Sentences with phrase «than the lowest quarter»

While the top 1 % earn 30 times more than the lowest quarter of self - employed men.

While the top 1 % of self - employed men earn nearly 60 times more than the lowest quarter of self - employed women.

The top 10 % of self - employed men earn 19 times more than the lowest quarter of self - employed women.

Not exact matches

May 1 - High - end handbag maker Tapestry Inc reported lower third - quarter margins and a steeper - than - expected decline in same - store sales at its newly - absorbed Kate Spade business, sending its shares down as much as 14 percent.

In its revised guidance Monday, Lululemon said it now expects its revenue and profit for the fourth quarter ending Feb. 2 will be significantly lower than its previous estimate before Christmas.

Commerce Department data released Friday showed lower - than - hoped - for overall economic growth for the first quarter: an annualized 2.3 % compared with the Trump administration's aspirational 3 % target.

The Saudi stock index was flat, restrained by a 1.9 percent drop by top petrochemical producer Saudi Basic Industries, which fell 2.1 percent after reporting lower - than - expected fourth - quarter earnings.

But it still recorded only 1.59 million new users, compared with estimates of 1.62 million — and sharply lower than the 1.9 million it signed up in the same quarter last year.

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.

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.

Although Apple sold slightly fewer iPhones than expected — and at a lower price — during the quarter, Cook said he's optimistic there's room to run in the smartphone market worldwide.

Household debt as a percentage of disposable income was was 163.3 % in the first quarter, Statistics Canada reported last week — only marginally lower than the record 163.9 % ratio the agency calculated for the fourth quarter.

«But it seems that launching low - cost long - haul flights without connecting services is challenging,» Gagey said, pointing to Norwegian Air Shuttle, which on Thursday reported a bigger than expected loss for the last quarter of 2017.

WellCare's net income rose more than $ 100 million in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the same time period last year thanks to stellar growth in its Medicare business and much lower - than - expected medical costs for its Medicaid plan holders relative to their premiums.

So, while low oil prices will make this a trying quarter for the entire energy industry, companies with a more balanced portfolio of assets should fare better than the pure - plays.

Private equity returns remained strong but were lower than the prior year quarter, while income from our fixed income investment portfolio increased due to a higher average level of fixed maturity investments and higher short - term interest rates.

Unilever reported lower - than - expected fourth - quarter sales on Thursday, hurt by demonetization in India and an economic slowdown in Brazil.

On the data front, fourth - quarter current account figures showed the deficit fell, hitting its lowest level in more than a year, as an increase in the primary income surplus offset a soybean - driven drop in exports.

BP disappointed analysts on Tuesday morning, reporting lower - than - expected net income in the fourth quarter and annual earnings that dipped to at least a 10 - year low.

China «s official unemployment rate has been around 4 % for years, despite the rapid slowdown in the economy from double - digit growth to quarter - century lows last year of less than 7 %.

Philips Lighting, the world's largest maker of lights, reported better - than - expected core fourth - quarter earnings on Friday, underpinned by cost - cutting and lower research and development expenses.

Pandora announced lower - than - expected profits in the second quarter.

Left to their own devices, the 26 analysts I've heard from so far — 16 Wall Street professionals (in blue) and 10 independents (in green)-- have submitted estimates for last quarter's sales with a range greater than I've ever seen for an Apple (aapl) product: from a low of 3.1 million to a high 10.5 million.

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas was down almost 8 percent, after reporting lower - than - expected operating profit in its second quarter results released Thursday.

Last week, fellow teen store Abercrombie & Fitch warned that its sales for the quarter were below expectations, and last month, Urban Outfitters said its third - quarter sales were trending lower than expected.

«The challenge is that (Dawn of Titans) is shipping pretty late in the quarter, so its material impact on financials is a lot lower than potentially people are thinking because there's only so many days it'll be out in the quarter,» Chief Executive Frank Gibeau said in an interview.

«Expectations were very low going into [the third quarter] since the entire sector has had a tough [quarter], and Macy's results were no worse than feared,» Wells Fargo analyst Paul Lejuez said.

Kraft Heinz's said stiff competition and a supply shortfall of one of its key frozen products will continue to hurt sales in the first quarter, following lower - than - expected sales and profit in the latest reported quarter.

McMillon said in a prerecorded call that U.S. sales rose during the second half of the quarter, but that Sam's Club had lower - than - expected sales.

While more people booked travel on Southwest in the third quarter, fares on average were lower than they were a year earlier, especially for last - minute bookings.

The Eurozone's economy slipped in the third quarter as the slowdown in China and other emerging markets more than offset the benefit to consumers from low oil prices.

Deals in the secondary market, as represented by Midland's 35 key housing estates, hit a low of 41 per week, 40 per cent fewer than in the first quarter of 2003 during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Deutsche Bank shares dropped more than 3 percent on Thursday morning after reporting lower - than - expected revenue for its first quarter at a time when banking stocks have seen sharp gains after centrist Emmanuel Macron emerged as the winner in the first round of French presidential elections last week.

Apple reported slightly lower - than - expected iPhone sales but gave better - than - expected guidance for the third fiscal quarter.

US gross domestic product was lower than expected at 2.6 % in the first quarter.

Merger and acquisition activity in the oil and gas sector dropped to less than $ 1 billion in the first quarter of this year — the lowest since 1994, according to figures recently published in The Globe and Mail.

(Overall sales of PCs, servers, and storage systems were down year over year in the most recent quarter, and Dell's revenue in 2015, pre-merger, was $ 58.1 billion, 6 % lower than in 2012.)

Deals and coupons provider Groupon posted lower - than - expected revenue in the third quarter, hurt by lackluster sales in North America and lower revenue from its international business.

OpenText's third - quarter earnings were lower than expected, and the stock fell by more than 30 %.

«While forecasted iPhone shipments of 39M units is lower than our 42M estimate a month ago, it's far better than our 34M estimate which reflected the weaker June quarter outlook from suppliers like TSMC and AMS.»

That's $ 17.9 billion less than the the $ 285.1 billion it reported at the end of the previous quarter and the lowest total since June.

Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday, largely due to lower medical costs.

While overall low inventory has led to competition in some markets — about a quarter of 2017 home sales yielded sales prices higher than the asking price, according to Zillow — it's a different story for some sellers.

Ford Credit saw earnings before taxes rise 33 percent over the same quarter last year, to $ 641 million, but the company now expects full - year EBT to be flat or lower than last year.

Shares of Intel fall 5 percent after the company projected fourth - quarter sales that will be lower than expected.

The company sees second - quarter sales being modestly lower than previously expected as well.

Bouchard said the fourth - quarter profits were slightly lower than previous quarters because of poor weather and higher expenses in Europe.

The women's clothing retailer said that it expects revenue in the third quarter to be lower than it had previously expected.

In the second quarter of 2015, for example, wages rose a scant 0.2 percent, the lowest level in more than 40 years.

Cenovus said sales volumes in the fourth quarter were about seven per cent lower than oilsands production due to the two - week shutdown and subsequent volume constraints on TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline following an oil spill in November in South Dakota.