Sentences with phrase «reduced by a quarter»

Bring water to a boil and let reduce by a quarter, around 4 minutes.

Add the coconut milk and simmer for 30 minutes on medium — low heat, until reduced by a quarter - season as go you.

In most cases, the surcharges were initially met with hostility, but the positive effects have been hard to deny: Immediately following the initiation of zone charging, London saw congestion reduced by a quarter, average speeds increase by 30 percent, and carbon dioxide emissions decrease by 20 percent, per the Fix NYC report.

Maintenance costs were reduced by a quarter with quality and safety performance also improving.

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The U.S. would be going it alone this time, but such a policy could conceivably reduce Iranian exports by 200,000 to 300,000 barrels a day by the end of fourth quarter.

What's more, Dick's is reducing its exposure to a business that is shrinking anyway: its overall hunting business, which encompasses firearms, has been declining with sales down by a double - digit percentage for a few quarters now.

Another recent paper, this one in Quebec, put the annual financial toll of insomnia in the province at $ 6.6 billion; three - quarters of that amount stemmed from work absences and reduced productivity, meaning they were absorbed largely by employers.

«We expect the ECB to continue net asset purchases until around the third quarter of 2018, while the Fed will likely begin reducing its stock of quantitative easing assets early in 2018... These opposite moves mean that the ECB's balance sheet could be around 20 percent larger than the Fed's by around end - 2018, assuming constant FX rates,» he noted.

The source said the pay cap was brought in to «deal with the mess we inherited from Labour» and acknowledged the «hard work and sacrifice» made by public sector workers, saying jobs had been protected and the deficit reduced by three quarters.

Changes to Facebook's news feed as part of an initiative to crack down on the share of low - quality viral videos reduced the amount of time users spend on the network by 50 million hours a day in the fourth quarter, the company reports.

Restructuring charges are expected to reduce fourth quarter earnings by $ 0.15 to $ 0.16 per share, amounting to $ 155 to $ 165 million.

«In light of our capacity challenge, we've reduced our crude by rail business the last 2 quarters,» Ruest said.

If Tesla hits that target, it means the company has effectively ramped up production, in part by reducing the number of Model S options — a goal it outlined last quarter.

First - quarter results, however, will be impacted by one - time writedowns as the banks reduce the value net deferred tax assets already held on company balance sheets.

The company said its latest quarter was also weighed down by a strong dollar, which reduced revenue from various businesses by 1 to 3 percent.

It reduced the number of outstanding shares by 4 % last quarter, says Zaslow.

We reduced the size of our balance sheet by $ 42 billion from the second quarter of 2011, nearly doubled our Tier 1 common equity ratio since early 2009.»

The ride - hailing firm reduced its fourth - quarter loss by 26 % to $ 1.1 billion, compared with the third quarter, the company disclosed exclusively to The Information and its investors on Tuesday.

We estimate that the Alberta fires will reduce annualized growth in the second quarter by about 1.00 to 1.25 percentage points.

According to the dictionary, a recession is defined as, «a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two successive quarters.»

The U.S., on the other hand, wants to reduce its trade deficit with China by $ 100 billion, or over one - quarter.

But last week during its fiscal second quarter earnings conference call, Qualcomm jolted investors anew by reducing the revenue outlook...

In response, management reduced agriculture equipment production by 33 % in the second quarter year - over-year.

Valuation effects, largely due to falls in the prices of bank shares, reduced the value of the household sector's directly owned share portfolio by 1.4 per cent in the March quarter, but these shares have since rebounded in value.

Since the company's initial public offering in 2013, Voya has reduced the number of variable annuity policies with living benefits in its closed block by 35 percent to 199,000 policies at the end of the first quarter.

«We expect investor attention to return to fundamentals after the technical challenges presented by lockup expirations over the next six months have been absorbed by the stock,» said Mr. Salmon, who cut his target to $ 15 — 18 % below Friday's trading level — and reduced his third - quarter revenue target to flat.

These expectations receded for a time during the March quarter in response to signs of some cooling in the housing market, strength in the exchange rate and reduced likelihood of a tightening by the US Fed after a couple of weak US employment numbers.

Net foreign debt liabilities fell by $ 6 billion in the June quarter — mainly a result of the appreciation of the exchange rate over the quarter — reducing the ratio of net foreign debt to GDP to 38.3 per cent.

The introduction of the major elements of the new tax system in July will lead to temporarily higher CPI inflation in the September quarter 2000, followed by a period of time during which reductions in various taxes flowing through to prices will reduce measured inflation.

The bank reduced overall loan origination by 30 % and curtailed exposure to subprime loans by 27 % in the first quarter.

MILAN, April 26 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) reduced its debts by more than expected in the first quarter, putting the carmaker well on course to become cash positive later this year.

The Oakmark Select Fund decreased in value by 5 % last quarter, reducing our calendar year - to - date return to 9 %.

Gold - mining companies reduced forward sales by 1.54 million ounces in the fourth quarter, the smallest amount for the year.

In a release, Chief Executive Terry Lundgren noted that the drops, fueled by reduced spending by tourists in key markets, will give Macy's «the opportunity to make up some ground in the months ahead, particularly in the fourth quarter.»

Households, hedge funds and nonprofit groups, a bunch historically considered to be long - term holders of fixed - income instruments, ditched corporate debt in the second quarter, selling $ 122 billion after reducing their holdings by...

Braun Stacey Associates Inc. reduced its stake in PNC Financial Services (NYSE: PNC) by 3.1 % during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC.

Under that scenario, Duke would phase out coal completely by 2050, reducing the company's carbon emissions to nearly three - quarters below 2005 levels.

The $ 1 billion fine will result in an additional $ 800 million accrual in the first quarter, which will reduce first - quarter earnings per share by 16 cents to 96 cents a share.

Solar panels have provided Gloucester Cathedral with enough electricity to make 250,000 cups of teas and reduced energy bills by a quarter.

By the same token, if the central bank reduces the interest rate to zero, investors will shift portfolios to stocks, everyone will feel richer, and consumers will spend more «which is more or less what happened during the past two quarters of putative recovery in the United States.

For our immediate purposes, it may be helpful to oversimplify a great deal by reducing to just three broad categories the ideological contenders for the soul of the American university over the past century and a quarter.

Let the peppers and onions simmer gently for a few minutes until the peppers have reduced by a good quarter and softened considerably.

Next time I'll try reducing the water by 3/4 of a cup and adding an extra two eggs to the recipe and a quarter cup of honey and maybe that will yield a more traditional result.

If you prefer a stiffer pudding, then reduce the eggnog by about a quarter cup to a half a cup and add an extra egg.

Net sales growth was reduced in the quarter by 1 percentage - point of unfavorable foreign currency translation.

Bring the mixture to a simmer and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and reduced by about one - quarter (about 7 minutes).

I read this book in the 1990s and loved how she recommended reducing the total sugar in most baked recipes by a quarter to half!

Cook for 3 minutes, add stock, and then cook until volume reduces by one quarter, about 5 minutes.

«Our analysis shows that informed dietary choices can make a significant difference to greenhouse gas — reducing food - related emissions by around a quarter — with additional health benefits,» says Professor Hewitt.

By automating a previously labour intensive operation Endoline has increased the efficiency and productivity on a production line which has an annual volume output of a quarter of a million bottles, while reducing the need for manual labour.