Sentences with phrase «fourth quarter last year»

The market had its rally on tax cuts and stronger earnings — but that happened mostly in the fourth quarter last year.

Total employee headcount — including full - and part - time people but not temps or contractors — was up 48 % to 341,400 for the quarter compared to 306,800 for the fourth quarter last year.

Data from the fourth quarter last year tracked by the American Bankers Association reflect higher credit card spending and more new accounts while consumers kept their debt in line.

The iPad's share of the market dropped from 96 % to 75 % in the fourth quarter last year, according to the report.

Thanks in large part to Amazon's success, smaller tablets made up 23 percent of all tablet shipments in the fourth quarter last year, up from close to 0 percent earlier in the year.

Commenting on the company's core businesses, Chen said that revenue this quarter would grow between 10 and 15 percent year - on - year to between NT$ 3.08 billion and NT$ 3.22 billion, from NT$ 2.8 billion in the fourth quarter last year.

Taiwanese manufacturer Hon Hai reported revenue growth of 19.89 % year - over-year in 2011 and 37.5 % quarter - over-quarter in the fourth quarter last year, Taiwan Economic News said Friday.

Samsung was the third largest tablet vendor worldwide behind Apple and Amazon in the fourth quarter last year, according to IHS iSuppli.

Apple has since announced that it sold 7 million iPads in the fourth quarter last year and if the iPad 2 meets expectations, that will no doubt goose greater interest in the iPad.

Market research firm Solutions Research Group conducted a survey of 1,000 Canadian consumers and determined that the PlayBook's market share grew to 15 % in the fourth quarter last year, up from just 5 %.

It came to rest at just over 48 percent nationally in the fourth quarter last year.

The security firm further says that the mobile malware samples increased 24 percent in the fourth quarter last year compared to the previous quarter results.

Hiring in the U.S. grew at 18 % in the fourth quarter last year and is expected to drop to 9 % for the same period this year.

The company, which was acquired by Apollo Management in 2006 for $ 1.3 billion, reported a $ 62 million loss in the fourth quarter last year.

In the fourth quarter last year, ARMs made up 9 percent of new mortgages, reports the newsletter Inside Mortgage Finance.

Fifty - two percent of agents and brokers surveyed indicated that they «strongly disapproved» and 18 percent «somewhat disapproved» of Barack Obama's performance as President, earning him a 70 percent disapproval rating, an increase of one percent in the disapproval rating of agents and brokers surveyed in the fourth quarter last year.

Forty - nine percent of agents and brokers surveyed indicated that they «strongly disapproved» and 19 percent «somewhat disapproved» of Barack Obama's performance as President, earning him a 68 percent disapproval rating versus the 67 percent disapproval rating of agents and brokers surveyed in the fourth quarter last year.