Sentences with phrase «first decline»

This is the city's first decline in population in 26 years.

At first they declined, but then agreed to let us use the stadium.

That's a step often taken by firms interested in buying a bankrupt company, but Digital First declined to comment on the move at the time.

The dysfunction that has seemed to define the New York City Board of Elections this year was again on display Tuesday when its executive director first declined to testify at an imminent City Council oversight hearing and within hours reversed that decision.

In this analysis, increasing doses of a nutrient provide first declining marginal benefits, then inconsequential effects throughout a «plateau range,» and finally increasing marginal toxicity.

Under the credits, the film introduced Mr. Jim Phelps (Jon Voight), a first - class passenger on a jet airliner, who first declined a movie videocassette from the flight attendant, claiming he preferred the theater, but then acquiesed when she again asked: «Would you consider the cinema of the Ukraine?»

The judge first declined to toss the state and Navajo Nation's Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act claims for cost recovery and injunctive relief.

Justice Mew first declined to recognize a claim based on the alleged public disclosure of private facts (or false light publicity).

As the ratio increases, the cashflow first declines, then disappears and finally becomes negative.

It was Foot Locker's first decline in that key metric since 2009, according to Citi Research.

If the Gospel of Matthew represents the Baptist as at first declining to administer the baptism because he feels himself unworthy (ch.

(Prices of passenger vehicles dropped 0.2 per cent in June, the first decline since February 2015.)

Samsung Electronics Co posted its first decline in quarterly profit in two years, hit by a one - off special bonus as well as slowing smartphone sales.

The median residential rent fell to $ 2,826, the first decline so far this year, though only a.8 percent drop from the same time last year, according to the Elliman report.

Samsung Electronics posted its first decline in quarterly profit in two years, hit by one - off special bonus as well as slowing smartphone sales as it braces for a year of tougher competition with rival Apple.

Hong Kong tourist arrivals fell 2.5 % in 2015 to 59.32 million, the first decline since 2003 when the city lifted travel restrictions for some mainland Chinese.

Visitor numbers also fell nearly 10 %, the first decline since at least 2008, driven by a steep drop in mainland guests.

It was the first decline in nearly seven years.

Spending dropped 0.2 percent, the first decline since September 2009.

The stakes for the iPhone 7 are high after sales of the gadget dropped during two straight quarters this year, the first declines in its history.

«Taking into account all these factors, the index actually dropped by 0.002 to 0.473 from 0.475 in 2011, the first decline over the past decades,» he argued.

The company said then that it had experienced its first decline in the number of people who use Facebook on a daily basis in the United States and Canada; it also reported a dip in the amount of time spent on the platform.

Alibaba is projected to post its first decline in profit in a year and a half — the result of folding in major loss - making businesses and heightened spending to fend off a charge by Tencent Holdings into retail and payments — traditionally its turf.

According to the Labor Department, the CPI (NYSE: CPY) last month slipped 0.41 percent, its first decline in 10 months.

These components have stopped contributing to growth, replaced instead by the manufacturing components... The housing index fell 1.2 per cent, its first decline since April 2009.

Total usage dropped to 62 percent this year from 67 percent last year, the first decline in ten years.

Even more remarkable and worrisome, Piecyk said, is that some analysts believe there is a chance Apple's current quarter, which runs through March, could see the first decline in year - over-year quarterly earnings per share in a decade.

Export orders signed at the Canton Fair, a trade show in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou that ran from mid-April to May 5, fell 2.3 percent from a year earlier, the first decline for the semiannual event's spring exhibition since 2009.

Inward investment from merger and acquisitions plunged by $ 8.1 billion, the first decline since the first quarter of 2015.

Retail sales for February were revised down to a 0.3 percent decrease from the 0.1 percent decrease originally reported in the first decline in the past year.

In August, one benchmark of economic confidence registered its first decline in six months.

West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures have surged to a one - month high on expectations for the first decline in weekly U.S. crude supplies in nearly three months as well as news that a key pipeline will begin service at the start of the year, relieving the glut of oil in the middle part of the...

As today's Hot Chart shows, real GDI in Canada actually contracted 1.6 % in Q2, the first decline since the 2008 - 2009 recession.

That said, the earnings mavens at FactSet still expect overall S&P 500 earnings to decline by 3.7 % when all is said and done, which would mark the largest decline in earnings since Q3 2009 -LRB--15.5 %) and the first decline since Q3 2012 -LRB--1.0 %).

Smartphone sales worldwide fell in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, marking the first decline Gartner has seen...

Looking forward to the next quarter I may experience my first decline from quarter to quarter growth.

This will be the first decline seen since July 2017, when it declined by 0.9 %.

China's stockpile of foreign - exchange dipped in February, marking the first decline in more than a year amid volatility in the global financial markets.

It is the first decline in growth reported by the country following seven years of consecutive growth, having reached a record high of $ 1.62 billion in 2016.

That's the first decline since last September, when the per gallon price dropped from $ 3.44 to $ 3.42.

Mostly a drop in total prize money: the first decline since 1975, to $ 275 million in»09 from $ 279 million in» 08, due primarily to three fewer Fall Series events than a year ago.

In 2010 Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low and C - Sections Decline The birth rate for U.S. teens aged 15 — 19 years hit a record low in 2010, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which also reports the first decline in C - section rate in over a decade.

The number of laboratory - confirmed cases of influenza has dropped across New York state, the first decline since the flu was deemed widespread in December.

Exam markers were accused of making school students the victims of political football today, after results showed the first decline in results in GCSE history.

When this scandal first broke, Pelosi at first declined to call on Weiner to step down.

«This would be the first decline during a period of strong global economic growth,» the researchers said, noting that a portion of India's new energy consumption must be from «low - carbon» resources in order for global emissions to peak and then swiftly decline.