Sentences with phrase «in around a quarter»

From a humble gathering of around 400 bibliophiles, it has become a staple for the community that expects to draw in around a quarter of a million guests over its ten day run this year.

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Local schools were evacuated in a quarter - mile radius around the scene and a portion of the interstate highway was closed.

Analysts think the economy is growing at a rate of around 2.5 per cent in the current January - March quarter, which ends this week.

Samsung is the largest foreign investor in Vietnam and accounts for around a quarter of the country's total export revenue.

The introduction in October of around - the - clock Egg McMuffins and hash browns helped the Golden Arches enjoy its best quarter in nearly four years as it comes off two years of declines.

He and his team warned Wall Street to expect about eight quarters, an eternity in retail, before North American revenue would turn around.

Shell disappointed the market with its second - quarter results, the first full quarter following the completion of the BG acquisition in February, by missing expectations by around 50 %.

The firm did report better than expected profits in the third quarter, and could potentially return to a bigger presence in the individual insurance market once uncertainty around Obamacare stabilizes.

According to Orlando, fundamentals indicate a sharp market rally in the fourth quarter — citing more clarity around Federal Reserve and Washington trade policy, the Mueller investigation and midterm elections.

In Tuesday's earnings, Exxon reported that its downstream division contributed around two - thirds of the company's earnings in the fourth quarter, which were, overall, better than analysts had expecteIn Tuesday's earnings, Exxon reported that its downstream division contributed around two - thirds of the company's earnings in the fourth quarter, which were, overall, better than analysts had expectein the fourth quarter, which were, overall, better than analysts had expected.

Apple hasn't made excuses for iPhone X shortages, and it did forecast a record quarter of around $ 85.5 billion in sales for the holiday quarter.

«I'm skeptical because we saw a pretty big slowdown in North America last quarter, so for it to flip around so quickly usually does not happen,» she said.

China «s official unemployment rate has been around 4 % for years, despite the rapid slowdown in the economy from double - digit growth to quarter - century lows last year of less than 7 %.

Netflix stock is up around 790 % in the past two years, with profits jumping to $ 71 million in the second quarter of 2014 compared to $ 30 million the year before.

Gross margins for the first quarter are expected to rise to around 23 - 24 percent from 21 percent for last year as a whole and possibly reach 23 - 25 percent in 2018 overall.

«We expect the ECB to continue net asset purchases until around the third quarter of 2018, while the Fed will likely begin reducing its stock of quantitative easing assets early in 2018... These opposite moves mean that the ECB's balance sheet could be around 20 percent larger than the Fed's by around end - 2018, assuming constant FX rates,» he noted.

Generation Z is about a quarter of the U.S. population, and are starting to make a difference in our communities and around the world.

The financial impact didn't come through in Box's second - quarter earnings, so investors will be looking carefully for any effect this time around.

Singapore downgraded its forecasts on economic growth and exports for 2016 after confirming a contraction in output in the third quarter, raising the risk of a recession amid fresh uncertainty around global trade under U.S. President - elect Donald Trump.

Despite earning the biggest premium for sticking around, ADP found that the 24 - and - under crowd's turnover rate exceeded 50 % in the first quarter.

«One foot in today is around delivering this month's sales, this quarter's financials, this year's objectives, and one foot in tomorrow, which is really understanding what we think the world is going to look like 10, 15, 20 years from now.»

Shopify sees revenue growing 67 percent in 2017 to around $ 650 million, though, let's be honest, it'll probably increase that prediction again next quarter.

The stock has lost more than a quarter of its value since touching a high of $ 389.61 in September, mainly due to reports of bottlenecks around its Model 3 production.

By comparison, the average discount paid for Western Canadian Select oilsands blend crude from Alberta in the fourth quarter was US$ 12.26 per barrel and it has since spiked at times to around US$ 30 per barrel, a trend also blamed on constrained pipeline access.

Deshpande forecast Brent prices will stay around $ 39 per barrel in the first quarter, but with prices rising to $ 56 by the end of the year, to average around $ 47.80 for 2016.

If that occurs in the fourth quarter of 2018, around the time of the U.S. mid-term elections, investors should expect greater uncertainty and volatility in the markets.

Prices averaged around $ 67 a barrel in the first quarter, nearly 25 % higher than a year ago.

Snapchat is reportedly on track to make around $ 100 million in ad revenue this year, while Twitter generated $ 569 million in revenue in the most recent quarter alone.

There was a lot of money made on residential property sales around Australia in the June quarter, but the joy wasn't spread around evenly, with more than 10 per cent of all houses and about 20 per cent of all units sold in Western Australia during the quarter selling at a loss.

The research cluster in B.C. centred around early developer Ballard Power still accounts for more than a quarter of fuel - cell industry revenues worldwide, said B.C.'s job, tourism and skills training minister, Pat Bell.

Blue Apron also said that it expects to incur around $ 3.5 million in expenses in its fiscal fourth quarter, according to the filing.

Domino's: A dip in international sales last quarter caused controversy around this delivery - meets - technology company.

Even though stricter regulations around uninsured mortgages from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions were in effect throughout the quarter, the CMHC report said Toronto's balance between supply and demand was not affected and the sales - to - new listings ration remained «virtually unchanged.»

While U.S. GDP has hovered around or below 2 % in past quarters, there's no need to fret, said Warren Buffett.

In the second quarter of this year, more than $ 300 million of new funding was put into marketing - automation companies around the world, according to VentureBeat Insight.

«A lot of the shopping is now converging around Singles» Day,» he said in a «Squawk Box» interview, «which is why the growth wasn't quite as high for the rest of the quarter.»

In its previous earnings report, Apple recorded its most profitable second quarter ever, with revenues of $ 58 billion, handily beating a consensus estimate of around $ 56 billion.

The company has been trying to turn around its operations with a new CEO after posting a $ 4.4 - billion loss in the most recent quarter.

After four straight quarters of declining sales and horrific losses of market share to competitors, the restaurant chain's executives in Oak Brook, Ill. have gone on the offensive with a snazzy new message centered around «love.»

In Canada, a two - week shutdown this time around could shave a decimal place off our growth rate in the fourth quarter, estimates Avery Shenfeld, chief economist of CIBC World MarketIn Canada, a two - week shutdown this time around could shave a decimal place off our growth rate in the fourth quarter, estimates Avery Shenfeld, chief economist of CIBC World Marketin the fourth quarter, estimates Avery Shenfeld, chief economist of CIBC World Markets.

But it projected sales of $ 440 million to $ 450 million in the holiday quarter, versus expectations for around $ 448.8 million.

By early afternoon, a quarter - mile trip in one of the ubiquitous black luxury minivans with plush leather seats that shuttle participants around the town took nearly an hour.

In the fourth quarter of that year, Back Forty generated nearly $ 500,000 in Chinese sales, or around 10 percent of its total revenuIn the fourth quarter of that year, Back Forty generated nearly $ 500,000 in Chinese sales, or around 10 percent of its total revenuin Chinese sales, or around 10 percent of its total revenue.

A quarter - mile trip in one of the ubiquitous black luxury minivans that shuttle participants around the town took nearly an hour, The New York Times reports.

Bo - Kaap, the former Malay quarter and township, is a beautiful neighborhood to walk around, but a better experience will be making samosas in someone's home.

Fiscal second quarter services revenue will hit around the $ 8.5 billion level reported in the holiday quarter.

For example, Dodge & Cox Income fund, with a duration of around four years, lost 0.9 percent in the first quarter.

J.C. Penney's operating margins plunged in the first quarter on weak sales and heavy clearance deals, but CEO Myron Ullman pledged to offer more promotions to turn things around.

As part of 3M's continuing effort to improve the alignment of its businesses around markets and customers, the Company made the following changes, effective in the first quarter of 2018, and other revisions impacting business segment reporting:

In mid-February the company recorded a fifth consecutive quarter of sluggish sales, and comparable sales at Tim Hortons restaurants around the world slipped 0.1 per cent for the 2017 financial year.