I don't think any of you will be surprised to know that data from the first two
quarters of this year shows that we will almost certainly serve even more people in 2009.
The global wearables market grew 7.3 % year - over-year, figures for the third
quarter of this year show, and that's down to smart devices.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Gross domestic product grew 1.1 % in the third
quarter from a
year earlier, the latest government estimate
showed, higher than the advance estimate
of 0.6 % growth and a 1.0 % expansion in the Reuters survey.
New data from the U.S. Department
of Commerce
shows that foreign travel to the U.S. dropped 4.2 % in the first
quarter of 2017 compared to last
year.
As much as 45 percent
of shoppers say they plan to get their shopping done before Black Friday, but 54 percent
of shoppers do most
of their shopping in December or even later, which
shows it's an ongoing trend for the last
quarter of the
year.
The latest figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau
show that the third
quarter last
year was the biggest ever, with a total
of $ 17.6 billion spent on digital ads.
For the hardworking employees who haven't taken off some time by a
quarter or third
of the way through the
year, they'll get a week chosen for them when they are simply not allowed to
show up at the office.
Though «Daily
Show» host Trevor Noah's ratings ticked up in the first
quarter of the
year and «The President
Show» resonated with audiences, if not with some critics, network representatives still remember fondly Stewart's and Colbert's domination
of the 11 - t0 - midnight time slot among key demographics pined over by advertisers.
«In our business, we saw the worst
of it in January, moderating but still soft in February, and then in March and April
showing signs
of returning to the run rates we saw in [the] fourth
quarter and full
year 2016.»
Millennials had been driving the nation's overall homeownership rate,
showing the biggest gains throughout 2017, but they dropped back in the first
quarter of this
year.
And for the first time since the final
quarter of 2011, China's debt - to - GDP ratio didn't increase and stayed unchanged at 255.9 percent in the second
quarter this
year, latest data by the Bank for International Settlements
showed.
A drop in installations in regions served by SCE and PG&E between the first and second
quarters of this
year mostly involved U.S. installer SolarCity, a GTM Research analysis
of installation data
showed.
Most important, a survey last
year by WDS, a Xerox - owned firm,
showed that three -
quarters of iPhone users stick with the brand when upgrading their devices, compared to 58 per cent for Samsung.
HONG KONG / LONDON, May 2 - Standard Chartered Plc beat expectations with a 20 percent rise in first
quarter pre-tax profit on Wednesday, but disappointing income
showed the long road ahead for its returns to hit targets after
years of restructuring.
«Often in the hands
of entrepreneurs or families, small businesses with up to 99 employees are typically more flexible when economic shifts occur but can lack the deep pockets to survive a major decline in the economy,» notes the Index besides a graph
showing a sharp decline in wages during the worst
years of the economic crisis and a steep increase over the last three
quarters of last
year.
The results also
showed that Uber cut its fourth -
quarter net loss by 25 per cent from the third
quarter as new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi moves to make the company profitable ahead
of a planned initial public stock offering sometime next
year.
The bank posted net income
of $ 5.6 billion, or $ 1.36 per share, in the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with a loss
of $ 380 million in the
year - earlier
quarter, the document
showed.
The company's search data, however,
show interest in Calgary has been flat, while the number
of inquiries for Edmonton is up 50 per cent in the first
quarter compared to the
year before.
Many businesses initially opposed the first state paid sick days law in Connecticut, yet within a few
years a survey
showed... that an overwhelming majority
of businesses reported only small or no effects on their bottom line, and three -
quarters now report being supportive
of the new policy.
In Germany, new data
showed the economy expanded 0.6 percent in the second
quarter of the
year on strong private consumption and state spending.
SABMiller's latest trading statement
showed an 11 % rise in revenues from Africa in the second
quarter of the
year, while revenue from its Latin American operations rose by 9 %.
Smartphone maker BlackBerry once accounted for 20 %
of Celestica's revenue (which was US$ 6.5 billion last
year), but as BlackBerry lost market share in recent
years and had to cut costs, it switched to cheaper Asian suppliers, and the two companies formally announced their split last summer; sure enough, Celestica's first -
quarter results
showed a BlackBerry - sized hole in the balance sheet, with revenues down 19 % from the
year before.
While the value
of M&A deals globally increased 67 percent
year - on -
year in the first
quarter of 2018, the number
of deals dropped by 10 percent to 10,338, preliminary Thomson Reuters data
show, reflecting how deals on average are getting bigger.
The housing industry has
shown gradual gains in the second
quarter after the world's largest economy slumped in the first three months
of the
year.
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.
The latest national accounts are now a bit dated, but they
show a high rate
of growth, over the
year to the September
quarter,
of just over 4 per cent (Graph 10).
New charts introduced in this
quarter's report
show that $ 33 billion
of this sum was originated by borrowers with credit scores below 620, near the 10 -
year high.
The one billion mark comes not long after Tencent's third -
quarter results in November, which
show that WeChat's monthly active user had passed 980 million, a significant 15.8 % increase compared to the same period
of the previous
year.
Graph 8
shows the net result
of the linkage: a 1 per cent increase in the real cash rate, lasting for two
years, would raise the exchange rate by around 3 per cent and would trim 0.3 per cent off inflation, with a lag which reaches its peak effect in ten
quarters.
We have, for individuals, an increase
year - on -
year in the
quarter of 35 %, for company's 31 %,
showing that our origination is really picking up and that can continue allowing us to continue accelerating in the individual's portfolio.
Aggregate trading revenue at Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), Morgan Stanley (MS.N), Citigroup Inc (C.N), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Bank
of America Corp (BAC.N) could hit a three -
year high and reverse three straight
quarters of year - on -
year declines, some estimates
show.
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) announced last week its fiscal third -
quarter results, which
showed 92 - percent
year - over-
year revenue growth to $ 5.57 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share
of $ 1.62 compared to $ 0.90 in the
year - ago period.
In the first
quarter of 2015, for example, the CoRI Indexes
showed that the estimated cost
of future lifetime income for 55 -
year - olds climbed by 11.78 % in the 12 months that ended March 31.
This chart also
shows how much you could have saved if you paid various amounts
of student loan interest in 2016 and earned $ 40,456 annually (the median earnings for 25 to 34 -
year - olds in the third
quarter of 2017 according to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics).
Controladora Vuela Co Avcn SA CV (ADR)(NYSE: VLRS), the parent company
of low - cost Mexican airline Volaris, recently reported first -
quarter results that
showed a loss for the
quarter, while its operating revenues were up merely 2.7 percent
year - over-
year.
Latest data from Australian Bureau
of Statistics
show house price growth for the eight capital cities fell to 1 per cent in the December
quarter compared to 5 per cent for the
year.
The Reserve Bank
of Australia cut the cash rate in May from 2 per cent to a record low 1.75 per cent out
of concern that inflation was trending too low, following first -
quarter inflation data that
showed prices had fallen 0.2 per cent in the first three months
of the
year.
Activity in the U.K.'s dominant services sector fell for the first time in two
years in December, a closely watched monthly survey
showed on Friday, a sign the economy may have contracted in the final
quarter of the
year.
The strongest estimates for the change in the December
quarter are from the Commonwealth Bank
of Australia (CBA), based on CBA housing loans to owner - occupiers, but this measure has
shown the greatest swings over the past few
years.
The Bank's survey
of market economists
showed that the median forecast for CPI inflation for the
year to June 2005 was unchanged following the release
of the December
quarter CPI (Table 17).
Eurostat figures also
showed that economic expansion across the eurozone slowed in the first
quarter of the
year.
We are very pleased that recent performance
showed a substantial reversal from the results reported to you a
year ago following the fourth
quarter of 2015.
Looking at changes in ETF holdings vs changes in total vault holdings between July 2016 and the end
of the first
quarter this
year shows that the trend is broadly similar for gold, yet divergent for silver.
The latest revised data from Statistics Canada
showed the ratio
of household debt to income fell slightly to 161.8 percent in the first
quarter from a record 162.8 percent in the third
quarter of last
year.
Data from both companies «
shows that the number
of corporate clients using flexible space is growing significantly, with enquiries for 40 + desks increasing by a
quarter every
year.»
New Study
Shows Almost One -
Quarter of Sellers Received Above List Price Did you sell your home last
year?
Daimler's third -
quarter results released late in October
showed overall revenue growth
of 10 % from the
year - ago period.
Not surprisingly, the inventory
of homes that are owner - occupied peaked in the fourth -
quarter of 2006 and has fallen 2.5 % since then — despite 30 -
year mortgage rates being cut nearly in half — while the inventory
of renter - occupied homes has grown 24 %, as
shown in the following chart.