Sentences with phrase «slow the first half»

The tour company, which operates Transat, missed expectations in its seasonally slow first quarter as its net loss attributable to shareholders was $ 6.6 million, compared with $ 32.1 million in the prior year.

In addition to slowing first - class delivery to 2 - 3 days, the proposed change will close 252 of the 461 mail processing centers around the nation, resulting in 28,000 lost jobs by 2012.

The central bank, which kept its rate at 1.25 per cent Wednesday, said slower first - quarter growth of about 1.3 per cent was largely a result of housing markets» responses to stricter mortgage rules and sluggish exports.

Amid slow first - quarter economic growth and a strong dollar, bottom - up estimates for S&P 500 company earnings have come down 8 % over the past three months.

(He does not put words on the screen and read them aloud, as if to slow first - graders.)

Four million dollars a year to a guy who's probably the slowest first baseman in the National League?

Back in February, around the same time as a National Signing Day embed at Oregon, I mentioned to Taggart that a slow first year would likely not be received as patiently in Eugene as it was in Tampa.

Tom Brady and the Patriots shook off a slow first half to get a big AFC win over Phillip Rivers and San Diego.

They began pressing more after a slow first 10 minutes, and from then on they looked a lot more comfortable.

Go slow the first two months of your training so your body can adapt to the new routines and avoid injuries.

You're going to want to take things slow the first few times you run hills.

At first, like every mom after birth, she took it slow the first five months.

If you're down with that, you'll have to endure a surprisingly slow first act -LSB-...]

After a slow first few days wheeled out a platter of surprisingly mediocre films given this is the most prestigious film festival on Earth and can cherry - pick from the cream of world cinema, Festival de Cannes clicked into gear.

Though it's not nearly as great as it could've been due to a slow first act, once the mystery at the center of the story is revealed, the movie eventually hits its stride, even if that means suspending your disbelief at times.

With a slow first half and some uneven performances and character work beyond its leads, it feels a bit rough around the edges.

Eventually these slower first steps mean you can move faster toward your goals.»

Deadline To Introduce Bills Has Passed February 12, 2016 by Brett Kittredge After a slow first month of the 2016 Legislative Session, lawmakers are about to get busy.

«It's been slow the first six months, and the election has added uncertainties about what the future course of the economy will be.»

Don't let the game's slow first few hours turn you off, this is definitely an RPG worth playing.

On the other, gamescom is the source for many announcements and previews that make for a slower first half of the month.

Yes, the Wii U had a slow first few months, but once it started picking up steam around mid-2013 it's released some of the best games in recent years.

«The Committee recommends fresh evidence regarding real - world investment behaviours and a slower first review, requiring a decision of the full expert panel rather than just the Lord Chancellor, and involving mandatory consideration about whether to move to a mixed - rate methodology rather than the present single rate approach.

This method works just as well but is slightly slower the first time around (after the initial PIN - based pair you will not need to input the PIN number again).

But it's still a first generation product (remember how slow first - generation Touch ID was), and it has the quirks and bugs that any first - generation technology has.

Once you are back home the slower advertising interval will lead to a slower first unlocking, because it will take longer to establish the Bluetooth connection (about two times the advertising interval).

Already facing affordability issues, this competition at the entry - level market only adds to the roadblocks slowing first - time buyers.»

Strong job gains and an unemployment rate well off its peak, accumulating momentum in recent housing starts and sales, as well as a rebound in retail sales after a slow first quarter combine to point to consumers gaining confidence in the economic recovery.

Housing news continued to improve as pending home sales surged following a slow first quarter.

The volume of life company loan originations to commercial and multifamily properties stayed about level from the first half of 2012 to 2013 — that includes a very slow first quarter and a very busy second quarter.

The combination of resilient consumer confidence, moderately low interest rates and improved affordability across most of the country led to greater than expected activity during the typically slower first quarter, the company says.

Not exact matches

He recalled that another student in his class shattered the record, in part by racing down the slide for life head - first, instead of the slower, safer method that everyone else used.

By slowing down, for example, by taking the moments I needed to prepare for that call in the first place, I would have ultimately saved myself time in the long run.

Same - restaurant sales at KFC rose 2 percent in the first quarter of 2018, the slowest growth rate in four quarters.

The consolidation brings to its logical end the slow merger of the two chains; U.S. electronics chain Best Buy first bought Future Shop in 2001 for $ 580 milion, but continued to run both chains under their separate names, despite combining many back - office functions.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, 8.1 million Americans paid for streaming music subscriptions in the first half of 2015, but growth is slowing; that was only a 2.5 % jump compared with 2014.

Same - restaurant sales at KFC rose 2 percent in the first quarter of 2018, missing analysts» target with the slowest growth rate in four quarters.

Burnout was first identified in the 1970s in studies of overworked, overstressed «helping professions,» such as health workers and teachers, who found all their efforts never slowed the flow of pain and despair.

Our first impulse to slow down would most likely be to stop doing as much and minimize stimuli by kicking back in a hammock or on a beach somewhere.

And with traditional automakers slow to cannibalize their combustion engine vehicles, he thinks it's going to be hard for them catch up to on electric, despite the production problems plaguing Tesla's new Model 3 sedan, its first vehicle aimed at the mass car - buying market.

Investors include Altos Ventures, First Round Capital, and Slow Ventures.

It was a record for the second quarter of the year, as the summer months are usually slow for Netflix, and the company even bucked normal seasonality trends by posting sequential growth over the first quarter.

First, the speed of buying decisions has slowed down.

Oh, one other prediction, which probably won't happen this year, but is inevitable: the media (and public) will freak out the first time a robot car accidentally kills someone, with calls to slow development inevitably following.

Most analysts expect the first rate hike to come in September of this year, but that the pace of subsequent rate hikes will be slow, taking into account continued middling economic growth and below - target inflation.

Slow paying is the first sign of trouble with an account and I have certainly extended credit when I shouldn't have, and that has ended up costing me a lot of money.

This is hard to do for two reasons, first, because the economic cycle is slow — boom to bust can take a decade or more.

Photos, video thumbnails and transition elements were slow to show up at first.

If you are playing big in life, there is always the next big thing, so balance isn't necessarily about slowing down but being in touch with what recharges you and doing that when you first feel the need to avoid overwhelm and burnout.

Education provider Navitas has reported slower growth in student enrolments for its University Programs in Australia for the first semester of the year.