Sentences with phrase «per cent drops»

IBT Education has reported a five per cent drop in net profit to $ 14.1 million for the half - year to December 2005 but has forecast strong profit growth in the current six - month period.

Likewise, the government anticipates no change in home prices compared to a 5.3 per cent drop.

Resources giant Rio Tinto has reported a 34 per cent drop in its underlying first half profit to $ US5.2 billion ($ A4.9 billion), with lower prices for iron ore and other commodities the main reason fo

That was partly offset by a 1.1 per cent decline in Videotron's cable revenue and a 7.6 per cent drop in home - phone revenue, he wrote.

That marks a 4.4 per cent drop from roughly $ 10.46 billion in the first quarter of 2017.

TD, the last of the big banks to report its results, said Thursday it earned $ 2.353 billion for the period ended Jan. 31, marking a seven per cent drop from the same period in 2017.

That was down on budgeted revenue of $ 32.2 million and largely a consequence of an 8 per cent drop in levies paid from residential construction.

Add to this the 7.7 per cent drop in Canada's terms of trade since 2014Q1, and you have a story in which much of the problem is being generated by a negative productivity shock.

Homes priced above $ 1 million in Hamilton - Burlington saw a 55 per cent drop to 59 homes sold at the start of the year from 133 in 2017.

New sales listings totalled 14,866, representing a 12.4 per cent drop from last March, which helped to keep the market balanced between supply and demand.

Thursday's move prompted a painful 8.7 per cent drop in Switzerland's stock market as investors took fright at the worsening outlook for Switzerland's traditional exporters, such as those selling chocolate or ski holidays.

Given the certainty that revisions will always be made, it might even be worth questioning the wisdom in Statistics Canada publishing marginal declines in GDP unless it is absolutely certain the data is flawless: a 0.1 per cent drop in GDP receives a 100 times the attention that zero growth does (and 1,000 times more during election campaign), so the agency needs to be several times more certain that the economy really did shrink.

Suncorp Group has reported a 15.83 per cent drop in half - yearly net profit after taking a hit from the Victorian hail storms and ploughing money into strategic programs.

Earlier this month, Sharon McCollam, chief financial officer of U.S. parent Best Buy, told analysts that fourth - quarter sales in its international division dropped 12.4 per cent because of currency changes as well as a 4 per cent drop in same - store sales in Canada.

The Star reports Tuesday that BlackBerry has cut its smartphone production by another 10 per cent on top of a 50 per cent drop in June that lowered output to one million units a month.

While we remained in eighth place globally, that 46 per cent drop in investment puts us significantly out of step with our peers.

A correction is generally considered a 10 per cent drop from its peak.

Casino giant Crown Resorts has reported a 9.1 per cent fall in «normalised» net profit to $ 191.3 million, pulled down by a 45.3 per cent drop in Australian VIP revenue following the arrest of 18 Crown staff by Chinese officials late last year.

Government spending shrank an annual rate of 0.9 per cent in the second quarter, much worse than the 0.4 per cent drop initially estimated.

The report forecasts a 0.5 per cent drop in Vancouver resale condo prices this year, to $ 364,593.

A 10 per cent down payment goes underwater with anything more than a 10 per cent drop in prices.

Even a half point rise in rates, which have been edging up incrementally the last few weeks, could translate into a 9 per cent slump in sales and a 2.6 per cent drop in prices by 2015, compared to where the market stood in 2012, notes economist Will Dunning in a rates - impact assessment released Wednesday.

[4] The # 246 million spent had, it was claimed, reduced the number of 15 - to 17 - year - old girls getting pregnant to four in every 100 in 2008, a 13 per cent drop from 1998.

Lion reported a 13 per cent drop in operating profit to $ 334.7 million for the six months ended March 31 after losing the rights to sell the imported beer brand Corona a year ago.

For Premier Investments, which now generates about 20 per cent of revenues in the UK through Smiggle, Citigroup estimates that the 10 per cent drop in the pound, if maintained, could reduce earnings per share by 1.3 per cent and dampen Smiggle's growth prospects.

«A 10 per cent drop in sales at Homebase would have large consequences on the business and could lead to 1.6 per cent drop in group EBIT,» said Mr Woolford.

The storm confronting Keely and his family feels like it has reached gale - force levels: as farmers struggle with the fall - out of an unprecedented, late - in - the - season 15 per cent drop in the milk price and demand politicians deliver an industry fighting fund, the largest processor and price - setter Murray Goulburn was hit with a class action and an Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation.

Widespread adoption of a vegetarian diet could result in 63 per cent drop in greenhouse gases as population grows

Subdued dairy prices have been blamed for a 13 per cent drop in revenue generated for the Waikato regional economy by this year's Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

But Australia was in the same boat as other major wine exporters, with France also suffering a substantial downturn in exports to China of 12 per cent by volume, compared with Australia's 6 per cent drop in volume.

The A2 Company, now owned largely by Australian interests is listed in New Zealand has had a 7 per cent drop in share price in the past 12 months.

Environment secretary David Miliband said the 0.1 per cent drop over the year meant Britain was now emitting 15.3 per cent fewer emissions than in 1990, which is already in excess of the Kyoto protocol target of 12.5 per cent by 2012.

Findings include a six per cent drop in overall care from 82 % in 2011 to 88 % in 2012.

Apparently a select committee once asked Brown what a bust is, and he said it was a 1.5 per cent drop in GDP.

It was a six per cent drop since last month.

And provisional NHS figures for hospital admissions show a 32 per cent drop in admissions for assault with a sharp object for victims aged 19 or under.

She blamed it on the decline in oil revenue, which she said accounted for a 50 per cent drop in total federally collectible revenue as well as low revenue receipts from non-oil sources.

Osinbajo stated, «One of the important things that, perhaps, we need to bear in mind today is that despite 60 per cent drop in revenue, the Federal Government of Nigeria invested in 2016 N1.3 tn in infrastructure, in capital projects, the highest ever in the history of the country.

The number of infected ticks found in the vaccine treated plots decreased with time; the plot treated for 5 years saw a 76 per cent drop.

However, the team also noticed an 82 per cent drop in dead hedgehog numbers between 1994 and 2005 (New Zealand Journal of Zoology, vol 36, p 123).

«We saw a 50 per cent drop in damage to the engineered plants, compared with the controls.

When fresh air was passed into the chamber, the researchers observed a 3 per cent drop in cilia beating frequency relative to the baseline value.

It is thought to be responsible for a 12 per cent drop in the population of one group of Mexican lizards since 1975, and a 75 per cent decline in reptiles and amphibians in Costa Rica's native forests since 1970.

After engaging in face - to - face sessions with a partner in addition to compassion or perspective - based meditation, however, volunteers showed up to a 51 per cent drop in cortisol levels compared with controls.

The number of infected ticks found in the vaccine - treated plots decreased with time; the plot treated for 5 years saw a 76 per cent drop.

And in early June, the House Committee on Appropriations cut $ 670 million from NASA's budget for exploration, which provides funds for Constellation, a 17 per cent drop from the White House request of $ 3.96 billion.

According to researched published by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, a multiple - set bout of resistance training caused a 25 to 45 per cent drop in muscle glycogen, and a 30 - second sprint resulted in a 27 per cent drop.

A two - week schedule of four to six 30 - second sprints divided by four - minute rests was linked to reduced blood glucose (15 per cent) and insulin (40 per cent), and correlated with a 25 per cent drop in insulin resistance.

According to research published by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, a multiple - set bout of resistance training exercise caused a 25 to 45 per cent drop in muscle glycogen, and a single 30 - second sprint resulted in a 27 per cent drop.

What was conveniently left out of the story is that this sudden drop in the number of synthetic hormone prescriptions in 2003 was accompanied by a nine per cent drop in breast cancer rates as reported in the New England Journal of Medicine by Dr. Ravdin.