Sentences with phrase «quarter on a positive note»

Thus far, Arcam has delivered mixed results in 2014, but finished its third quarter on a positive note.

U.S. stocks rebounded sharply on Thursday, capping off a turbulent quarter on a positive note as tech shares emerged from their protracted slump.

Not exact matches

On the economy, I've noted in recent updates that most recessions include one (and occasionally two) positive quarters of GDP growth, so the latest GDP reading was no surprise, and is not prima facie evidence that the recession is over.

Although the year ended on a sour note, the fourth quarter as a whole was solidly positive.

The third quarter of 2016 ended on a much more positive note than it started.

On a more positive note: The maps are huge and unique in geography, the vehicles are very much fun to use, all of them, except maybe the inflatable landing boats, and the combat roles the different classes play out is refreshing: The sniper can lay down claymores and sit back, plinking enemies from, in some maps, perhaps up to a quarter of a mile away, considering he / she is good, and has a good gaming rig, the combat medic can heal allies, and revive those who were fragged, saving them from having to respawn back at base, the support guy can lay down suppressing fire and resupply his allies with ammo, the spec ops guy can sabotage bridges, vehicles, and team assets (such as artillery and UAV trailers) with sticky C4 charges (pity the soldier who takes off in a jet only to have it explode in midflight from a hidden c4 charge stuck on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy..On a more positive note: The maps are huge and unique in geography, the vehicles are very much fun to use, all of them, except maybe the inflatable landing boats, and the combat roles the different classes play out is refreshing: The sniper can lay down claymores and sit back, plinking enemies from, in some maps, perhaps up to a quarter of a mile away, considering he / she is good, and has a good gaming rig, the combat medic can heal allies, and revive those who were fragged, saving them from having to respawn back at base, the support guy can lay down suppressing fire and resupply his allies with ammo, the spec ops guy can sabotage bridges, vehicles, and team assets (such as artillery and UAV trailers) with sticky C4 charges (pity the soldier who takes off in a jet only to have it explode in midflight from a hidden c4 charge stuck on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy..on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy..on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy....

DaimlerChrysler AG confirms its 2001 operating profit target of $ 1.1 billion - $ 1.6 billion (1.2 billion - 1.7 billion euros) may no longer be possible in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.. On a more positive note, DC says it will report an operating profit of $ 496 million (540 million euros) in the third quarter, largely due to «better than expected performance at Chrysler Group.»

But on a more positive note, there has been some recent evidence that common sense might be starting to prevail at least in some quarters.

Importantly, states were required to spend at least three - quarters of the federal funds on home visiting models that met federal standards of evidence - based effectiveness.1 As many policy scholars have noted, that a national initiative brought the importance of evidence - based practice to the forefront of public policy is a triumph for social science and demonstrates the importance of rigorous program evaluation.2 With that triumph, however, comes a responsibility to ensure that the public's expectations for success of these programs are consistent with what researchers understand about the empirical evidence — will the same positive outcomes found in programs» randomized controlled trials emerge when those programs are taken to scale?

The White House put a positive spin on the number, noting that it marked the 10th consecutive quarter of GDP growth, lifting the nation's economy above where it stood in the final three months of 2007, the start of what's now called the Great Recession.