Sentences with phrase «in at least a quarter»

«This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century,» de Blasio said.
Apple's view is likely to find support in at least some quarters.

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British bank Barclays recently started issuing exchange - traded notes on the NYSE Arca exchange (similar to ETFs, only they are derivatives guaranteed by the bank rather than invested in the underlying securities) that track a Women in Leadership index of U.S. companies whose CEOs are women or whose boards are at least one - quarter female.
The textbook definition of a recession is a downturn in economic activity, characterized by at least two consecutive quarters of decline in a country's gross domestic product (GDP).
In Austria, there are somewhat similar «beck and call contracts,» though these are governed by tighter working time regulations, while in the Netherlands there are at least a quarter of a million workers subject to «minimum terms»In Austria, there are somewhat similar «beck and call contracts,» though these are governed by tighter working time regulations, while in the Netherlands there are at least a quarter of a million workers subject to «minimum terms»in the Netherlands there are at least a quarter of a million workers subject to «minimum terms».
On the chip sector «for the 6th consecutive quarter, we expect an at least in - line C4Q / C1Q with upside bias,» analyst John Pitzer wrote in a note to clients Monday.
The retailer's shares tanked 19 % to $ 28.37 — their lowest level since 2010 — after it reported that same - store sales, or revenue of stores open at least 14 months, rose a mere 0.1 % in the second quarter, well below its own forecasts for a rise of 2 % to 3 %, and short of Wall Street projections for a 1.4 % gain.
The September 1 Gross Domestic Product release will be the one that will let us know whether or not we are in a recession, at least by the semi-official definition of «a period of at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real gross domestic product for Canada, as reported by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act.»
Following Apple's previous earnings report in February, Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri gave rare additional guidance, telling analysts on a conference call that iPhone revenue would grow by at least 10 % year - over-year in the current quarter.
You get a $ 1 discount if you make more than 30 trades or maintain an average daily balance of at least $ 100,000 in the prior calendar quarter.
According to at least one estimate from a former senior executive at News Corp. (which owns the Journal), the newspaper is likely to come in as much as 30 % below its revenue targets for the most recent quarter.
A 2014 survey conducted by Powersports Business magazine and RBC Capital Markets indicates retailers that sell BRP vehicles are outperforming their competitors: 32 % of BRP dealers reported an increase in motorcycle sales of at least 20 % in the fourth quarter of last year (compared with 13 % for dealers overall), and 42 % of BRP dealers expect another 20 % jump in sales for 2015.
BP disappointed analysts on Tuesday morning, reporting lower - than - expected net income in the fourth quarter and annual earnings that dipped to at least a 10 - year low.
And it also means that bond market traders believe we're likely to see at least a quarter point hike in interest rates by the middle of next year.
The program is now being tested in four California restaurants, but the CEO plans to have it rolled out to at least three U.S. markets by the third quarter of 2015.
Of course, the money came at a price: although the majority of the chief executives today retain at least 50 % of the equity in their companies, only about a quarter of them own the whole show.
But given the size of Trump's expense reimbursement, it seems likely that at least some of the nearly three quarters of a million dollars that Trump was reimbursed by his company for expenses should have been included in wages.
Revenues grew 700 percent in 2013 and are increasing at least 50 percent every quarter, the company reports.
Its human resources folks meet with everyone in the company at least once a quarter.
At least with a dot - com stock you owned an actual piece of equity in the underlying company (even if, like TheGlobe.com, a failed social media network, it only had revenues of $ 780,000 per quarter).
Sales at stores open for at least one year fell in the third quarter by 2.3 % at company - owned restaurants.
Sweeping up shoe brand Stuart Weitzman at least helped slightly; «the acquisition of Stuart Weitzman in early May contributed $ 43 million to fourth - quarter and full - year revenue,» CFO Jane Hamilton Nielsen said on the call.
Women are already the Holy Grail for marketers: they make 85 % of all brand purchases, three - quarters of women identify as the primary shopper in their household and almost one in four shop at least once a day.
The company had hoped to begin human trials in early 2010, but they will now be delayed at least until the third quarter.
It was a volatile close to the third quarter for the stock market, as evidenced by the fact that the Dow fluctuated by at least 100 points in either direction for five days in a row last week.
He thinks it will make at least $ 6.4 billion in revenues and $ 1.21 in earnings per share in the quarter ending in June, though it could be as high as $ 6.6 billion and $ 1.25 EPS.
About a quarter of the engineering and technology companies started in the U.S. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one key founder who was an immigrant.
«The lower shipments suggest that Apple's Greater China revenues should be at the very least a significant drag on our overall estimate of 18 percent iPhone revenue growth in the second fiscal quarter,» Kvaal added.
State and federal unemployment taxes, but only if (1) they pay wages to employees totaling $ 1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they employed at least one person during any day of the week during any 20 weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether or not the weeks were consecutive.
Entrepreneurs listened, at least to the second part: U.S. - based companies raised more venture capital in the fourth quarter of 2014 than they did in any other quarter over the prior 13 years, according to the National Venture Capital Association.
At the end of 2013, more than three - quarters of Facebook's 1.23 billion users — 945 million — logged in using their mobile devices at least once a montAt the end of 2013, more than three - quarters of Facebook's 1.23 billion users — 945 million — logged in using their mobile devices at least once a montat least once a month.
One of the few escape clauses is a recession, which the statute defines as «a period of at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real gross domestic product as reported by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act.»
This is the first time in at least three years that Facebook's revenue is lower versus prior quarter, but it's obviously still a lot of money to make.
Watching the New England Patriots — trailing 21 - zip in the second quarter, down 25 points in the third, 19 points in the hole with less than 600 seconds to go in regulation — rally to win the Super Bowl in overtime, I couldn't help but wonder if there was some mysterious science behind «the miraculous comeback»: something measurable, or at least point - to - able, that captures the transformation of human spirit that drives an individual — or, more inexplicably, a team of separate beings — to see «victory» when «loss» is flashing all around them.
Mark Kalinowski, the Janney analyst, raised his forecast for sales at Wendy's restaurants open at least a year to 5 per cent in the third quarter, citing the possibility that the burger would be released during that period.
A Federal Reserve working paper from last year found that at least three - quarters of the decline in new charters is attributable to the weak economy and low interest rates.
In seven consecutive quarters, the number of Netflix subscribers increased by at least 1 million.
In an American Chamber of Commerce survey, a quarter of respondent companies stated that China provides at least 25 percent of their global revenues.
So if you can take the loss to pretty much zero, and it was a relatively minor loss in the last quarter, and be putting the subscriber needle in the right direction, you're at least showing, whether it's a partner or a buyer or however it comes down, «Hey, there's a bottom here.
Five diabetes treatments were among 27 branded drugs showing price gains of at least 20 percent in typical dosages since the first quarter of 2014, a survey for Bloomberg found.
It bought $ 5 billion in the first quarter of 2014 (ended December 2013), and (at least) $ 14 billion since then, for $ 40 billion of its total $ 60 billion authorization in the first, call it, 10 months of the program.
We can draw two conclusions from the information conveyed in the two graphs above: 1) the Fed is terrified of letting the stock market move lower and, for now at least, has a solid iron floor beneath the stock market; 2) the credit condition of corporate America has been deteriorating since early 2013, punctuated by 3 quarters in a row of declining earnings for the S&P 500.
Mobile advertising represented just over half of all Facebook's marketing dollars in the last quarter of 2013, and for the same period in 2014, analysts expect mobile ads to make up at least two - thirds of all ad revenue, making Facebook primarily a mobile ad company.
By at least one measure, corporate earnings are the best in nearly a quarter - century.
Following Apple's previous earnings report in February, Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri gave rare additional guidance, telling analysts on a conference call that iPhone revenue would grow by at least 10 per cent year - over-year in the current quarter.
At least for the time being, the minimum wage debate, and looming increases in New York, did not prevent Dunkin Brands from dishing out strong second quarter sales and profits.
H&M said it's maintaining its targets for sales growth of at least 25 percent from e-commerce and new businesses this year, even though it missed that rate in the first quarter.
I am not sure I can keep that quarterly amount up for the whole year, but at least I laid a good foundation in this first quarter.
Global sales at locations open at least 13 months fell 1 % in the quarter, driven by a 1.2 % U.S. decline.
A recent report by the World Bank suggests that in Korea, Malaysia and Thailand, at least one - quarter of firms listed on the stock exchange were not able to meet their interest payments from operational cash flows in 1999; this proportion was close to two - thirds in Indonesia.
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