China's smartphone shipments experienced a record
fall in the first quarter of 2018, but demand is expected to pick up soon.
After hitting record highs at the end of last year, these cryptocurrencies suffered large
falls in the first quarter of 2018, but have slowly started to recover.
Tracking firm IDC originally thought PC shipments would be down just 1.3 % this year, but after seeing a free -
fall in the first quarter, that estimate has now been revised to a 7.8 % decline in 2013.
Still, while McDonald's sales grew more than expected, the number of people visiting its U.S. restaurants
fell in the first quarter.
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falling in the first quarter.
According to latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of households, proxied by occupied housing units,
fell in the first quarter of 2018 to just under 120 million, i.e. growth of less than 1 % on a year - on - year basis.
Worker productivity actually
fell in the first quarter, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of employees at securities firms in Canada
fell in the first quarter to its lowest level since 2006, according to the Investment Industry Association of Canada, which represents the nation's securities firms.
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a fall in first quarter sales due to a decline in beer volumes and di
Bankruptcy filings
fall in first quarter of 2011 — The economy has improved and tight credit means there's less debt to file over, but it's not clear that the decline in bankruptcy will last... (See Bankruptcy filings)
Late payments on credit cards also
fell in the first quarter of 2012, as they usually do in the first three months of the year, according to TransUnion.
Home builders» expectations regarding present and expected single - family home sales in the 55 - plus market both
fell in the first quarter, down to 62 and 68, in order, while expected homebuyer traffic fell 15 points to 34.
After peaking at $ 830.0 billion in the third quarter of 2005, the auto loan debt balance remained relatively flat before it began to
fall in the first quarter of 2009.
Not exact matches
Carlsberg's
first -
quarter sales
fell 5 percent, weighed by a negative currency impact and lower volumes
in Russia.
The Denver and Montreal - based company said its sales
fell 4.8 per cent to US$ 2.33 billion
in the
first quarter compared to the prior year
quarter.
Union Pacific's freight revenues actually
fell 1 %
in the
first quarter compared with the
first three months of 2014, the
first such decline
in six years.
Shares of the company, which makes aluminum products used
in airplanes and trucks,
fell 17.8 percent as the company also said high prices squeezed margins across its businesses
in the
first quarter.
Total upstream production came
in at 689,400 barrels of oil equivalent per day
in the
first quarter, compared to 725,100 boe / d
in the prior year
quarter, as oilsands output
fell to 404,800 barrels per day from 448,500 bpd.
NEW YORK, May 1 - Pfizer Inc on Tuesday reported lower - than - expected
first -
quarter revenue as demand for some key drugs and international sales
fell short of estimates, sparking a 5.1 percent drop
in shares of the largest U.S. drugmaker.
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.
The Milwaukee, Wisconsin - based company said its net income
fell to $ 174.8 million, or $ 1.03 per share,
in the
first quarter ended April 1, from $ 186.4 million, or $ 1.05 per share, a year earlier.
Aluminum prices rose sharply
in the
first quarter than a year earlier as output
fell in top producer China, where the government has shut down some aluminum capacity.
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.
Spirit said its net income
fell to $ 125.4 million, or $ 1.10 per share,
in the
first quarter ended March 29, from $ 141.7 million, or $ 1.17 per share, a year earlier.
Profits
fell 129 % from the previous
quarter, resulting
in a $ 631 million loss
in the
first 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.
Kroger also
fell 15 %, making it the worst performing stock on the S&P 500 and extending its losses from a day earlier when the company reported declines
in first quarter profits.
Health care (XLV) registered as a «winner»
in the
first quarter, down a little less than the S&P 500 as a whole, but being a winner showed that the market really
fell apart after a strong start
in January — health - care stocks were down only about 2 percent.
But they are
falling into place
in this
quarter and I think as you go into
first quarter and second
quarter 2016, it's going to accelerate quite rapidly,» he said.
Spirit said ship - set deliveries or complete sets of parts for each aircraft to Boeing
fell about 2 percent to 183 units
in the
first quarter ended March 29, while those to Airbus rose about 3 percent to 208 units.
The strong
first quarter aside, the company's overall revenue has
fallen in back - to - back years when measured
in U.S. dollars, with 2014 net income ($ 593 million) sinking to its lowest level since the recession - racked 2009.
Gross domestic product
fell well short of expectations
in the
first quarter, contracting 0.2 percent.
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.
Tyre maker Michelin rose 1.6 percent, recovering from initial losses that followed a
fall in first -
quarter revenue.
Gap's net income
fell 46.9 percent to $ 127 million, or 32 cents per share, for the
first quarter ended April 30,
in line
in the average analyst estimate.
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.
MEXICO CITY, April 24 (Reuters)- America Movil said on Tuesday its net profit
fell nearly 50 percent
in the
first quarter due to currency swings, but there were signs Latin America's largest wireless carrier was already reaping the rewards of an important Supreme Court decision
in Mexico.
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 %.
Millennial homeownership
fell from a three - year high of 36 percent
in the fourth
quarter of last year back to 35.3 percent
in the
first quarter of this year, according to the U.S. Census.
According to CNN, you'll face a tough market if you're looking to sell your business; the number of sold small businesses
fell 36 % from last year
in the
first quarter of 2009, and the price sellers paid dropped sharply.
In the
first three
quarters of 2017, Remington's sales
fell 27.5 % to $ 466.7 million, pushing it into the red.
April 23 - Toymaker Hasbro Inc
fell well short of Wall Street expectations for profit
in the
first quarter as the bankruptcy of Toys» R» Us spurred a nearly $ 100 million shortfall
in revenue.
But the sales declines are only accelerating:
in the
first three months of 2014, North American revenue
fell 21 % and Wall Street analysts are not expecting any better when Avon reports second -
quarter results
in late July.
«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.»
It was a rough
first quarter for bonds, which
fell in value amid fears that inflation, the archnemesis of fixed - income investors, was coming back into the picture.
He also said that the Nomura's research found shipments of non-Chinese smartphones out of China (which are mostly iPhones)
fell 9 percent year - over-year
in the
first quarter.
Sears could use the business: Sears namesake department stores saw comparable sales
fall 12.4 %
in the
first quarter, despite closing dozens of weak stores
in the last year.
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 %.
Revenue multiples for closed transactions dropped 5.5 percent to.69
in the
first quarter of 2009, while cash flow multiples
fell 3.8 percent to 2.69.