Sentences with phrase «quarter of the first year»

The little amount of food they do consume in the last quarter of that first year provides more than just iron.

If within the first quarter of the first year we are already borrowing up to half of our GDP.

The card then doubles all the cash back that you earn in the first year, so, essentially — you earn 10 percent cash back on Amazon purchases for a quarter of the first year.

During Spring quarter of the first year of residency, graduate students are reviewed by the full faculty through open studio visits, group exhibition and / or presentations (which are augmented by written statements) and a vote is taken regarding advancement to the second year of study.

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Netbacks, profit after subtracting transport and other expenses, averaged C$ 16.80 per barrel of oil equivalent in the first quarter, compared with C$ 21.25 a year earlier.

Even after more than 20 years in business, the world's biggest streaming video service experienced some of its fastest growth ever in the first quarter, helping to give its stock a big lift.

Aetna's net income was $ 1.21 billion, or $ 3.67 per share, in the first quarter ended March 31, compared with a loss of $ 381 million, or $ 1.11 per share, a year earlier that was related to costs for its failed deal to buy Humana.

«Despite the temporary pullback in production in the first quarter, we still expect our oil sands volumes for the year to be within our original guidance of 364,000 to 382,000 barrels per day,» he told a conference call with analysts.

MILAN — Carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles reported Thursday a 60 percent rise in net profit for the first quarter of the year as sales improved, particularly in the Americas, and demand rose globally for its Jeeps.

Technology sector results so far at least from the likes of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Samsung and SAP have broadly beaten forecasts for the first quarter, and overall aggregate U.S. earnings growth is tracking seven - year highs of almost 25 percent.

The social networking giant said Wednesday that first quarter revenue jumped 49 % year - over-year to $ 12 billion versus an expected $ 11.4 billion and earnings per share of $ 1.69, easily beating analyst estimates of $ 1.35.

Union Pacific's freight revenues actually fell 1 % in the first quarter compared with the first three months of 2014, the first such decline in six years.

Mobile payment accounted for approximately 56 % of Company sales in the first quarter of 2018, as compared to 31 % in the prior year period.

«Arkema has made a very strong start to the year, with a 33 % year on year increase in adjusted net income despite a high basis of comparison in first quarter 2017 and the very strong appreciation of the euro.

Sales rose 7.9 percent to $ 3.45 billion in the first quarter from a year earlier, slightly above the average analyst estimate of $ 3.34 billion, with aluminum prices accounting for $ 109 million or about 40 percent of the increase.

Worldwide demand for gold totaled 973.5 tons in the first quarter of the year, according to the Council's latest report, down 7 percent year - on - year.

REBIT margin, which corresponds to recurring operating income as a percentage of sales, rose to 12.8 % in first - quarter 2018 compared to 11.3 % in the corresponding prior - year period.

Services revenue increased only 18 % from a year earlier in the just completed quarter, the first of Apple's 2017 fiscal year.

Total upstream production came in at 689,400 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the first quarter, compared to 725,100 boe / d in the prior year quarter, as oilsands output fell to 404,800 barrels per day from 448,500 bpd.

Barrick is in a stronger position now to focus on growth opportunities following two credit upgrades from rating agencies in the first quarter of the year.

While hiring was down by 0.1 percent in March, the survey found that nearly 9 in 10, or 87 percent of small businesses, expect the first quarter to be the same or better than a year ago.

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.

Delivery contributed to 16 % of Company sales in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 3 percentage points year over year.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at the end of the first quarter of 2015, real hourly compensation was up 1.8 % over the previous year and jumped at an annualized rate of 5.5 % compared to the last quarter of 2014.

The drop isn't devastating, but it is significant: while fitness tracker sales slumped 7 % in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same timeframe one year ago, smartwatches boomed by 25 %, the vast majority of which were Apple Watches.

«First - quarter and fiscal year 2018 earnings are attainable in our view, reflecting improved sell - through of new products and a commitment to cost reduction,» Trussell wrote in a note to clients Monday.

PARIS, May 3 - Thriving demand in China boosted sales at Birkin bag marker Hermes in the first quarter, underscoring an upbeat start to the year for some of the luxury sector's biggest names.

Spotify reported first - quarter revenue of 1.139 billion euros ($ 1.36 billion), up 26 percent from a year earlier, or 37 percent excluding currency effects.

Blackstone said on Thursday first - quarter earnings per share fell 20 percent year - on - year, as a stock market slump weighed on the value of its holdings.

Unilever reported first - quarter sales figures that met expectations, helped mainly by increases in the volume of products sold, and maintained its full - year outlook.

That might sound like a lot of companies getting funded, but in terms of the number of deals it's actually quite a steep drop — 19 percent from a year earlier — and the lowest number since the first quarter of 2012.

First quarter net income of $ 669 million and core income of $ 678 million, up 8 % and 10 %, respectively, from the prior year quarter, which includes $ 354 million pre-tax ($ 280 million after - tax) of catastrophe losses.

U.S. market volatility picked up dramatically in the first quarter of the year.

The space industry started the first quarter of this year the way it ended the last — with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of private funding flowing into commercial space companies.

The company has announced that it will buy 5 % of its outstanding shares for $ 2 billion in the first quarter of this year.

Tesla had aimed to make 2,500 Model 3s per week by the end of the first quarter this year.

The company's iPhone, which makes up the biggest chunk of its revenue, saw its first year - over-year revenue decline ever in Apple's last - reported fiscal quarter ended March 26, investors are deeply concerned about the iPad's future, and even Macs saw sales slip last quarter.

S. dollar put spread - Price charts indicate downside risks to cable in the first quarter of next year.

With an expected launch in the first quarter of this year, you may have to rain check the gift.

It expects to complete its first investment by the fourth quarter of this year.

«We do think that in the first quarter of next year, this could potentially be a stumbling block, because there's very high unemployment, the Five Star Movement is neck - and - neck with the democratic party so there's nothing to suggest that the political risk in Italy has abated,» Nossek said.

Ford is expecting commodity costs will be a $ 1.5 billion headwind this year, with about $ 500 million of that coming in the first quarter, Shanks said.

The company sold 21.4 million iPads in the first quarter and even that represented a year - over-year decline of 18 %.

UBS said Friday its net income rose 79 percent in the first quarter of this year.

Sales in central London have tanked 41 percent in the first quarter of this year to just 3406 sales compared with the previous year, data from real estate investment adviser London Central Portfolio showed Monday.

During the first two quarters of the year, earnings surged 15.5 percent and 10.8 percent, respectively.

Dong says the company is «absolutely on track» to hit its goal, particularly invigorated by a 25 % surge year over year in Nike's overall China market in the first three quarters of 2016.

It was a record for the second quarter of the year, as the summer months are usually slow for Netflix, and the company even bucked normal seasonality trends by posting sequential growth over the first quarter.

In the first quarter of last year, the average Netflix subscriber watched 161 hours of programming, Barclays says.

In the U.K., data showed an increase of 2.1 percent in wages in the first quarter of the year, but real wage growth turned negative.