Sentences with phrase «of a few cents on»

Now I was seeing a discrepancy of a few cents on each of my books.

Not exact matches

Macy's, one of the few big winners last holiday, said on Wednesday that its earnings per share rose 30 percent to 61 cents for the third quarter.

We'll put put specific numbers on that bluebird view by creating a simple model that involves moving a few decimal points: Let's say that FAANG Inc's share price is $ 24 (based on $ 24 trillion valuation) and that it earns 80 cents (that's the $ 80 billion, many decimal points to the left), so it's selling at the FAANGs combined PE of 30.

«The value of the Canadian dollar went up too much, too fast over the last few weeks,» Luc Vallée, chief strategist at Laurentian Bank Securities, said on July 17, when the exchange rate was around 78 U.S. cents.

The share price of mining junior Batavia Mining Ltd has more than doubled in the first few days of 2006 on a 140 per cent gold resource upgrade that could bring its Gullewa copper gold project in Western Australia back in production within a year.

In one of the few studies that has examined flextime's effect on company profits, last year, researchers from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and China's Renmin University studied the 35 per cent of Canadian firms with flextime policies.

But on spending, they're unwilling to go farther than they have so far, with measures to freeze civil service managers» pay, target a few Crown agency executive packages and find ill - defined savings worth 0.3 per cent of the current budget.

A few months ago, the French government decided to hold on to a 10.1 per cent in the Toulouse - Blagnac airport — denying a purchase by Casil, the Chinese consortium which already owns 49.9 per cent of the airport.

Our best estimate is that potential output will rise by an average of 1 1/2 per cent per year over the next few years — that is not very impressive relative to history.2 We are counting on gains in productivity to deliver fully two - thirds of that growth.

Gaurav Mendiratta, founder and CEO, SocioSquare, said, «Everyone is facing common problems of return on investment (ROI) from social ads, as well as their content reaching to only a few per cent of their followers / fans.

-- When changes in the composition of families are taken into account — including fewer adults per household as family sizes decrease — the real after - tax income of middle - class families increased 30 per cent from 1976 to 2010 — on par with other income groups, but still lower than the top earners

So, at the risk of ruffling a few feathers among the bitcoin enthusiasts and staunch supporters, I will put forth my two cents on why the latest rally in bitcoin is looking bubbly.

After the last update of «Byzantium» on the Ethereum network, the transaction processing fee of the gambling smart - contract has dropped to a few cents and now is less than 0.5 % of the minimum bet.

Either way, come September, for the first time, Australians can no longer watch Australia's One Day or Twenty20 Internationals played in Australia on free - to - air television — with that (effectively siphoned) privilege going to the fewer than 30 per cent of Australian households subscribed to pay television.

For examples to do with cryptocurrency, someone might develop an app that lets you put a couple dollars on it in the morning, and will then micro-loan it out throughout the day to make a few cents» profit, using a system of smart contracts.

Unit labour costs (based on compensation per hour worked) grew by 1.3 per cent in the June quarter to be 2.8 per cent higher over the year, which is around the average growth rate of the past few years.

Seldom do we realize that a drop of a few cents in the stock market in New York has drastic effects on the economy of major cities in the Third World.

Heisel reported a study comparing Japanese and American children's TV programs, whose results revealed that there were even few older characters on the Japanese shows: 4 per cent of all speaking roles, as compared to 9 per cent for the U.S..

Very few object to denominations speaking out on public issues, and most (80 per cent) agree with most of their own church body's positions in this field.

Seldom do we realise that a drop of a few cents in the stock market in New York has drastic effects on the economy of major cities in the Third World.

Treasury shares finished at $ 10.53, down slightly on Friday, after a big share price surge of 11 per cent on a buoyant set of results announced on August 18 as investors crunched their numbers on the $ 800 million inventory of luxury wines that will be steadily rolled out for sale over the next few years in the $ 20 a bottle and higher price point.

Coca - Cola Amatil was another company that had experienced better years, with the share price falling 17 per cent on top of the 17 per cent it fell the previous year, as consumers bought fewer carbonated soft drinks.

The acquisition follows a difficult few days for Dairy Crest, which saw its share value plummet by more than 6 per cent at the beginning of last week, after reports surfaced that it could lose out on a new contract to supply Morrisons, the UK's fourth largest multiple retailer, with fresh liquid milk to rival processor Robert Wiseman Dairies.

Late on Tuesday, after several years of negotiations, Domino's finally proposed a new agreement that paid workers a few cents higher than the award rate and introduced three - hour minimum shifts.

Up to 85 per cent of the 2500 infant formula brands competing in the lucrative China market could eventually be locked out under tough new regulations by authorities that came into force on January 1, with some Australian brands likely to be caught up in the global shake - out over the next few months.

But in the past few weeks the sector took a fresh round of hits when franchise group Aussie Farmers collapsed, RFG announced an $ 88 million loss and flagged up to 200 franchise - run stores would close, while pizza giant Domino's reported disappointing results on the back of franchisees complaining about a brutal business model, and Caltex announced it was ditching its franchise model days before a damning report was released by the workplace regulator that found 76 per cent of its franchised stores had payroll compliance breaches that included underpaying workers.

Britain may fail to meet its target of spending two per cent on defence, but there is a clear majority for the like - for - like replacement of Britain's nuclear deterrent: Conservative and Labour MPs will combine to marginalise their SNP, Lib Dems and Plaid opponents on an issue that's dominated the last few weeks.

The pair's speeches come a few days after Liz Kendall voiced support of free schools and pledged to meet the Nato target of spending 2 per cent of GDP on defence.

Looking specifically at people who moved over from Incapacity Benefit following an assessment, fewer than four per cent of people have found sustained work after two years on the Work Programme.

De Blasio was again late for a photo opportunity on Wednesday, this time for stop to remove graffiti from the side of a 99 cent store in Soundview, an event that mirrored a minor plot point on an episode of HBO's political satire «Veep» a few weeks earlier.

«It seems like you're spending a lot of time coming up with really different methodologies to count a few dollars and cents,» said Annaka Peterson, a program officer at Oxfam America who focuses on efforts by communities in developing countries to adapt to climate change.

A few days later, there were on average 90 per cent fewer metastatic tumours in this group than there were in untreated mice, and the average weights of original pancreatic tumours had decreased by 64 per cent.

Fewer bees mean that fewer plants can be pollinated, and around 70 per cent of all plants grown on the Yucatán Peninsula depend on pollinaFewer bees mean that fewer plants can be pollinated, and around 70 per cent of all plants grown on the Yucatán Peninsula depend on pollinafewer plants can be pollinated, and around 70 per cent of all plants grown on the Yucatán Peninsula depend on pollination.

IF THE force of gravity were a few per cent weaker, it would not squeeze and heat the centre of the sun enough to ignite the nuclear reactions that generate the sunlight necessary for life on Earth.

At two years, seven per cent of the children had an epilepsy diagnosis, however, far fewer, only two per cent, were on regular antiepileptic drugs.

«Assuming fewer than 10 per cent of Americans drive while high on April 20, our results suggest that drug use at 4/20 celebrations more than doubles the risk of a fatal crash,» said Redelmeier.

Intriguingly, those in more senior posts reported fewer late meetings: nearly 57 per cent of managers said their last meeting started on time.

There have been posited limits on what fraction of electricity can reliably come from variable renewables — that is photovoltaics and wind power, which vary according to the weather and the Earth's rotation and so on — and those limits used to be said to be a few per cent, five per cent, ten per cent, 15, 20, 25, 30 etc..

I make dinner, filter my water for the next day, write in my journal, make my golden milk, snuggle into my sleeping bag, put a handful (or 2 or 3) of chocolates on my stomach, I read my current «NY Times Best - Selling» paperback that I got at the thrifty for 25 cents, I brush my teeth and spit it out of my tent, I roll back over, thank the lord for another day, thank my body, mind, and heart for another day, kill a few bugs, and fall asleep.

Seven tips for successful online dating A recent study of the most popular profiles on dating sites showed 88 per cent are making eye Anecdotally, free online dating sites tend to attract a bit of a mixed bag, as there are fewer barriers.

But although the corny script leaves a lot to be desired, few action epics have looked so spectacular, with director Zhang Yimou making sure that every cent of the $ 150m budget can be seen on screen.

On average across OECD countries: around 11 per cent of students reported that they are frequently (at least a few times per month) made fun of, and in Australia this is 15 percent; 7 per cent reported that they are frequently left out of things and this is close to 13 per cent in Australia, and 8 per cent reported that they are frequently the object of nasty rumours in school.

However, most energy efficiency technologies have a payback time just a fraction of those for on - site renewables, in some cases only a few months, giving an ROI often well over 30 per cent.

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But only a few weeks later, Lotus's future was thrown into turmoil when the Malaysian Government sold its 42.7 per cent stake in Proton to a large Malaysian industrial conglomerate (DRB - Hicom), which then bought a further seven per cent of Proton's shares on the open market.

# 100k is more than the top end at the moment (the V8 Autobiography will probably cost you # 90k with a few toys) and a more than 50 per cent increase on the current starting price for the RR (well, until the Vogue was dropped in favour of the run - out Westminster models).

Likely to go on sale after a debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March, we're expecting the Vantage GT3 to be a limited run of, at most, a few hundred cars at prices you can expect to be at least 25 per cent up on the V12 Vantage's # 140,000 price tag.

Declaring that a few per cent less fuel consumption throughout an entire model range gives the public and society in general more than a significant improvement of fuel economy on just one niche model, BMW has stated that it will implement spray - guided direct injection on all its gasoline models in the future, as well as regenerative braking and stop / start functionality.

On a small scale, each ebook can generate anything from a few cents to hundreds of dollars over the course of its life span — until Amazon figures out that the book is a fraud.