Sentences with phrase «general reporting lower»

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U.S. indexes were generally lower as the Dow Jones industrials lost 4.8 points to 15,543.74 but found some support from an earnings report from General Electric that beat expectations.

This is consistent with national survey reports from the General Social Survey where employee owners report that they have greater job security and lower likelihoods of being laid off in the previous year compared to other employees.29 When faced with recessionary pressures, employee ownership firms may retain workers to sustain a workplace culture based on cooperation, information - sharing, and commitment to long - term performance.

Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) were trading lower by more than 4 percent early Monday morning as part of a general market selloff among technology stocks and a concerning report that the widely popular «House of Cards» series could be coming to an end.

Bolzan et al (2004) found the new fathers with the lowest workplace flexibility and autonomy reporting the most unhappiness, anxiety and general levels of stress.

C - section rates for first time mothers varied from 22.95 % in Sligo General up to 40.15 % in St Luke's Hospital Kilkenny with both units also reporting extremely low vaginal birth of Caesarean rates at 0.93 % and 3.51 % respectively.

We do not have statistics specifically for the health of infants from our own programs, but the published reports have suggested that frozen embryo transfer cycles in general are associated with reduced risks of low birthweight, very low birthweight, small for gestational age, pre-term birth, antepartum hemorrhage, placental abruption, perinatal mortality, and pre-eclampsia.

The authors reported that researchers and quality improvement executives tracking outcomes for very low birthweight infants (those born weighing less than 1,500 grams) have increasingly used the general term «human milk feeding» to refer to both MOM and DHM, seemingly ignoring the fundamental, scientific differences between the two.

Already Buhari has started giving excuses for the abysmal performance.He attributed the quagmire to drop in the price of oil globally and cleverly laid the blame on the doorsteps of all Nigerian accusing them of relying solely on oil.All renowned rating agencies including fitch continue to downgrade Nigeria ever since Buhari took over and it is projected that Nigeria will not be able to repay its debt obligations.Fitch for instance downgraded Nigeria's longterm foreign currency issuer default rating to B + from BB - and longterm local currency IDR to BB - from BB.The general position expressed by almost all the Briton wood institutions is that Nigeria's fiscal and external vulnerability has worsened under Buhari and it is projected that the government's general fiscal deficit could grow up to 4.2 % by the end of 2016 after averaging 1.5 % under the previous regime.A recent capital importation report by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics confirms that, last year, the country recorded total inflow of capital into the economy stood at $ 9.6 billion which was a 53 % drop from previous year and the lowest recorded total since 2011.

But the conversion of the excellent report of the Sole Judgment Debt Commissioner into a political White Paper for electioneering purposes to be published under the supervision of the office of the Attorney - General demonstrates how low we have come in this country in terms of the only constitutionally established office within the executive branch which by hallowed tradition and practice is to defend and uphold the liberty of every individual and the rule of law in its quasi-judicial decision making process.

He says it's another hit for the local governments, which are also seeing lower sales tax collections in general, according to a recent report by the State Comptroller.

Fair reporting; one difficulty in the hearing that is worthy of mention was that much of the message about immigration in general to the Lower East Side got lost, much like most of the buildings associated with such immigration.

The Fabians» report said that examining Labour's general election performance over the past 40 years showed that its share of the vote was eight percentage points lower than its poll rating in the second year of the preceding parliament.

In April 2017, the two institutions together with the auctioneers who disposed off the vehicles, some for as low as GHc 1,000, faced the Committee to explain the infractions as captured in the Auditor General's report.

In general, the salaries of women are significantly lower than their male counterparts in academia, as most recently reported by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in its 2002 Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession — although the discrepancies have existed for at least 30 years.

Saran mentions the data report continues to emphasize the low awareness of kidney disease in the general population, as well as the fact that rates of screening for the condition by simple urine testing remain low, even among those with risk factors for the disease.

The report says while there is some low - level silica exposure on beaches and in ambient air in general, there is no evidence such low - level exposure causes health effects.

The authors reported that researchers and quality improvement executives tracking outcomes for very low birthweight infants (those born weighing less than 1,500 grams) have increasingly used the general term «human milk feeding» to refer to both MOM and DHM, seemingly ignoring the fundamental, scientific differences between the two.

They reported that the more someone heads a soccer ball, the lower that player will score on tests measuring attention, concentration, and general intellectual functioning.

According to a literature review in the July 2017 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, lower (lumbar) back pain is a commonly reported symptom among the general population; however, low back pain among elite athletes who play varsity or professional sports requires additional important considerations.

The researchers also found that when men acted assertive and warm — in general, not considered the norm for male behavior — they reported lower incivility from their male counterparts.

Despite the report of the second case, the risk of MERS infection to the general public is extremely low, CDC director Tom Frieden said during a May 12 press conference.

In general, the review found that increases in out - of - pocket costs seemed to have a lower impact on reducing utilization for specialty drugs as compared to the effects reported for non-specialty drugs, probably because specialty drugs often have no medically comparable alternatives, Doshi and her coauthors note.

The Met Office Hadley Centre (Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research) climate change model, Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3 (HadCM3)[53], a coupled atmosphere - ocean general circulation model, was used for the time intervals 2020, 2050 and 2080 (note these date represent a time windows of ten years either side of the time interval date, i.e. 2020 is an average of the years 2010 — 2029, 2050 for 2040 — 2059 and 2080 for 2070 — 2089), under three emission scenarios of the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES)[54]: scenario A1B (maximum energy requirements; emissions differentiated dependent on fuel sources; balance across sources), A2A (high energy requirements; emissions less than A1 / Fl) and B2A (lower energy requirements; emissions greater than B1).

In general, adult stem cells have low plasticity, although reports of differentiation outside traditional lineage boundaries suggest that some adult stem cells may be more pluripotent rather than multipotent.1

Although the reported diversity is extremely low for retroviruses in general [53], certain retroviruses such as HTLV - 1 can exhibit comparably low rates of natural sequence variation, with strains in the wild that are 96 — 99 % identical [54].

Meditation is reported to lower symptoms of depression (43 %), anxiety (37 %), and general distress (35 %) and significantly reduce blood pressure1.

Although sustainability guidelines are unlikely to be included in the final version of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Advisory Committee included the following statement in their initial report: «Consistent evidence indicates that, in general, a dietary pattern that is higher in plant - based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, and lower in animal - based foods is more health promoting and is associated with lesser environmental impact (greenhouse gas emissions and energy, land, and water use) than is the current average U.S. diet.

Student achievement at schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as measured by scores on standardized tests is considerably lower than that of public schools, according to a report by the federal General Accounting Office.

Its transfer students score about the same on language arts, exactly the same on grades 2 through 7 math, slightly lower on «general math,» and slightly higher on Algebra I, it reports.

Evidence offered: «A 2009 report from America's Promise Alliance, a national advocacy and research organization headed by retired General Colin Powell, showed IPS had the lowest graduation rate among central city school districts in the nation's largest 50 cities.»

The Office of the Attorney General reports that students who are chronically absent are disproportionately male, low - income, highly transient and enrolled in special education.

In many cases, respondents in favour of massively widening access were «opposed to new selective schools in general, and said they would be supportive only if they were made available almost exclusively to lower income pupils», the report said.

Barton cites a General Accounting Office report that identified four factors correlated with low high school completion rates: coming from low - income and single - parent families, getting low grades in school, being absent frequently, and changing schools.

General Motors significantly narrowed the gap in sales between itself and global sales leader Toyota to just 11,000 units in the first half of the year, reporting a lower drop than its Japanese rival.Toyota sold about 3.56 million units in the first six months of 2009, a drop of 26 percent, followed

Strong Lineup of Crossovers and Utilities Drove GM's U.S. June Sales Crossover retail sales up 23 percent on strength of Equinox Buick U.S. retail sales up 6 percent Commercial sales up 36 percent, for best June since 2006 Lowest daily rental sales mix of any full - line automaker DETROIT — General Motors (NYSE: GM) today reported June U.S. retail sales of 202,908 vehicles, down about 3 percent from the same period last year.

(The number of illnesses and injuries reported at Amazon's warehouses is 51 % lower than at a general warehouse, and 33 % lower than at a department store.)

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with thReport on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with threport on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with thReport on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with thReport on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with threport on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with thReport on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, including store closings, higher - than - anticipated or increasing costs, including with respect to store closings, relocation, occupancy (including in connection with lease renewals) and labor costs, the effects of competition, the risk of insufficient access to financing to implement future business initiatives, risks associated with data privacy and information security, risks associated with Barnes & Noble's supply chain, including possible delays and disruptions and increases in shipping rates, various risks associated with the digital business, including the possible loss of customers, declines in digital content sales, risks and costs associated with ongoing efforts to rationalize the digital business and the digital business not being able to perform its obligations under the Samsung commercial agreement and the consequences thereof, the risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, the performance of Barnes & Noble's initiatives including but not limited to its new store concept and e-commerce initiatives, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, potential infringement of Barnes & Noble's intellectual property by third parties or by Barnes & Noble of the intellectual property of third parties, and other factors, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

May 17, 2018 - Refinance Applications Drop Amid General Decline in Mortgage Applications A report released by the Mortgage Bankers Association yesterday shows that US mortgage applications to refinance existing home loans dropped to their lowest level in a decade.

Bad credit could be interpreted differently by each individual and institution, but in general, if you have late payments showing on your credit report you would be considered to have insufficient credit (bad credit)-- and not get approved for a low - interest bank loan.

The prevalence of all types of deafness in the general dog population is low, reported to be 2.56 to 6.5 cases per 10,000 dogs seen at veterinary school teaching hospitals, but these data predate the availability of hearing testing devices and so are much lower that actual values.

In general, Chase promotes the cards to consumers with good to excellent credit, so while there may be reports from users who have been approved with lower credit scores, your experience may vary.

According to the Ontario Auditor General's Report 2011 The power - generating capacity of current wind and solar technology is much lower than other energy sources.

Plus, it's «a general principle,» the report notes, that «mitigation policies that raise government revenue generally have lower social costs than approaches which do not.»

[55] According to the World Climate Report, «Dr. MIchaels» general message was that the recent behavior of global temperatures is starting to push the (lower) bounds of climate models» expectations of such behavior and that if the current slowdown in the rate of global warming continues for much longer, we must start to question the reliability of climate projections of the future state of our climate.»

According to the report, the snowy roads combined with fog and general low visibility led to an accident involving 13 vehicles.

By the end of 2016 it was widely expected and reported in the press that we would see a regime of falling corporate income and dividend taxation and a general relaxation of investment rules, the traditional cures for low activity and productivity.

Finally, reliant as it is on volunteer labour and with only an annual meeting of all delegates, the ULCC has a rather lower budget than any «permanent» (I use the term loosely) provincial law commission, all of which have a permanent staff, however small, and the general costs of an on - going enterprise that releases full reports.

This presumption of guardianship and the general reluctance of the courts to remove guardianship or a right of access from a parent may explain the lower rate of cases resulting in limited contact or no contact between the child and a parent reported by Alberta respondents compared to those from the rest of Canada.