike.

Venture capital funding fell by 14 percent from the previous quarter.

Royal Dutch Shell fell over 5 % after it said that fourth - quarter profits would fall by 40 % from a year earlier, and that it expected to cut another 10,000 jobs together with BG Group, which it is acquiring.

Apple's stock fell more than 2.5 percent in premarket trading following a report from Taiwan's Economic Daily that the iPhone maker will slash its sales forecast for the iPhone X by 40 percent in the quarter to 30 million units.

William Blair analysts led by Ralph Schackart noted that «this quarter was a different story» than Yelp's last earnings report, when the company's guidance disappointed Wall Street's expectations and its stock fell 15 % over the following days.

Herbalife (hlf) said on Sunday it expects current - quarter revenue to fall more than previously expected, after sales were hurt amid efforts by the nutritional supplement maker to comply with regulatory requirements related to its business practices.

By contrast, iPad revenue fell 14 per cent, to $ 5.3 billion for the quarter.

The iPhone maker's stock fell more than 2.5 percent in premarket trading following a report from Taiwan's Economic Daily, citing unidentified sources, that Apple will slash its sales forecast for the iPhone X by 40 percent in the quarter to 30 million units.

But consumers might be getting tired of the antics: Same store sales fell by 7 % in the last quarter.

«Looking at the quarterly data, the underlying trend as suggested by the three - month on three - month movement is one of growth, following a fall in quarter 1, suggesting a relatively flat first half of 2017.»

On February 21, investors in Brampton - based Loblaw Companies Ltd. got a bit of a scare after the grocery chain announced that its fourth quarter profit fell by about 31 %.

Oil prices fell by another 24 % in the fourth quarter, as global supplies continued to outstrip demand, further eroding oil companies» upstream revenues.

«This quarter's results fell below our expectations as our revenues were impacted by additional bankruptcies, store closures and rent concessions,» CEO Stephen Lebovitz summarized it in the third - quarter earnings report.

Carlsberg's first - quarter sales fell 5 percent, weighed by a negative currency impact and lower volumes in the key Russian market where its market share continued to decline, the Danish brewer said on Tuesday.

In the first quarter of this year, its cigarette shipment volumes fell by 11.5 % year - on - year, but its heated tobacco shipments were up almost ten-fold — overall, unit shipments were down 9.4 % and net revenues were down 1.4 %.

The company's share price fell by around a quarter so far this year, though it jumped more than 5 % on the news of Vestberg's departure.