Sentences with phrase «reporting weak performances»

Coles and Bunnings were the top first - quarter perfomers among Wesfarmers» retail businesses, with the Perth - based conglomerate also reporting weak performances by its Target and Kmart divisions.

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EMC reported a 2.5 % fall in quarterly revenue, as strong sales in its enterprise software division failed to offset weak performance in its traditional data storage business and a strong dollar.

The release was a bit of a Goldilocks report for the market, as it continued the narrative that the economy is growing at a healthy pace, but the weakest performance in consumer spending in five years punched a hole in the inflation bubble that hurt the market early in the week.

While CoreLogic figures typically show a downturn in May, the weaker performance was a consequence of tighter credit rules after banking regulator APRA in March strengthened its policies on lending to investors and worsening housing market sentiment as seen in this month's Westpac Melbourne Institute report, Mr Lawless said.

Investors were cautious after a largely weak performance on Wall Street on Thursday as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising slowdown in eurozone inflation.

Investors were cautious after a largely weak performance on Wall Street overnight as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising slowdown in euro zone inflation.

The report also identifies some areas of weaker performance, which Rainforest Alliance and SAN members will work to address through enhanced farmer training and revisions to the SAN Standard.

South Korea's largest confectionery company Lotte Confectionery's stock has been impacted due to delayed profitability recovery with the weak Korean won (KRW) and poor performance of its overseas investments, according to the company's latest financial report.

The report notes that weak financial management and weak academic performance often go hand in hand.

The first in the series of SREB reports, «Education's Weak Link: Student Performance in the Middle Grades,» describes the middle grades as the «weak link» in education, nationally as well as in southern staWeak Link: Student Performance in the Middle Grades,» describes the middle grades as the «weak link» in education, nationally as well as in southern staweak link» in education, nationally as well as in southern states.

The report, published on Monday, the same day as the prime minister's announcement, claimed that free schools increased the performance of nearby weaker maintained schools.

The report, coauthored by FutureEd's Phyllis W. Jordan and Raegen Miller, reviews the research on absenteeism and its correlation to student performance and well - being: Less time in school results in «weaker reading skills, higher retention rates, and lagging development of the social skills needed to persist in school.»

As many have noted of late, e-book sales are slipping, and Publishers Weekly's Jim Milliot has a report on how slowing e-book sales hit profits of two big publishers, S&S and HarperCollins: Parent company News Corp blamed the weak sales performance on lower Divergent sales and lower e-book sales.

Lenders see signs of a weak performance in your profit and loss statements, tax returns, and other financial reports.

According to the latest IBEC quarterly report, a trio of external boosts to the Irish economy — the ECB's QE programme, lower energy prices and a weak euro — all point to a continuation of Ireland's strong economic growth performance in 2015.

Reuters reported earlier this year that Kleiner partner Doerr apologized to his limited partners (groups that put money into VC funds) for a weak fund performance and promised to do better in the future.

This week Reuters published a report, citing anonymous sources, saying that Kleiner Perkins held a meeting with its limited partners (the funds and endowments that put money into Kleiner's fund) where Kleiner leader John Doerr apologized for a weak fund performance and promised to do better in the future.

will likely return to more normal levels in 2018, following two consecutive years of weak performance, Morningstar Credit Ratings reported.