Sentences with phrase «risen by a quarter»

The number of parents taken to court in England for their child's truancy rose by a quarter last year.

Sutton Trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl said: «Politicians of all parties have accepted that grammar schools are here to stay, and while their numbers are not growing, the number of pupils admitted to them has risen by a quarter, or 30,000, since 1997 and is likely to continue to grow in the years ahead.

For example, if rates rise by a quarter of a percent every six months, you'd end up with a mortgage balance of $ 302,209.

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April 24 - Freeport - McMoRan Inc, the world's biggest publicly listed copper miner, reported a rise in first - quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by higher copper prices.

Drugmaker Merck reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by a more than 150 percent rise in sales of cancer drug Keytruda.

Rising inventories are partly due to soaring U.S. production , which jumped by a quarter in the last two years to 10.6 million bpd.

Air pollution rose by more than a quarter in parts of northern China in March, and the region has been hit by another bout of smog in the second half of April,...

Online sales rose 14.1 percent from the year - ago quarter, boosted by sales for Presidents Day and Martin Luther King, Jr Day,...

The Commerce Department said Wednesday that business spending and home construction both increased by 4.6 % and 13.4 % respectively in the second quarter, while consumer spending rose by 1.8 %.

By contrast, a 3.8 percent rise in Burger King comparable sales topped a consensus forecast of 3.5 percent and helped Restaurant Brands beat first - quarter profit estimate.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

French food group Danone kept its guidance for a further rise in profits and sales this year after first quarter underlying sales growth beat market expectations, led by strong demand for baby formula products in China.

Feehely says the unemployment rate has gone up by almost 1 % in Alberta this quarter while delinquencies on mortgages have not risen yet.

Elsewhere in this earnings season, Microsoft's revenue increased 16 % to $ 26.8 billion while profits rose 35 % to $ 7.4 billion, fueled by strong growth in cloud products and even a decent quarter for Windows.

But while fourth - quarter EBITDA rose to $ 844 million from $ 605 million, this fell short of the $ 896 million forecast by analysts in a Reuters poll.

According to the E.U.'s statistics office Eurostat, gross domestic product among the Eurozone's 19 members rose by 0.3 % in the three months to September, down a shade from 0.4 % in the second quarter.

Earnings in the second quarter rose to $ 2.25 a share, topping the $ 2.21 projected by analysts on average.

Deshpande forecast Brent prices will stay around $ 39 per barrel in the first quarter, but with prices rising to $ 56 by the end of the year, to average around $ 47.80 for 2016.

April 23 (Reuters)- Barrick Gold Corp, the world's largest gold miner by output, reported a 5 percent rise in first - quarter adjusted profit on Monday, primarily reflecting higher gold prices and lower depreciation.

But at the same time, Goldman's compensation and benefits pool rose by $ 629 million in the first quarter.

Roughly half of $ 1 - million - plus accounts are betting the market will rise by 5 percent in the fourth quarter, and they are splitting bets evenly between the energy, technology, financials and health care sectors.

The rising rig count points to further increases in U.S. crude production , which has already climbed by a quarter since mid-2016 to a record 10.54 million barrels per day (bpd).

Online travel services company Expedia reported a 23.2 percent rise in fourth - quarter revenue, helped by higher gross bookings.

Online travel services company Expedia did report a 23.2 percent rise in fourth - quarter revenue, helped by higher gross bookings.

Herbalife «s sales in China rose by nearly a third to $ 217.4 million in the first quarter.

Burger King's same - store sales in the U.S. and Canada surged by a better - than - expected 3.6 percent during the third quarter, marking the best quarter of growth since 2012, while global same - store sales rose 2.4 percent.

Share buybacks executed by members of the S&P 500 rose 16 % in the third quarter, according to data from FactSet out on Tuesday.

Shell led the charge, more than tripling profits in the second quarter from a year ago, boosted by its refining and chemicals business and a 16 percent rise in oil prices.

Second quarter sales at Panera's company - owned cafes rose 4.2 % on a comparable basis, a metric that indicates a restaurant's health by excluding any gains from new store openings.

Almost a quarter of the coral in the 132,974 square foot wonderland of marine life is dead, and 93 % has been touched by «bleaching,» a result of rising ocean temperatures.

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell posted a 42 percent rise in profits in the first quarter of 2018, underpinned by a recent uptick in oil and gas prices.

Ratings agency Moody's reported Monday that the rolls of «potential fallen angels,» or issuers with investment - grade debt currently in danger of becoming junk, swelled by 17 in the third quarter, while no companies fell into the opposite category, called «potential rising stars.»

The company reported monthly active users, an important metric scrutinized by investors who worry that Twitter's growth has peaked, rose 23 percent to 284 million in the quarter.

CN said total carloads rose 2.9 percent in the quarter, while rail freight revenue per carload decreased by 3.1 percent.

British hedge fund Man Group was also higher, up by 4.4 percent, after announcing that funds under management rose 10 percent in the first quarter.

Stock price of the e-commerce behemoth, whose Prime subscription service grew by almost 50 % in the latest quarter, rose by nearly $ 50 on news of its strong projections Thursday.

The department store chain said on Tuesday that comparable sales rose 1.3 % in the holiday quarter that ended on Feb. 1, their first quarterly increase by that metric since the end of 2014 and well above analysts» forecasts.

«The first quarter's slowdown was led by consumers, whose incomes are under pressure from slowing employment and wage growth as well as rising inflation.

(Digital sales rose by at least 10 % for the 34th straight quarter).

The nation's largest chain of drive - in restaurants saw system - wide same - stores sales rise 2.2 percent during the first quarter, powered by a 2.3 percent increase at franchise drive - ins, the corporation reported Monday.

Just over a quarter of Japan's population is aged 65 and over and that number is projected to rise to a third by 2035, according to Japanese government data.

Rising champagne sales in Europe and demand for high - end perfume and watches help boost sales at LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton by 3.5 percent in the first quarter.

The U.S. fuel margin decreased 17 per cent to 15.66 cents per gallon driven mainly by the volatility from a rapid rise in crude oil prices in the quarter.

CNN noted that its growth doesn't look as impressive as its competitors in part because the network had a number of special presidential debates and town - hall events in the first quarter of last year that boosted its reach, so the rise since then is smaller by comparison.

Global comparable sales rose 4 percent in the third quarter, their first rise in more than one year, driven by demand for value meals and breakfast items in China, where sales had plummeted after a food safety scandal in July 2014.

Selling the site is expected to add $ 550 million to the company's cash reserves and the first quarter results showed revenue increasing in three of Bombardier's four businesses, led by a 21 percent rise in its rail unit.

«Within our new Environmental Services segment, incinerator utilization in the first quarter was seasonally strong at 87 %, while landfill volumes rose 58 % from the same period a year ago, driven by a large project and higher base business,» McKim said.

Stovall's also found that when inflation is between 1.5 % and 2.5 % — around where it is now — the market has risen, over the next four quarters, 80 % of the time and, on average, by 10 %.

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 %.

Walmart (wmt) shares rose 3 % on Tuesday after the discount retailer reported its 10th straight quarter of rising comparable U.S. sales, fueled by major gains in its online business.