Sentences with phrase «quarter years about»

Various interest groups in support of and opposed to the NDC have also made all sort of claims over the last seven and three - quarter years about the character of the NDC's governance.

Not exact matches

Nanos Research, which conducts a weekly survey for Bloomberg, found that almost a quarter of respondents at the end of September said their personal financial situation had worsened over the past year, compared with about 20 per cent in early August.

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.

Leightman Research Group data released Monday was roughly in line: Leightman estimated that the 13 top cable providers lost about 470,000 video customers in the second quarter, compared to a loss of 350,000 for the corresponding quarter last year.

Similarly, about a quarter of the respondents reported they intend to hire new employees, up from about 16 percent a year earlier.

Three quarters of Canadian CEOs say they fear disruption in the next three years — but many appear to be unsure about what to do

Dimon said third - quarter trading revenue will drop about 20 percent on a year - over-year basis.

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.

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.

Because half of any amount of plutonium - 238 decays in 87.7 years, these radioisotope power sources now generate about three - quarters of that wattage.

In the same quarter last year, Goldman missed expectations, citing «renewed concerns about global economic growth.»

The total combined number of new U.S. distributors and preferred members is just slightly below what it was last year: In the first quarter of 2016, Herbalife disclosed 83,276 new North American recruits, of which about 80,200 were in the U.S..

Analysts were looking for revenue of about $ 18.6 billion, according to analysts polled by Bloomberg, which would represent a decline from this quarter last year.

More than one third of business owners said they expect to decrease capital spending in the year ahead, an increase of about 10 percentage points from the previous quarter.

On the first workday of the year, months away from the close of the quarter, you have a chance to think about and discuss how your company's efforts transcend money or shareholder value.

Three quarters of millionaires plan to spend the same as last year, with about 15 percent spending more.

That's why most business owners would rather do just about anything than sit down with a spreadsheet and try to forecast what their sales, profits and cash flow are going to look like next year, next quarter or even next month.

Here's a simple test: If someone sat down with you and asked you a series of questions about your company's revenue, expenses, and profits (or losses) for the previous month, quarter, and year, could you answer within a few minutes, using your accounting software?

But there's something particularly special about the third quarter that conjures up stock movements not seen throughout the rest of the year, says Goldman Sachs.

While Tesla expressed confidence about the second half of the year, negative free cash flow was more than $ 1 billion for the third time in the last four quarters.

International users accounted for about three quarters of Twitter's members but only a quarter of revenue in the first nine months of this year.

(Free cash flow on a per share basis is up 2 % year - over-year and stands at a strong $ 559 million for the quarter, despite a very high debt ratio of about 78 %.)

In the year - ago quarter, they reported about $ 2 million in losses, according to Thomson Reuters.

This is about the producer who works tirelessly to innovate and create, just like the innovators and creators at Apple are pioneering in their field... but will not get paid for a quarter of a year's worth of plays on his or her songs.

Westfield's shares had lost a quarter of their value in the year to August amid increasing fears about disruption from e-commerce.

«When we surveyed elders 20 years ago, about a quarter of them thought they might do remunerative work after reaching retirement age,» he says.

We already know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens set records at the box office, but on Tuesday we will find out more about the blockbuster film's ultimate impact on Walt Disney's (dis) bottom line in the first quarter of the entertainment giant's fiscal year.

According to global market research firm NPD Group, LCDs now account for more than 90 % of TV sales — bad news for Panasonic, whose sales dropped by about 25 % in the second quarter of this year.

Millner also pointed out that the quarter came a year after a mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which led to an increase in gun sales due to worries that about potential new gun restrictions.

NEW DELHI, April 11 - Ghana will launch its first exploration licensing round in the last quarter of this year offering about six offshore blocks, deputy energy minister Mohamed Amin Adam said.

The business is more complex than it may appear, he said: Groupon has salespeople in 47 countries, negotiating deals with a quarter of a million merchants, and «at the same time, [we are] innovating [and] thinking about what Groupon will become in three or five years.

Japan's No. 3 lender also said it was looking to cut 19,000 employees or about a quarter of the total workforce in 10 years.

Although the SBA backed 37 percent more loans in the fourth quarter of last year, it was still just about half the 20,000 loans it backed in the final quarter of 2007.

In fact, product stockpiles grew 59 % year - over-year while the company sales are projected to increase by 15 % in the next quarter, leading to questions about how Lululemon will get rid of so much yoga apparel without resorting to deep discounts.

Foreigners spent more than $ 5.4 billion on travel in the first quarter, compared with about $ 5 billion over the same period a year earlier and $ 4.7 billion in the first quarter of 2014.

Federal coffers are set to dole out $ 186.7 billion in infrastructure money over the next 12 years, but the most recent federal budget indicated about one - quarter of planned spending between 2016 and 2019 was being moved to future years.

Forecasters expected first - quarter earnings for the sector would be up about 69 percent from a year ago, the highest percentage gain of any S&P 500 sector, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Benno Dorer, Clorox's chairman and CEO, tells «Mad Money» Host Jim Cramer he feels good about the business one quarter into the fiscal year.

Apple forecast current - quarter revenue largely above estimates on Tuesday, helping allay some investor concerns about a possible delay in the launch of the iPhone's 10th - anniversary edition later this year.

He talked about the potential of such an option after Cineplex reported a fourth - quarter profit of $ 28.8 million, up from $ 23.3 million a year earlier, that was boosted by concession stand sales.

The company aims to begin producing its cars in a new factory in Shanghai in about three years, Musk said during Tesla's third - quarter earnings call earlier this month.

3D Systems» year - over-year revenues in the second quarter grew 13 % to $ 170.5 million, about $ 3 million short of analyst estimates.

Over the past five years, sales have dropped by about a quarter.

«It was our best video quarter in nine years,» Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast, told the audience at Fortune «s Global Forum during an on - stage conversation about the shifting media industry.

TORONTO — Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX: L) plans to unveil about 700 Joe Fresh stores in the U.S. next year as Canada's largest grocery chain works to ramp up sales of its hip fashion line to help bolster earnings that dropped by 19 per cent in its most recent quarter.

Tesla burned through, on average, about $ 1 billion per quarter last year, and ended 2017 with nearly $ 3.4 billion in cash, according to the Journal.

Sales of small businesses with revenues of about $ 350,000 rose eight percent in the second quarter of 2011 over the same period last year, but the news isn't quite as good as it sounds.

Yum Brands, in reporting third - quarter earnings, stated «foreign currency translation remains a strong headwind» and that it expected the exchange rate «to impact full - year earnings per share by about 5 percentage points.»

For the previous quarter, the company said it had diluted earnings per share of 76 cents, an increase of about 114 percent from the prior - year period.

North American brand capacity in the third quarter is 38 % in the Caribbean, slightly up from a year ago; 24 % in Alaska, slightly higher than a year ago; and 25 % in Europe, which is about the same as last year.