Sentences with phrase «first decline in profit»

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.

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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.

That was the first time Apple's profit declined in a decade.

Apple is moving to ease investor anxiety following the Tuesday release of an earnings report that beat analyst expectations, but still marked the tech giant's first year - over-year profit decline in a decade.

«An illiquid trading environment has exacerbated price declines that first began in June on profit taking and then continued through July as equity markets remained volatile on a host of concerns from geopolitics to earnings to the economy,» said investment strategist for LPL Financial, Anthony Valeri.

The New York - based insurer reported a 21 percent decline in first - quarter profit on Wednesday, due to higher catastrophe and bad weather claims, as well as weaker investment income.

SNC - Lavalin Group Inc., Canada's largest engineering company, fell to its lowest in more than three months after posting a decline in first - quarter profit and saying it will consider paring some infrastructure holdings.

A2 chief executive Geoffrey Babidge, who declined to comment further when contacted, said last month the company would consider paying dividends after reporting its net profit had increased by 138 per cent in the first four months to October to $ NZ52.3 million ($ 47.5 million).

Metcash shares rose more than 6 per cent, even though the wholesaler reported a 1.9 per cent fall in underlying first half net profit to $ 119 million after aggressive discounting by Coles and Woolworths led to a decline in grocery sales and market share.

By year's end Wal - Mart suffers its first quarterly profit drop in a decade, sees same - store sales decline in November's run - up to the crucial holiday shopping season, and suffers a series of public relations gaffes so stunning that it lands six spots in this year's edition of the 101 Dumbest Moments.

Profits increased in 2016 by 21 percent to $ 17.3 billion, the first increase after three years of declining pProfits increased in 2016 by 21 percent to $ 17.3 billion, the first increase after three years of declining profitsprofits.

First, corporate profits are booming because of declining commodity prices and a weak jobs market that has driven down the cost of labour (the share of U.S. GDP going to labour income is at its lowest level in 50 years).

First, corporate profits benefited in the past seven years because of declining commodity prices and a weak jobs market that drove down the cost of labor.

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DLA Piper saw its global revenue surpass $ 2.5 bn (# 1.79 bn) for the first time in 2015, but its topline gains were offset by a sharp decline in profits, writes The Am Law Daily.

The first half of the year was strong for many law firms, but a drop off in work in the last six to eight weeks has many firms predicting a decline in revenues and profits this year, according to Kent Zimmerman, a consultant for the Zeugheuser Group.

While O'Melveny's gross revenue essentially remained flat by declining less than 1 percent to $ 779 million, profits per partner jumped 13.1 percent to $ 1.73 million, and revenue per lawyer rose 10.2 percent to $ 1.02 million — the first time the firm has broken the $ 1 million mark in revenue per lawyer.

Samsung's display arm is set to see a year - on - year profit decline for the first half of the year, as the company had made a $ 12.6 bn capital investment last year, anticipating major consumer interest in the iPhone X.

This is reinforced by the fact that Huawei has beaten Samsung for the first time in terms of profitability in the third quarter of this year, although some observers blame the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco for the latter's profit decline.

Samsung recently posted its first year - over-year decline in net profit, as sales of its flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone have been a disappointment for the company.

Samsung has posted its first quarterly operating profit decline in two - years, creating concerns about growth ahead of its next - generation flagship launch in the spring.The company reported operating profit of $ 7.7 billion during the fourth calendar quarter... Read more

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