The Gallup - Healthways Well - Being Index, released today, found that that 15.9 percent of U.S. adults currently do not have health insurance, down from 17.1
percent during the last quarter of 2013.
However, its mobile division has taken a beating with revenue going down nine
percent during the last quarter.
Not exact matches
But BlackBerry smartphones make up only 2.9
percent of the global smartphone market, down from 4.9
percent during the second
quarter last year, says Framingham, Mass. - based research firm IDC.
Sixty - three
percent are «hopeful» about their firms» financial future, and 52 % said they saw a slight or significant improvement
during the
last quarter.
But that result is actually a little bit better than what happened
during the fourth
quarter of
last year when the economy shrank 6.3
percent.
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Last week, The Washington Post Company reported $ 138.4 million in revenue during the second quarter for its newspaper publishing division, down 1 percent compared to the same period last y
Last week, The Washington Post Company reported $ 138.4 million in revenue
during the second
quarter for its newspaper publishing division, down 1
percent compared to the same period
last y
last year.
That number is an improvement on the 12 -
percent decline in subscription revenue AOL saw
during the second
quarter of
last year, which was the lowest rate of decline in five years, the company said.
Data from Real Capital Analytics (RCA) shows that acquisitions from HNWIs
during the first three
quarters of the year dropped 45
percent to $ 3.1 billion, compared to the same period
last year.
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.
Other data
last week showed that while U.S. economic growth slowed to an annualized rate of 2.3
percent in the first
quarter, wages and salaries shot up 0.9
percent during the same period.
A report released
last month from the U.S. Department of Commerce shows that e-commerce sales rose 4.8
percent during the second
quarter to $ 111.5 billion compared with the second
quarter of 2016.
During a
quarter featuring historic market sell - offs and major breaking business news such as a government shutdown and tariff negotiations, FBN saw its Business Day audience grow 13
percent over
last year.
BMW, for one, recently has been pushing its certified used - car program and has seen sales rise 20
percent during the first
quarter compared with
last year.
Earlier in the week, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said
during Apple's Q3 earnings call, «Today 86
percent of the Fortune 500 are deploying or testing iPad within their enterprises, up from 75
percent last quarter.
With the help of those cheaper devices, Amazon's tablet sales shot up 52
percent last quarter from a year earlier,
during a time when tablet sales were down overall worldwide, according to researcher IDC.
Android tablet sales spiked to an estimated 39
percent of the tablet market
last quarter, but by some measures, the Kindle Fire accounts for 40
percent of all Android tablets sold
during that time frame.
Despite the revenue drop, the Nook business saw an improvement in its earnings, jumping 67.5
percent from a loss of $ 190.4 million in
last year's third fiscal
quarter to a loss of $ 61.8 million
during its most recent period.
During the
quarter, it says it «grew its user base by 2.5 million readers, bringing its total registered users to 14.5 million, with 15
percent of its new user base coming from the U.S.» That
last point is important, as it suggests the Toronto - based Kobo is making some progress in cutting into a U.S. e-reader market dominated by Amazon (s AMZN) and, in a distant second place, Nook (s BKS).
Student loan debt may be preventing borrowers from buying a home, starting a family, and s aving for re tireme nt, but for Discover Financial Services, its helping it boost earnings and revenue.Late
last week, Discover Financial Services reported a 13
percent jump in net income
during the fourth
quarter and a 4
percent rise in revenue.
Late
last week, Discover Financial Services reported a 13
percent jump in net income
during the fourth
quarter and a 4
percent rise in revenue.
Unfortunately, the 10
percent rate only applies in the first year
during the
last quarter.
«In 2013, we had a moderate to severe bleaching event that came out of nowhere and
lasted for three months, and we lost a
quarter of the coral that was impacted from the 80
percent of the coral species that bleached,» Burdick told Truthout
during a recent interview on Guam.
Furthermore, our data shows that year - over-year spending in these apps
during the fourth
quarter of
last year grew nearly 88
percent to approximately $ 242 million, up from an estimated $ 129 million in 4Q16.
One other closely watched metric is iPad sales, which were down 16
percent from the 19.5 million the company sold
during the same
quarter last year.
According to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data, the top 10 grossing adult coloring book apps from Q1 2016 on the U.S. App Store grew their combined revenue by 64
percent year - over-year
last quarter, doubling the 32
percent revenue growth of all iOS apps
during the same period.
Tim Arcuri, an analyst with Cowen, told The Wall Street Journal that his estimates show Apple sold 24 million iPhone 7 Plus devices
last quarter — a 55
percent increase from the 15.5 million iPhone 6s Plus handsets it sold
during the same three - month period
last year.
Counterpoint Research estimates that shipments of feature phones declined by 16
percent in the
last quarter, while smartphone numbers jumped 68
percent during the same period.
He further explains that the iPhone X's strong performance means that the super-premium segment of the smartphone market, meaning handsets that cost more than $ 800, has seen tremendous growth to make up 25
percent of the total smartphone sales in the United States
during the
last quarter of the year.
The new iPhone models, including the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X, captured about 61
percent of the total U.S. mobile phone market
during the fourth
quarter, which is less than the
last major iPhone release, according to data Consumer Intelligence Research Partners released
last week.
Despite the swagger with which Panos Panay unveiled the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL at the company's Windows 10 Mobile event
last October, Microsoft hasn't seen sales of its smartphones increase; in fact, Lumia sales actually declined by 57
percent year - over-year
during the company's most recent
quarter.
The state expects a slow recovery from the recession in spite of experiencing 3.4
percent growth
during the
last quarter of 2011.
Hospital and health system combinations outside of REIT sector have already increased to 27 deals in the first
quarter, an 8.0
percent increase over 25 transactions
during the same period
last year, according to a rundown from Kaufman, Hall & Associates, a transaction advisory services firm based in Skokie, Ill..
And industrial properties appear to be on investors» hold list, with 1.2
percent fewer properties on the market than
during the
last quarter.
Port Washington, N.Y. - based Cedar reported flat FFO growth in the third
quarter at $ 0.31 per share compared to
last year and its same - store NOI decreased 1.4
percent during the
quarter.
The markets with the strongest rent growth
during the most recent
quarter also include many of the same names from
last quarter, such as San Francisco (+1.3
percent), Dallas (+1.0
percent), San Jose (+0.9
percent), Seattle (+0.9
percent) and New York (+0.7
percent).
General Growth's same store NOI for the first
quarter of 2007 was only 0.5
percent compared to 8.5
percent in the first
quarter of 2006, due to lease termination fees carried over from
last year, but its occupancy rate, at 92.9
percent, was 1.8
percent higher
during the same period
last year and its sales per square foot increased more than 3
percent since the first
quarter of 2006 to $ 458.
Data from Real Capital Analytics (RCA) shows that acquisitions from HNWIs
during the first three
quarters of the year dropped 45
percent to $ 3.1 billion, compared to the same period
last year.
NOI from Chicago - based General Growth's consolidated properties grew 3.3
percent during the
quarter and sales per square foot climbed 2.2
percent, to $ 458 from $ 448 in the same period
last year.
Meanwhile, Macerich, a Santa Monica, Calif. - based REIT with a 77 - million - square - foot portfolio, posted FFO of $ 1.04 per share for the second
quarter, up 8.2
percent from the $ 0.96 reported
during the
quarter last year.
The
last time the rate was lower was
during the second
quarter of 1994, when the rate was 63.8
percent.
During the first
quarter of 2017, there were 1,532 home sales, 13.4
percent above
last year's result for the same period and 30
percent above the previous 5 ‐ year quarterly average.
Overall, same - store sales
during the
quarter declined 0.8
percent — an improvement over the 1.3
percent decline registered
during the same period
last year.
But the moves fell short
last quarter, with revenue dropping 1.4
percent and trailing analysts» estimates, hurt by softness in apparel sales
during the back - to - school shopping season.
The rental vacancy rate held steady at 8.6
percent during the third
quarter, tying
last quarter's mark as the lowest reading on the rental vacancy rate since mid-2002.
The peak market share of the
last two decades for townhouse construction was set
during the first
quarter of 2008, when it reached 14.6
percent.
«Any deterioration in loan performance
during the fourth
quarter is still well below the 10 - 15
percent levels of non-performing loans that the industry experienced
during the
last downturn 6 - 7 years ago,» said Lawrence J. Horan, Ph.D., financial research and analysis director for NIC.