Sentences with phrase «points a year versus»

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U.S. two - year Treasury yields reached 2.453 percent on Friday, the highest level since September 2008 as the two - year's spread versus two - year German Bunds grew to 302 basis points, the widest in more than three decades.

Season to date, World News is up versus the same point last year in both total viewers and adults 25 - 54, delivering its most - watched season in five years and best news demo number in three years.

One favorite data point is that in 1996 there were three Chinese companies on the Fortune Global 500 list, versus 61 on this year's list.

Data from China's National Bureau of Statistics showed the consumer price index rose 3.2 percent in February from a year ago, versus expectations of a 3.0 percent rise, while annual industrial production (IP) growth in January and February combined at 9.9 percent was the lowest since October 2012 - the starting point of China's nascent economic recovery.

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.

Europe net sales were $ 553 million, down 11.7 percent versus pro forma net sales for the year - ago period, primarily due to a negative 4.1 percentage point impact from divestitures and a negative 3.9 percentage point impact from currency.

Rest of World net sales were $ 798 million, down 15.6 percent versus pro forma net sales for the year - ago period, due to a negative 26.0 percentage point impact from currency, including a negative 17.0 percentage point impact from the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar in June 2015.

Canada Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 33.6 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 151 million, despite a negative 14.2 percentage point impact from currency.

Adjusted EBITDA increased 21.3 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 2.0 billion, despite a negative 6.0 percentage point impact from currency, primarily due to gains from cost savings initiatives (4) and favorable pricing net of commodity costs.

The Swedish Krona has fallen to fresh 9 - year low versus the Dollar, down almost one percentage point, after the Riksbank Governor said the central bank was not out of tools to raise inflation.

Rest of World net sales were $ 851 million, increasing 1.6 percent versus the year - ago period, despite an unfavorable currency impact of 1.4 percentage points.

Pricing declined 0.9 percentage points, primarily due to changes in promotional spending levels versus the prior year in Italy, the UK and Russia.

Volume / mix increased 0.8 percentage points driven by strong consumption gains in condiments and sauces and gains in foodservice that were partially offset by shipment timing versus the prior year period as well as ongoing consumption weakness in Italy.

Adjusted EBITDA increased 4.0 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 2.0 billion, including a favorable 0.8 percentage point impact from currency.

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.

Pricing decreased 3.7 percentage points primarily due to an increased level of promotional activity versus the prior year.

Canada net sales were $ 591 million, down 4.1 percent versus the year - ago period, including a favorable 4.5 percentage point impact from currency.

Europe net sales were $ 595 million, down 4.9 percent versus the year - ago period, including a negative 4.1 percentage point impact from currency.

Net sales were $ 6.9 billion, up 0.3 percent versus the year - ago period, including a 0.9 percentage point benefit from currency.

Europe Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 7.4 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 203 million, including a positive 8.0 percentage point impact from currency.

Adjusted EBITDA increased 0.7 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 2.1 billion, despite an unfavorable 1.2 percentage point impact from currency.

Net sales were $ 6.7 billion, down 1.7 percent versus the year - ago period, including an unfavorable 0.8 percentage point impact from currency.

Canada Segment Adjusted EBITDA decreased 1.2 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 189 million, including an unfavorable 3.5 percentage point impact from currency.

Canada net sales were $ 597 million, down 6.4 percent versus the year - ago period, including a negative 3.3 percentage point impact from currency.

Europe net sales were $ 656 million, up 9.3 percent versus the year - ago period, including an 8.4 percentage point benefit from currency.

Rest of World net sales were $ 843 million, a 5.2 percent increase versus the year - ago period, despite a negative 1.8 percentage point impact from currency.

Rest of World Segment Adjusted EBITDA decreased 11.6 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 180 million, including an unfavorable 3.0 percentage point impact from currency.

Canada Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 7.1 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 162 million, including a favorable 5.2 percentage point impact from currency.

Each year I put the new chart in a plastic sleeve and when clients came into my office for a portfolio review, I would carefully point out the dramatic differences in performance between this consumer staples stock versus many of the cyclicals on the list, particularly Big Blue.

That's — we didn't sell much in last year because we had way too much Session and were — we expect that to be well in EMEA, in particular, where we see — as Nick had mentioned in his remarks, we see more competition at the lower end of the price point range versus the upper end.

German 10 - year bunds, the German benchmark, fell nearly 7 basis points in yield on the news, to 0.41 %, while the euro gave ground versus major currencies.

Case in point: given the 18 percent decline in the value of the euro versus the dollar during the past year, a domestic producer would need to reduce costs significantly to remain competitive with a European counterpart, all else being equal.

Louis Kuijs, an economist at RBS in Hong Kong, points out that industrial production grew 9.7 % on - year in December versus 10.3 % in October.

A better analogy would be: Using a map that has been used successfully for 2000 years to get from point A to point B versus, using a brand new map that was written by a group of geographers last year, but has not been fully tested.

«Using a map that has been used successfully for 2000 years to get from point A to point B versus, using a brand new map that was written by a group of geographers last year, but has not been fully tested.»

Supply chain technology has advanced to a point where companies can now get their own global operating platforms via the cloud versus having to spend countless millions of dollars and years of implementation time to get a handle on what's happening across their value chains.

The Blues have been dominant this season, and after the 3 - 1 win against Leicester City on Wednesday night, another three points on Sunday versus Crystal Palace would see the Premier League trophy return to Stamford Bridge for the first time in five years.

They have won three of the last four versus the Bayou Bengals, with the only loss coming by just three points in Baton Rouge two years ago.

However, Washington is 5 -0-1 at home versus New Jersey since the start of the 2015 calendar year; the Capitals last failed to earn a point in a home game versus the Devils in November 2014.

It would be very interesting to compare breastmilk versus formula costs for one year (at which point you can wean off either).

The NBC / WSJ poll also shows Democrats with the intensity advantage, with 59 percent of Democratic voters saying they have a high level of interest in next year's elections (registering either a 9 or 10 on a 10 - point scale), versus 49 percent of Republican voters saying the same thing.

In holding true to its claim of being the 1st definitive guide of its kind, Seeking Arrangement packs in 4 appendixes, including «Prostitution versus Arrangements», a pointed rebuke of harlotry allegations, and «Diary of a Sugar Baby», which chronicles the real experiences of a member who became a sugar baby after 8 years of post-divorce dating trauma.

Erik Kass, the district's assistant superintendent for business services, pointed out that teachers would have a longer school day and year in Madison Prep than in a regular district school — 8.75 hours a day for 227 days versus 7.5 hours a day for 192 days.

In total, 67 per cent of disadvantaged pupils achieved at least level 4 in all of reading, writing and mathematics, versus 83 per cent for other pupils — a one percentage point gap reduction over last year.

And in closing the white - black achievement gap, the comparison is more pronounced — with fourth graders the gap narrowed by 6 points in math and 10 points in reading during 2000 - 2009 versus no change in the reading gap over the past four years and a one point widening of the gap in math.

Year - to - date sales now total 23,483 vehicles versus 6999 vehicles at the same point in 2013, a gain of 235.5 percent.

GM's first quarter sales results versus a year ago underscore the company's momentum: Retail deliveries were up 7 percent, with cars up 14 percent and trucks up 8 percent; total sales were equal to a year ago Retail market share was up a full percentage point Commercial deliveries were up 9 percent and have increased year over year for 29 consecutive months Sales to Government customers were up 23 percent Daily rental sales were down approximately 43,000 units year over year, or about 36 percent Chevrolet has been the main engine of growth.

This, versus the more experienced publisher who pointed out that he only ordered what he needed because he knew it would take him two years to sell 500 books.

Based on my experience from working for a Sprint dealer, one of the most popular reasons people were choosing Android phones versus WebOS at this point last year was the varitey of apps on the respective marketplaces.

If you are also looking for price appreciation, Stovall also offers up this tidbit: «With the S&P 500 now yielding 2.0 % versus 2.2 % for the 10 - year Treasury, history reminds us that since 1953 whenever the yield on the S&P 500 was within one percentage point of the 10 - year yield, the «500» gained an average of 11 % in price in the subsequent 12 months and was higher about 80 % of the time.»