Sentences with phrase «short as the quarter»

Hill comes up two yards short as the quarter expires.

«Catching Fire» is set to chronicle Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta's (Josh Hutcherson) brief celebration of victory that is cut short as the Quarter Quell puts the pair back into the «Hunger Games» for a second time.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK, May 1 - Pfizer Inc on Tuesday reported lower - than - expected first - quarter revenue as demand for some key drugs and international sales fell short of estimates, sparking a 5.1 percent drop in shares of the largest U.S. drugmaker.

While the company expects that the deal will close in the fourth quarter of this year and add to earnings in 2018, analysts say the earnings boost may not be as lucrative to shareholders in the short run as share buybacks.

The cable provider's second - quarter revenue is expected to fall short of Wall Street's forecasts as the company's subscriber base continues to shrink.

The company told Hong Kong regulators at the time that it would «pursue cost cutting as well as short - term income opportunities» in the quarter ending March 31.

April 23 - Toymaker Hasbro Inc fell well short of Wall Street expectations for profit in the first quarter as the bankruptcy of Toys» R» Us spurred a nearly $ 100 million shortfall in revenue.

The move comes after the Federal Reserve upped its key short - term rate a quarter - point, as expected

COPENHAGEN, Feb 1 - Novo Nordisk operating profit fell short of expectations in the fourth quarter as it felt the effects of price pressure in the United States and it warned that a weak dollar would hit earnings this year more than expected.

The Great General Electric Debacle of 2017 continued into 2018 as the company on Wednesday reported fourth - quarter earnings that fell short of analysts» expectations.

As Amazon released its financial information for the quarter, which ended June 30, Brian Olsavsky, Amazon's chief financial officer, told investors during a short question - and - answer session that AWS's run rate, which stood at $ 14 billion in the previous quarter, rose to $ 16 billion.

NEW YORK Bristol - Myers Squibb Co on Thursday significantly raised its full - year earnings forecast even as first - quarter sales of some medicines fell short of expectations and sent shares of the U.S. drugmaker down almost 1 percent.

As far as excess reserves are concerned, B&K argued back in 2016 (when the IOER was a mere 0.25 %), «the only potential loans that would have been affected by the Fed's payment of interest are those with risk - adjusted short - term returns between precisely zero and one - quarter percent — surely a tiny fraction of the total.&raquAs far as excess reserves are concerned, B&K argued back in 2016 (when the IOER was a mere 0.25 %), «the only potential loans that would have been affected by the Fed's payment of interest are those with risk - adjusted short - term returns between precisely zero and one - quarter percent — surely a tiny fraction of the total.&raquas excess reserves are concerned, B&K argued back in 2016 (when the IOER was a mere 0.25 %), «the only potential loans that would have been affected by the Fed's payment of interest are those with risk - adjusted short - term returns between precisely zero and one - quarter percent — surely a tiny fraction of the total.»

«As we continue to focus on quality and efficiency rather than simply pushing for the highest possible volume in the shortest period of time, we expect to have a slightly more gradual ramp through Q1, likely ending the quarter at a weekly rate of about 2,500 Model 3 vehicles,» Tesla said in a release.

Otherwise, we may very well see a fresh downturn within a few quarters, as the U.S. economy experienced after the remarkably short 1980 recession.

Athenex, which raised $ 68 million from a secondary stock offering during the quarter, finished the year with $ 51 million in cash and short - term investments, down from $ 69 million in September as the company spent heavily on clinical trials for the drugs it is developing and absorbed higher licensing fees at its specialty drug business, which has added 12 new drugs to its stable of products.

The company reported fiscal third - quarter results that disappointed investors, as revenue and earnings figures fell short of analysts» expectations.

Wall Street's bracing for a small profit, but it has fallen short on the bottom line in each of its first four quarters as a public company.

In the December quarter, however, we modestly increased the equity allocation as short - term market volatility afforded us opportunities to establish new positions.

Short - term yields have risen by about 15 basis points from their December quarter lows, as the market has again moved to price in a possible monetary tightening, though not in the immediate future.

«As with last year, we expect the first quarter (and especially March) weakness in auto sales to be short - lived as the job market expandAs with last year, we expect the first quarter (and especially March) weakness in auto sales to be short - lived as the job market expandas the job market expands.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Bristol - Myers Squibb Co (BMY.N) on Thursday significantly raised its full - year earnings forecast even as first - quarter sales of some medicines fell short of expectations and sent shares of the U.S. drugmaker down almost 1 percent.

Cenovus Energy -LRB--1 %) was eliminated as discussed last quarter, and Actavis (+2 %) had a negative impact given we had a small short position as a hedge against our shares in Forest Labs that were short - term, as discussed in the March 2014 letter.

The Patriots were upset by the Arizona Cardinals, 20 - 18, in Week 2, as a Stephen Gostkowski field goal attempt to give the Patriots the lead sailed wide left, leaving the Patriots» fourth - quarter comeback attempt just short.

Cooper caught two short fades for touchdowns in the second half, the Tide threw plenty of quick screens, and when Alabama's fumble problems meant that the game was still tied in the third quarter, he leaned on the run to reestablish the lead, as Alabama tends to do.

Just as important as our opponents was the fact that our quarter - final is going to be played at the Emirates Stadium, because the difference between our home form and away form so far this season has been nothing short of drastic.

Arsenal are a very short - priced favourite to beat West Ham at home, and so if you like betting at sports events it may be worth a little flutter on the Gunners @ 6/1 (from Sportingbet) to win the competition for the first time under Wenger, as that price will drop considerably after the quarter - finals.

Just as the second quarter began with a third - and - short getting beaten, Marquis Flowers destroys a screen to Agholor to start the fourth.

He conceded just five goals four years later as Brazil successfully defended their title, making a vital save against Spain in a crucial group game to ensure qualification to the quarter - finals, but any hopes of a third success in England in 1966 were short - lived.

England fell far short of expectations once again as debutants Iceland and Wales reached the quarter - finals as Germany, Italy and Belgium made their mark in the second round.

Versatile and sexy, these short dresses feature three - quarter length sleeves and an assortment of styles, such as drawstring, baby doll, bejeweled, beaded, tie - dye and prints.

ENDS Notes to Editors UK Alcohol duty context For a short video summary of the issues around alcohol pricing, please visit: https://vimeo.com/191959217 Following heavy lobbying from the alcohol industry, the last four Budgets have seen real terms cuts in alcohol duty Alcohol is 60 % more affordable than it was in 1980 — the alcohol duty escalator, introduced in 2008, which ensured that duty rose above inflation, helped mitigate this trend, but this progress has reversed since the duty escalator was scrapped in 2013 In real terms, spirits duty has halved, and wine duty fallen by a quarter since 1978 - 9 The Government estimates suggest that the duty cuts since 2013 will cost the Exchequer # 2.9 billion over four years The University of Sheffield estimated that an additional 6,500 people would be hospitalised each year as a result of the alcohol duty cuts in 2015 The report The report was peer reviewed by academic experts the fields of economics, public health and public policy prior to publication.

But now the country has been running short of dollars as oil revenues have fallen along with the price of crude, pushing the economy into its first recession in a quarter of a century.

The puzzle, known as «Darwin's abominable mystery,» was to figure out how a quarter - million - plus species of flowering plants came, in a very short span of evolutionary time, to dominate the Earth.

The meta - analysis of findings from 15 studies by the European Eye Epidemiology Consortium found that around a quarter of the European population is short - sighted but it is nearly twice as common in younger people, with almost half (47 per cent) of the group aged between 25 and 29 years affected.

Short - tailed shrews and masked shrews were responsible for another quarter each, and chipmunks for as much as 13 %.

As the weeks went on I was able to build up to six or seven short downhill bursts, up to a quarter - mile in length, during a 5 or 6 - mile run.

(AP)-- IAC / InterActiveCorp, the company behind such Internet properties as Match.com, Ask and Citysearch, posted a second - quarter profit that fell short of analyst expectations Wednesday and indicated the online ad market...

The horse, Lean On Pete, or Pete for short, is loosely connected to a seedy part of the racing world where quarter - horses like him run for measly purses, rarely get rest and end up as horsemeat in Mexico if they don't stay in a winning groove.

It gives the idea of consumerism run wild the short shrift that it deserves (and the cynicism that an intervening quarter - century demands), touching on the original's explanation of the zombies» affinity for the shopping mall and the human heroes» delight at their newfound material wealth before becoming a bracing action film that, like Marcus Nispel's reworking of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the source of which didn't need updating as much as Dawn arguably did), is more firmly entrenched in the James Cameron Aliens tradition than the Seventies institution of disconcerting personal horror film.

A divorce is decided upon in short order, but as fate would have it, they would hit a $ 3 million jackpot in the casino that will complicate the break - up since both think the pot is rightfully theirs (Jack plays the winning coin, a quarter that is Joy's).

The latest «effort» from Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the guys responsible for Date Movie, Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans, is yet another bottom - feeding cash - grab that exploits current events, ridicules pop culture icons and compromises the integrity of the zeitgeist itself in order to create, oh, one - quarter to one - half of a funny joke within the shortest possible time frame that qualifies as a theatrical release.

Thanks to a creepy Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - like effect that puts his CGI - shrunk head atop a smaller man's body — making him look like the world's gauntest lollipop — Chris Evans (the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four films) spends the first quarter of the film as a scrawny, short, asthmatic, but lion - hearted New Yorker desperate to join the military and help fight Hitler.

It wasn't on the same level as the amazing animated program Drawn and Quartered but still a decent string of shorts.

As much as I wanted to go to MondoCon first thing and line up for Laurent Durieux's Back to the Future Part III poster, I didn't want to miss Drawn and Quartered 2014, the animated short film program at Fantastic FesAs much as I wanted to go to MondoCon first thing and line up for Laurent Durieux's Back to the Future Part III poster, I didn't want to miss Drawn and Quartered 2014, the animated short film program at Fantastic Fesas I wanted to go to MondoCon first thing and line up for Laurent Durieux's Back to the Future Part III poster, I didn't want to miss Drawn and Quartered 2014, the animated short film program at Fantastic Fest.

9 • solve one - step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher • recognise, find and name a half as 1 of 2 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • recognise, find and name a quarter as 1 of 4 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [for example, long / short, longer / shorter, tall / short, double / half]; mass or weight [for example, heavy / light, heavier than, lighter than]; capacity / volume [for example, full / empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]; time [for example, quicker, slower, earlier, later]; • measure and begin to record the following: lengths and height; mass / weight; capacity and volume; time (hours, minutes, seconds) • recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes • sequence events in chronological order using language (for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening) • describe position direction and movement including whole half quarter and three quarter turns PLUS MANY MORE OBJECTIVES!

Although investors may not like the expenditures in the short term, in the long run, as Nate Davis told me in a conversation at the end of last year, the investments are critical to improve student learning — and so that K12, Inc. remains a going and growing concern (to that end, see its second fiscal quarter results released today).

GENERAL Vehicle / model: ’17 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk 4x4 Base price: $ 43,095 Price as tested: $ 53,515 Options as tested: Customer Preferred Package 28J ($ 2,695), Jeep Active Safety Group ($ 1,495), 5.7 L Hemi V - 8 ($ 3,295), Rock Rails ($ 895), Uconnect 8.4 NAV ($ 450), Blind Spot and Cross Path Detection ($ 595), Destination Charge ($ 995) ENGINE Type: Chrysler 16 - valve V - 8 Displacement (ci / liter): 345/5.7 Bore x stroke (in): 3.92 x3.58 Compression ratio -LRB-: 1): 10.5 Intake / FI: Naturally aspirated, sequential multi-port electronic Mfg.'s power rating @ rpm (hp): 360 @ 5,150 Mfg.'s torque rating @ rpm (lb - ft): 390 @ 4,250 Mfg.'s suggested fuel type: Midrange unleaded recommended; regular unleaded acceptable DRIVETRAIN Transmission: ZF 845RE 8 - spd automatic Ratios -LRB-: 1): First 4.71 Second 3.14 Third 2.11 Fourth 1.67 Fifth 1.29 Sixth 1.00 Seventh 0.84 Eighth 0.67 Reverse 3.30 Axle ratio -LRB-: 1): 3.09 Transfer case: MP 3022 2 - spd Low - range ratio -LRB-: 1): 2.72 Crawl ratio -LRB-: 1): 39.6 FRAME / BODY Frame: Steel unibody Body: Steel SUSPENSION / AXLES Front: Short - and long - arm independent, coil springs, twin - tube coilover shocks, steel upper - and aluminum lower - control arms, stabilizer bar / ZF 7.7 - in Rear: Multi-link, coil springs, twin - tube shocks (with load leveling for towing), aluminum lower control arm, independent upper links plus a separate toe link, stabilizer bar / ZF 7.7 - in STEERING Type: Electric rack - and - pinion Turns (lock - to - lock): 3.2 Ratio -LRB-: 1): 16.7 BRAKES Front: 13.8x1.3 - in vented disc, two - piston caliper Rear: 13.0x0.9 - in vented disc, single - piston caliper ABS: Four - wheel WHEELS / TIRES Wheels (in): 18x8.0 Tires: P265 / 60R18 Goodyear Wrangler All - Terrain Adventure with Kevlar FUEL ECONOMY EPA city / highway: 14/22 Observed city / highway / trail: 15.7 DIMENSIONS / CAPACITIES Weight (lb): 5,154 Wheelbase (in): 114.8 Overall length (in): 189.8 Overall width (in): 76.5 (84.8 w / mirrors) Height (in): 69.3 Track f / r (in): 63.9 / 64.1 Minimum ground clearance (in): 8.2 (standard height), 10.4 (suspension position # 2) Turning diameter, curb - to - curb (ft): 37.1 Approach / departure angles (deg): 26.2 (standard height) 36.1 (suspension position # 2, air dam off) / 24.0 (standard suspension), 27.1 (air suspension position # 2) Breakover angle (deg): 18.2 (standard height), 22.8 (suspension position # 2) GVWR (lb): 6,800 Payload (lb): 1,190 Maximum towing capacity (lb): 7,200 Seating: 5 Fuel capacity (gal): 24.6 PERFORMANCE 0 - 60 mph (sec): 7.3 Quarter - mile (sec @ mph): 15.6 @ 90.9 Braking 60 - 0 mph (ft): 132.8 Ramp Travel Index (20 - deg, points): 375

Five and a half feet, a quarter of Ribbons's weight, hair as short as desert grass, and bones that showed through his coffee - colored skin.

If that makes you think tablet PCs has made considerable inroads in the short span of time that they have come into being, well there still remains a lop of space to grow as a whooping 14 percent have shown active interest in ushering in the use of tablets in their business operations in the first quarter of next year.