The drop in debt from one graduating class to the successive class was a 1.50
percent decrease year over year in terms of average student debt per borrower.
Chrysler resorts to rounding, saying this represents a 100 -
percent decrease year - to - year.
Google properties, like search and YouTube, saw paid clicks (how many times people clicked its ads) increase 8 percent quarter - over-quarter while cost - per - click, or how much it can charge for its ads, decreased 7 percent quarter - over-quarter (with a 59 percent increase and a 19
percent decrease year - over-year, respectively).
Not exact matches
In the first quarter of 2013, for example, U.S. venture capital firms raised $ 2.9 billion from 44 funds — a
decrease of 33
percent compared to the same quarter last
year, according to the NVCA and Thomson Reuters.
Ares Commercial Real Estate shares have
decreased 5
percent since the beginning of the
year.
We know that more than 90
percent of small business owners still believe that banks are a first stop for business financing, despite more than a 30 -
year history of banks
decreasing the amount of their loans going to small businesses.
However, in the last two
years, the practice has
decreased (falling down to just 30
percent of purchases in 2013) as businesses have found more effective ways to fight back.
Teledyne shares have
decreased roughly 1
percent since the beginning of the
year.
On Thursday, the NASDAQ fell 129 points to 4,054, a 3
percent decrease, and the biggest decline the tech - heavy index has had in three
years.
In 2012, the company reported a net loss of $ 80 million, a
decrease of nearly 40
percent from the prior
year.
For the full -
year 2013, it reported $ 6.7 million in net income on $ 137 million in revenue, a 55
percent decrease from 2011, when GrubHub reported $ 14.8 million in profits on $ 60 million of sales.
It realized a 26
percent decrease in burglaries in the period of about a
year after this data was refined for the department's specific purposes, the Annenberg Media Center reported in 2012.
(The marinas also had to contend with a 10
percent decrease in vacancy rates in the
year following Sandy, as some tenants whose boats were damaged during the storm did not return.)
MutualFirst Financial shares have
decreased roughly 4
percent since the beginning of the
year.
So it
decreased by almost 10
percent in eight
years.»
U.S. revenue totaled $ 440 million, a
year - over-
year decrease of 5
percent.
August pay
decreased 0.2
percent from July to bring us to a
year - to - date
decrease of 0.5
percent.
In the previous quarter, net sales
decreased 18.5
percent from a
year earlier on a 20
percent decline in UGG sales.
Here's a scary set of statistics: 78
percent of brand managers increased their output of content last
year, yet saw a
decrease in engagement of 60
percent.
Its Network Members» properties, which includes third - party sites, saw its impressions increase 5
percent quarter - over-quarter and its cost - per - impression
decrease 10
percent quarter - over-quarter (with a 0
percent increase and 18
percent increase
year - over-
year, respectively).
Smart & Final Stores shares have
decreased 38
percent since the beginning of the
year.
Inventories
decreased more than 6
percent during the period, while selling, general and administrative expenses also dropped from a
year earlier.
In the second quarter, the number of closed transactions
decreased more than 50
percent year - over-
year.
When asked about the expected impact that external - affairs issues will have on their companies» income in the next three to five
years, 42
percent of respondents believe their income will
decrease, 15
percent believe it will stay the same, 33
percent believe it will increase, and 11
percent say they don't know or it's not applicable.
The full 2014 - 2015
year report saw a 12
percent decrease for a total of 7,294 complaints.
Rogers followed with 9.6
percent and only 437 complaints, which is a dramatic 65
percent decrease in the number of complaints over the same period last
year.
The average contract interest rate for 30 -
year fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($ 424,100 or less)
decreased to 4.28
percent from 4.34
percent, with points increasing to 0.38 from 0.31 (including the origination fee) for 80
percent loan - to - value ratio loans.
Forty - eight
percent of respondents always or frequently deliver content consistently (e.g., on a defined, regularly scheduled basis) compared with 60 % last
year — a 20 %
year - over-
year decrease.
Brighthouse Financial shares have
decreased nearly 1
percent since the beginning of the
year.
Fifty - eight
percent of Australian content marketers surveyed always or frequently focus on creating content for their audience over their brands compared with 72 % last
year — a 19 %
year - over-
year decrease.
The average contract interest rate for 30 -
year, fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less
decreased to 4.33
percent from 4.46
percent, with points increasing to 0.43 from 0.41, including the origination fee, for 80
percent loan - to - value ratio loans.
BofA's efficiency ratio, which is how much a bank like BofA spends on overhead to do business,
decreased to 60
percent from 62
percent a
year earlier.
The average contract interest rate for 30 -
year fixed rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less increased to 4.23
percent from 4.20
percent, with points
decreasing to 0.32 from 0.37, including the origination fee, for 80
percent loan - to - value ratio loans.
Spending on commissions by its $ 21 billion Equity Dividend Fund increased by 39
percent from the 2014 to 2016 fiscal
years, but the fund's transaction activity more than doubled, meaning that its commission rate overall
decreased considerably.
This rate was 4.67
percent for the calendar
year ended December 31, 2012, and
decreased to 4.56
percent for the calendar
year ending December 31, 2013.
China's imports continued to contract last month, with a
year - on -
year decrease of 2.4
percent, to 158.6 billion U.S. dollars, the General Administration of Customs said in a statement.
Europe Segment Adjusted EBITDA
decreased 17.3
percent versus the
year - ago period to $ 177 million, reflecting lower pricing, a negative 3.7 percentage point impact from currency and an increase in marketing investments.
World supply
decreased 0.6
percent year - over-
year, or about 32.6 million ounces.
That's only a 2
percent decrease from the same quarter last
year, but a far cry from where it was seven
years ago.
The IMF expects air volume to
decrease 1
percent this
year.
HONG KONG, March 20 (Reuters)- Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp, a Chinese partner of Starbucks and PepsiCo, on Tuesday reported a 57
percent rise in annual net profit, ending four
years of declines thanks to
decreasing distribution costs and savings on advertising and promotion expenses.
Excluding items impacting comparability in the current
year, adjusted administrative expenses
decreased 1
percent.
Excluding items impacting comparability in the current
year, adjusted gross margin
decreased 2.2 percentage points to 35.2
percent.
Excluding significant items, adjusted 53 - week full -
year earnings per share
decreased 14
percent to $ 3.20 (which includes $ 0.10 related to the extra week) compared to $ 3.74 last
year, adjusted operating income
decreased 15
percent to $ 1.728 billion compared to $ 2.037 billion last
year and adjusted net income
decreased 16
percent to $ 919.5 million compared to $ 1.090 billion last
year.
Cost of goods sold (COGS) per hectoliter
decreased 2.5
percent for the
year and 2.8
percent for the quarter, driven by supply chain cost savings and lower commodity costs, partially offset by lower fixed - cost absorption due to lower volumes.
In the current -
year quarter, the tax rate
decreased from 42.9
percent to a negative 35.1
percent reflecting the one - time favorable net tax benefit recorded as part of the Act.
Excluding the benefit from the acquisition of Pacific Foods, sales of U.S. soup
decreased 7
percent driven by declines in ready - to - serve and condensed soups, while sales of broth were comparable to the prior
year.
Operating expenses for the
year were $ 72.2 billion, a
decrease of $ 4.7 billion, or 6.1
percent, compared to the prior
year, although this net reduction was largely attributable to changes in actuarially determined expenses outside of management's control.
Also, Adobe said that merchants spent 47
percent more on Google Shopping Ads
year - over-
year last quarter, meanwhile they
decreased spending on text - based ads by 6
percent during the same period.
Europe Segment Adjusted EBITDA
decreased 8.6
percent versus the
year - ago period to $ 202 million, including a negative 6.2 percentage point impact from currency.