Sentences with phrase «lower than last quarter»

I achieved close to $ 1500 in passive income, little lower than last quarter.

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But it still recorded only 1.59 million new users, compared with estimates of 1.62 million — and sharply lower than the 1.9 million it signed up in the same quarter last year.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

Household debt as a percentage of disposable income was was 163.3 % in the first quarter, Statistics Canada reported last week — only marginally lower than the record 163.9 % ratio the agency calculated for the fourth quarter.

«But it seems that launching low - cost long - haul flights without connecting services is challenging,» Gagey said, pointing to Norwegian Air Shuttle, which on Thursday reported a bigger than expected loss for the last quarter of 2017.

WellCare's net income rose more than $ 100 million in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the same time period last year thanks to stellar growth in its Medicare business and much lower - than - expected medical costs for its Medicaid plan holders relative to their premiums.

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 %.

Left to their own devices, the 26 analysts I've heard from so far — 16 Wall Street professionals (in blue) and 10 independents (in green)-- have submitted estimates for last quarter's sales with a range greater than I've ever seen for an Apple (aapl) product: from a low of 3.1 million to a high 10.5 million.

Last week, fellow teen store Abercrombie & Fitch warned that its sales for the quarter were below expectations, and last month, Urban Outfitters said its third - quarter sales were trending lower than expecLast week, fellow teen store Abercrombie & Fitch warned that its sales for the quarter were below expectations, and last month, Urban Outfitters said its third - quarter sales were trending lower than expeclast month, Urban Outfitters said its third - quarter sales were trending lower than expected.

While more people booked travel on Southwest in the third quarter, fares on average were lower than they were a year earlier, especially for last - minute bookings.

Deutsche Bank shares dropped more than 3 percent on Thursday morning after reporting lower - than - expected revenue for its first quarter at a time when banking stocks have seen sharp gains after centrist Emmanuel Macron emerged as the winner in the first round of French presidential elections last week.

Ford Credit saw earnings before taxes rise 33 percent over the same quarter last year, to $ 641 million, but the company now expects full - year EBT to be flat or lower than last year.

This year, the difference between quarters has also been dramatic with the bank's provision estimate for second quarter dropping sharply to less than one - fourth of last year's quarterly low.

«Revenue challenges in the second quarter, as noted in our quarterly outlook release last month, included lower - than - anticipated bulk volumes, devastating wildfires in northern Alberta and a strengthening Canadian dollar,» Harrison said in a statement.

Low volatility had been replaced by high volatility — Q1 had 23 days of daily moves greater than 1 % in the S&P versus seven such days for all of last year, and the first few weeks of the second quarter have seen similar swings.

Profit declines sharply and company cuts full - year outlook

Cardinal Health Inc. reported a sharp decline in profit in its last quarter and lowered its full - year outlook following inventory write - downs in its overseas businesses and a sharper - than - anticipated decline in generic drug prices.

That's not the whole story, however, because incredible as it may seem iPhone 5 sales figures in the last three quarters were lower than what Wall Street expected causing massive fluctuations in the value of Apple's shares in the stock market.

Fourth quarter same — fourth quarter restaurant labor expenses were 50 basis points lower than last year on a percentage of sales basis due to increased productivity and lower restaurant manager incentive compensation expense.

The discount chain earned $ 1.07 a share in the fiscal second quarter, slightly lower than last year's $ 1.08 a share.

Growth is quite low in Europe, even though it's slightly more positive than in the fourth quarter of last year.

The State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, finds that, three quarters of the way through the current fiscal year, tax collections are more than half a billion dollars lower that what was originally anticipated when the budget passed last April.

The state comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, finds that, three quarters of the way through the current fiscal year, tax collections are more than half a billion dollars lower that what was originally anticipated when the last budget passed last April.

Year - on - year output was still down 0.2 % and growth was still lower than the 0.4 % seen in the last quarter of 2009, giving cause for concern.

Less than a quarter of the Labour MPs that signed up to an early day motion expressing concern at the government's plans to reduce funding for equivalent or lower qualification (ELQ) degrees voted against the government in a Conservative - led motion last night.

Exact numbers for this year were not immediately available, but the rate was on track to be lower than the 12,495 stops in the last quarter of 2013.

«While Congressman Grimm has improved his fundraising from last quarter to this one, Recchia's second quarter was significantly lower than his first,» Prior said.

(AP)-- Barnes & Noble on Tuesday posted a larger second - quarter loss than last year and lowered its profit forecast for this quarter in anticipation of weak holiday sales and high costs of launching its electronic book...

Barnes & Noble has reported lower losses than last quarter and strong bookstore and digital content sales, but Nook revenue remains flat.

The company shipped 200,000 Xoom and Xyboard tablets in the last three months of 2011, which while better than its low point in summer was still lower than what it managed in the first two quarters of 2011.

Recent data out of ChangeWave Research indicates that the Kindle Fire is still idling at a much lower level of consumer interest than was the case in the fourth quarter of last year.

Just last week Apple reported that its iPad sales were 16.122 million, the eighth straight quarter that the company reported lower tablets sales than the year prior.

Money market fee waivers decreased in the quarter, and are lower so far this year than last.

The current quarter inflation experienced by Sysco is lower than the 8 % it experienced last quarter, and it is unlikely that high food inflation will stay high for a very long time.

According to the survey, the number of the nation's auto delinquency rate, those borrowers who failed to pay their loans for more than 59 days past their due dates have fallen to 0.36 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from this is 0.10 percent lower than the last survey in 2011.

Sony's quarterly financial results have most certainly made the company's quarter, with PlayStation 4 shipping 16 million consoles in in the 2017 fiscal year ending with 31 March 2018 and this result is just slightly lower than last year's.

More than three - quarters of the 50 offered lots sold and the $ 25,244,650 total of the sale slightly exceeded Sotheby's comparable sale last fall and was nicely above its pre-sale low estimate of about $ 22 million.

His position: • No evidence of increasing lake clarity as a result of secchi measurements since 1946 • The interplay of stratification and plankton productivity are not «straightforward» • Challenges O'Reilly's assumption on the correlation of wind and productivity - the highest production is on the end of the lake with the lowest winds • A strong caution using diatoms as the productivity proxy (it is one of two different lake modes) • No ability to link climate change to productivity changes • More productivity from river than allowed for in Nature Geopscience article • Externally derived nutrients control productivity for a quarter of the year • Strong indications of overfishing • No evidence of a climate and fishery production link • The current productivity of the lake is within the expected range • Doesn't challenge recent temp increase but cites temperature records do not show a temperature rise in the last century • Phytoplankton chlorophylla seems to have not materially changed from the 1970s to 1990s • Disputes O'Reilly's and Verbug's claims of increased warming and decreased productivity • Rejects Verburgs contention that changes in phytoplankton biomass (biovolume), in dissolved silica and in transparency support the idea of declining productivity.

To reduce the cost and lower emissions, Beijing's four main coal - fired plants have begun installing purification systems and consumed 2.6 million metric tonnes of coal during the first quarter of this year, 200,000 tonnes less than the same period last year.

The News - Press in Fort Myers reports that in the last five years, the 55 lowest - scoring nursing homes in the state for the last 14 of previous 18 quarters racked up more than 100 — or more — violations that threatened resident health and safety.

Even with lower profit than the last year results, Apple has sold 33.8 million units of iPhone which is higher than the sales figure of 26.9 million reported for the same quarter last year.

Rogers» retention deal is likely an attempt to keep departure numbers low after last quarter's churn rates were higher than expected due to a systems glitch that resulted in an estimated 35,000 deactivations.

Each of the lowest performing 15 markets posted less than a 1 percent gain over the last quarter.

Total unit sales for the first three months of the year are reported at 9.5 per cent lower than the same period last year, while new unit listings are at almost the same level as the first quarter of 2010.

Economic confidence is waning, even though the economy has expanded more than 3 percent over the last two quarters, with strong job gains and mortgage rates that remain historically low.

More than half (59 percent) of buyers listed low inventory as their top concern with buying now, consistent with last quarter's rate.

An interesting market trend to note is this is the first time in the last 5 years that the median home price for attached homes was lower at the end of the third quarter than they were at the end of the second quarter of the same year.