Sentences with phrase «more substantial decline»

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A decline in advertising demand at USA TODAY was offset partially by an increase in national advertising at Newsquest... At USA TODAY, a substantial increase in technology advertising spending, the largest category in the quarter, was more than offset by declines in the entertainment, automotive and financial categories.»

«Locally», the Fund is likely to appear about 60 - 70 % hedged, but less than that on substantial advances, and more than that on substantial declines.

Medium - term expectations recorded in the NAB Survey show some substantial declines in expected inflation have occurred during the past year, but more than half the respondents still expect inflation to be in the 3 to 4 per cent range.

Nigeria's economy, despite its substantial oil production (it is the fourth - leading supplier of oil to the U.S.), declined precipitously in the 1980s: at the beginning of that decade a naira was worth more than a dollar, while today's going rate values the naira at less than a dime.

Studies show that household income for women and children is more likely to drop below the poverty level immediately following a divorce, 13 declining by as much as 50 percent and causing substantial reductions in earnings capability and long - term wealth.14 Compared with children in intact families, children of divorced parents:

This was less to do with any decline in union generosity, and more to do with Labour's ability to raise substantial income from other sources.

«The substantial decline in the prevalence of serious bacterial infection, following the introduction of conjugate vaccines, has made clinical decision making more difficult — the needle has become much smaller, and the haystack much larger, particularly in young infants.

Vitamin E showed substantial effectiveness while the drug offered no benefit and actually led to more aggressive decline even when compared to the placebo.

As an existential emblem it's substantial, but the film's static takes steadily decline from this level of suggestive, uncertain terms to more literal gestures of class divide and reunification.

Among the more - educated, the decline, though smaller, is still a substantial 16 points — from 63 % to 47 %.

The declining cost and easy availability of substantial computing power may enable us finally to unlock the black box of the classroom, giving scholars and teachers much more insight into what is and isn't working.

Morty Schaja, president of River Park Funds, notes that «We are going to have meltdowns in the future, but it is unlikely that they will play out the same way as it did 2008... a market decline that is substantial but lasts a long time, would play better for Gargoyle that sells 1 - 2 % option premium and therefore has that as a cushion every month as compared to a sudden drop in one quarter where they are more exposed.

However, I would note the more recent revival of mercantilism & a new willingness of many countries to diversify into real assets (rather than currencies / bonds)-- this could pose a new and more substantial / elevated risk of decline for the dollar as a reserve currency (vs. the historical example of sterling).

Overall, CPL's a miraculous story of survival while the Celtic Tiger was being slaughtered... Of course, management owns a substantial stake — this really makes all the difference when things go wrong, as protecting & growing the ultimate value of the business is far more important to them than the value of their pay packages.The company did suffer two years of decline (2009 - 10), but revenues have come surging back ever since, and in 2012 they surpassed prior (2008) peak revenues.

Just in case you needed more reasons to be concerned about the stability of the Middle East, new research using data from NASA's gravity - sensing Grace satellites shows a substantial decline in the volume of groundwater reserves in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins.

Increased efficiency is achieved by means of a longer trading period (8 years instead of 5 years), a robust and annually declining emissions cap (21 % reduction in 2020 compared to 2005) and a substantial increase in the amount of auctioning (from less than 4 % in phase 2 to more than half in phase 3).

Regardless of start date substantial declines are evident in the long terms series, more than 30 years, from 1980 - present there is not a decline.

By contrast, in mid - to high latitudes on all continents, substantial shifts in forest structure toward more rain - green, summer - green or deciduous rather than evergreen forest, and forest and woodland decline, underlie the overall drop in global terrestrial carbon sequestration potential that occurs post-2030, and approaches a net source by about 2070 (Figure 4.2; 4.3).

Despite the unemployment rate dropping to 8.2 percent, the lowest rate in more than three years, it is not indicative of improving labor market conditions, as the rate was driven by a substantial decline in the labor force.

Rent growth in Chicago has been relatively stable over the past year - some other large cities have seen more substantial increases; in contrast, rents in a few cities have actually declined.