Sentences with phrase «less than a quarter as»

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The earnings report forApple's second fiscal quarter is less than two weeks away, and much as we like to obsesses about the new Watch, it hasn't earned Apple a penny yet.

Health care (XLV) registered as a «winner» in the first quarter, down a little less than the S&P 500 as a whole, but being a winner showed that the market really fell apart after a strong start in January — health - care stocks were down only about 2 percent.

Despite rapidly accelerating revenue, the rate that Twitter added monthly active users slowed — less than 4 %, to 241 million, in its first quarter as a public company, and as low as 1.4 % in a recent quarter — worrying investors that Twitter might not be the mainstream product that its soaring valuation promised.

Gain on sale was $ 0.3 million during the second quarter of 2017, primarily reflecting the Company's decision to reduce the percentage of term loans sold through OnDeck Marketplace to less than 5 %, as announced last quarter.

The company had originally set out to deliver between 80,000 to 90,000 vehicles this year but later reduced its guidance to 79,000 after experiencing less than expected deliveries in the past quarter as a result of Model X production delays.

The board also turned against Patrick Soon - Shiong — who even as he closes on the L.A. Times sale still remains Tronc's second - largest shareholder, with something less than a quarter of the company.

2017.09.29 Housing affordability relief still elusive in Canada in the second quarter as ownership costs continued to rise in Toronto: RBC Economics Becoming a home owner in Canada is less affordable now than at any time since 1990, according to the latest Housing Trends and Affordability Report issued today by RBC Economics Research...

As for Elanco, it turned in less - than - stellar performance in the third quarter of last year, reviving questions about whether Lilly might spin off what has long been a leading player in animal health.

More specifically, the brewer must produce no more than 6 million barrels of beer annually, less than one - quarter of the business can be owned or controlled by a company that's not a craft brewer, and the products must be made with traditional ingredients such as malted barley.

The financing needs coming due in the first quarter «imply that euro area banks will not have extra money as a result of the three - year auction to purchase European sovereign bonds, using a carry - trade strategy, because the amount of fresh cash is less than the amount of bank debt that will mature during the quarter», Powell wrote recently.

That's because, as Bloomberg Economist David Powell recently pointed out, the 191 billion euros of new loans are less than the value of bank debt scheduled to come due this quarter alone.

This trend suppresses the demand side of the housing market, while the supply - side has been hindered by builders eschewing starter homes and moving up the value chain, as evidenced by the fact that the average size of a new single - family home is almost 2,700 square feet today, versus less than 2,100 square feet a quarter century ago.

As of quarter end, the franc was trading at 0.91, a 26 % change in value relative to the U.S. dollar, in less than two months.

U.S. onshore production is expected to fall to 7.7 million barrels a day in the fourth quarter, according to Rystad Energy AS, about 100,000 less than the same period last year.

With less than two months for Apple to get the iPhone X into the hands of consumers during the holiday quarter — one month less than usual — some investors were worried it simply wouldn't be able to ship as many iPhones as usual.

During the Obama election years, as many as a quarter of evangelicals voted Democrat; with Clinton, it was nearly 10 percentage points less than that.

Doses as low as 54 milligrams in an average - sized adult female (far less than a quarter of a teaspoon) can cause an increased risk of phocomelia — a decrease in the size of the upper limbs.

Women have long expressed a desire, passion and capability to join the highest ranks of the culinary industry, but continue to lack the same access, opportunities and support as their male counterparts — with less than a quarter of females chefs in leadership roles.

That's also how you get Ginn dropping a pass at the 15 - yard line on a deep dig route that ends up being intercepted by T.J. Ward (or as Phil Simms says, the 13 - yard pass was too haaard... SMDH) while his team is trailing 16 - 7 with less than six minutes left in the third quarter.

When Robson - Kanu did appear, as a substitute with less than a quarter of the game remaining, he scrambled the winning goal.

Liverpool were the grateful beneficiaries of no less than three own goals as they hammered Brighton and Hove Albion 6 - 1 at Anfield to reach the quarter - finals of the FA Cup.

As IPPR's new report into political inequality shows, less than half of 18 — 24 - year - olds voted, compared to nearly four - fifths of the over-65s, while three - quarters of «AB» individuals cast a ballot, against just over half of «DE» registered voters.

Furthermore, I can't see people taking very well to the Liberal Democrats supporting a Labour government (not that that would work, since there is still liberal elements in the Liberal Democrats, notably Nick Clegg) if as seems likely less than a quarter of the population votes for Labour.

This with a racket weighing less than a quarter pound which, perhaps, mischaracterizes the sport in general as non-contact, non-competitive, non-American.

Ayotte, meanwhile, posted a less - than - overwhelming fourth quarter of fundraising even as her campaign released a survey showing her far ahead in the primary.

Less than a quarter of drug - resistant patients, however, meet the medical criteria for the procedures, the main one being a distinct site of origin in the brain for their seizures (confirmed with brain scans and electroencephalography) that does not overlap with regions involved in essential functions, such as language.

The report gave the nation as a whole a B grade — up from a C in 2008 — observing that less than a quarter of all states still need significant improvement.

The approach ranked as the study's least viable strategy, in part because less than a quarter of the algae could be expected to eventually sink to the bottom of the ocean, which would be the only way that carbon would be sequestered for a long period of time.

«This means if we look back to the universe when it was less than a quarter of its present age, we'd see that a pair of galaxies separated by a million light years would be drifting apart at a velocity of 68 kilometers a second as the universe expands,» says Font - Ribera, a postdoctoral fellow in Berkeley Lab's Physics Division.

Last year, the select committee estimated from government figures that Britain spends less than Italy on civil aircraft R&D, one - third as much as France, and one - quarter the amount Germany spends.

9 • solve one - step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher • recognise, find and name a half as 1 of 2 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • recognise, find and name a quarter as 1 of 4 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [for example, long / short, longer / shorter, tall / short, double / half]; mass or weight [for example, heavy / light, heavier than, lighter than]; capacity / volume [for example, full / empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]; time [for example, quicker, slower, earlier, later]; • measure and begin to record the following: lengths and height; mass / weight; capacity and volume; time (hours, minutes, seconds) • recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes • sequence events in chronological order using language (for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening) • describe position direction and movement including whole half quarter and three quarter turns PLUS MANY MORE OBJECTIVES!

Almost three - quarters (73 percent) of principals have less than 5 years at their current school (as of 2011 - 12), and about half (49 percent) of all principals have less than 5 years at any school.

When Gallup, NBC and the Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press used the same language to ask Americans about the direction of the nation as a whole while our survey was in the field, less than one - quarter reported that it is on the right track (Q. 5).

Less than a quarter of the teaching profession thinks that teachers as well as students should be held accountable.

It can come as a surprise, therefore, that nationwide less than one quarter of pupils were entered for such a broad academic curriculum in 2012, and less than one in five achieved a C grade in each subject.

About a quarter of all babies and toddlers in the U.S. are Hispanic, but these kids are half as likely to have family members read to them and a third less likely to have songs sung to them than white, non-Latino children, according to a recent report by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.

The best professional learning for teachers helps them acquire, practice, and apply new skills to better serve their students.2 But despite annual investments of $ 18 billion by federal, state, and local agencies into professional learning for educators, many teachers still do not receive the kind of professional learning that helps them grow and improve their practice.3 Less than one - quarter of teachers say that they have changed their instruction as a result of professional learning, likely in part due to the lack of a consistent professional learning strategy across states and school districts.4 Learning Forward, a nonprofit association dedicated to supporting professional learning for educators, contends that the current state of professional learning is one of «inertia.»

Almost three - quarters (73 percent) of principals have less than 5 years at their current school (as of 2011 - 12), and about half (49 percent) of all principals have less than 5 years at

Before 2006, when First People's first came to Wyoming Indian Elementary, less than a quarter of the students rated as proficient or advanced in third grade on Wyoming's statewide standardized math tests.

A month ago he noted that less than a quarter of training places in chemistry on the School Direct scheme were being shown as filled.

The allotment to any State (other than Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) under the first sentence of this subsection for any fiscal year which is less than one - quarter of 1 per centum of the amount appropriated under subsection (b)(1) of section 100, or $ 2,000,000, whichever is greater, shall be increased to that amount, the total of the increases thereby required being derived by proportionately reducing the allotments to each of the remaining such States under the first sentence of this subsection, but with such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent the allotment of any such remaining States from being thereby reduced to less than that amount.

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Seconds later, sirens blared as trucks left the station less than a quarter mile away.

There isn't room for much more, as the bezel is less than a quarter inch thick, which ASUS claims is the thinnest in the world.

There had indeed been a shift of emphasis during the last quarter of Dynasty XII when a new expression creeps into the funerary prayers to indicate that the deceased was regarded less as materialization than as a spirit.

TORONTO — Two - thirds of Canadians say their biggest concern as they get older is their health, but less than a quarter report that they've planned or saved up for health costs in retirement, according to a survey conducted for Sun Life Financial (TSX: SLF).

Interest on Fixed Deposit can be paid for a period of less than a quarter (monthly interest payout) at the discounted interest rates as per regulatory directives.

The average listing price of a manufactured home is less than one quarter the average cost of a stick - built house, and closely comparable to a modular home as well.

Typically speaking, an expert financial planner will define an affordable house as one with monthly payments that are less than a quarter of of your after - tax monthly income.

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