Sentences with phrase «well over a quarter»

The United Nations now estimates that well over a quarter of a million refugees have crossed over into Bangladesh.

The Conservative candidate, Kashif Ali, was thought to have removed well over a quarter of Woolas» votes in the Asian community.

The state Republican Party spent just over $ 1 million in the weeks leading up to the general election, and well over a quarter of that cash went to a single firm: Tusk Enterprises Inc..

the cost of trips and excursions has increased, with well over a quarter of parents now spending over # 200 per year and increasing numbers unable to afford to pay for their children to participate.

For well over a quarter century, the NEA and the AFT have been the most powerful groups in the politics of education — with more than four million members, formidable sums of money for campaign contributions and lobbying, well - educated activists manning the electoral trenches, and organizations that blanket the nation, allowing them to coordinate all these resources toward political ends.

According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.

The laser light waves oscillate at 450 nanometers and put out 1200 lumens, good for 500 meters — or well over a quarter - mile — of night vision.

It doesn't seem like much, but that's well over a quarter of my life (go ahead and do the math; I'll wait).

The engineer for the project notes that these cost $ 1.800.000 (US$ 2.5 million), well over a quarter of the budget and twenty bucks a foot on the building's hard costs.

When ocean models were first coupled to atmospheric models well over a quarter century ago, systematic errors in each component near their interface led to sizeable drift and unrealistic climate simulations.

Every year people donate to charities across the globe but during the month of December, well over a quarter of the world's annual donations are given to nonprofits.

Not exact matches

And for good reason: Apple sold nine million new iPhones over three days in September; Google earned US$ 14 billion in revenue last quarter; Twitter, it's IPO imminent, is about to mint a new round of tech - age millionaires.

Last week Snap reported its best quarter ever last week since its March 2017 IPO, beating Wall Street revenue expectations for the fourth quarter of 2017 and posting the biggest net user addition in over a year.

On Tuesday, Calgary - based Calfrac Well Services Ltd. reported it more than doubled its first - quarter revenue compared with the same period last year and is reactivating equipment it parked over the past three years.

The company reported one of its best quarters in years just over two weeks ago, touting its growing gross margins, new cloud offerings and steady legacy businesses.

And we know that Jeep is the best - selling brand in FCA's NAFTA region, accounting for about 35 % of the just over 619,000 vehicles FCA sold in the region in the second quarter.

But there is no escapting the fact the country's consumers are not happy campers: Market researcher Nielsen found that consumer confidence in Malaysia fell to 78 points over the July - September period, down 11 percentage points on the quarter, marking a record low since the survey began in 2005, as well as Southeast Asia's worst reading for the quarter.

The first quarter year over year revenue comparison was negatively impacted by approximately $ 184,000 due to the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard (ASC Topic 606) as well as the loss of a large customer, representing revenue of approximately $ 800,000 in the current quarter, which was previously announced as lost in Q4 2017.

The region «has been a consistently good performer for us over the last several quarters and we will continue to invest our global sales resources to drive opportunities there,» Wehner said in an interview with Reuters.

Prior to the market correction, which has reduced Tesla's 2018 gain to about 3 % ahead of earnings, there was no real major dip, so you could argue that the staggering losses and the capital obliteration — over $ 1 billion per quarter at his point — are, well, somehow rationally priced in.

Perhaps more surprising is Buffett's second - best pick over the past year, as it has recently been known more for controversy than outperformance: United Airlines stock, up almost 44 % since the investor bought it in the third quarter of 2016.

Stocks fell across the board Wednesday as the year's final fiscal quarter opened to a market sell - off spurred by concerns over mounting global crises, including the first domestic case of Ebola, as well as the looming possibility of an interest rate hike.

Michael Goldberg, the head of ECM in the US for RBC, credited a favorable market backdrop — especially for IPOs — in the first quarter, as well as some payoff from the firm's investments over the past seven to nine years in adding senior bankers to its US roster.

Ahead of earnings, there's been no real dip, so you could argue that the staggering losses and the capital obliteration — over $ 1 billion per quarter at his point — are, well, somehow rationally priced in.

Finally, on Feb. 26, 2014, Penney reported its first glimmer of good news: increases in same - store sales for the first time in two years, up 2 % over the prior year's fourth quarter (which, let's not forget, was down 32 %).

By contrast, well over three - quarters of Starwood's 11 - brand portfolio was either in luxury, with properties such as St. Regis, or so - called upper - upscale, the category between true luxury and limited service, consisting of brands like Westin, Le Meridien, and Sheraton.

Last quarter was the best quarter for blockchain and bitcoin VC funding on record, more than doubling the amount raised in the first quarter and up 89 % year over year, according to CBInsights.

Oil prices have been unusually volatile over the last week, so predicting third quarter economic growth is a bit of a fool's errand when we don't have a good feel on what the rest of the third quarter will bring for oil prices (and what we do know is not good).

Sales of small businesses with revenues of about $ 350,000 rose eight percent in the second quarter of 2011 over the same period last year, but the news isn't quite as good as it sounds.

Our data proves this: of the nearly 60 percent who have taken a personality assessment at work, over three - quarters believe the results were used to create a better employee experience.

And through the end of the quarter, the fund has already collected over $ 225 million from interest, principal and asset resolutions at levels significantly higher and sooner than originally anticipated, as well as from a groundbreaking nonperforming loan securitization, which has received a great deal of industry attention.

That represents a 27 percent increase over the same quarter in 2016 for both models combined, and a 9 percent increase over Q3 2017, Tesla's previous best quarter, the company said.

HERERA: Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN), whose founder and CEO stepped down earlier this year over allegations of sexual misconduct, reported better than expected earnings in the most recent quarter.

[2] Each quarter in the Statement on Monetary Policy, we publish forecasts for Australia's major trading partners» GDP growth, as well as Australia's terms of trade, GDP growth, unemployment rate and inflation over the next two - and - a-half years.

Core inflation has been lower than expected in recent months... Core inflation is expected to increase gradually over coming quarters, reaching 2 per cent by the middle of 2013 as the economy gradually absorbs the current small degree of slack, the growth of labour compensation remains moderate and inflation expectations stay well anchored.

«The good news is analysts are expecting revenues to increase year over year this quarter.

The fact that management has constantly reduced its guidance over the past 4 - 5 quarters isn't a good sign.

As you enter the last quarter of the year, you generally have a pretty good idea of how close you will come to hitting your goals, and begin to think about where you'd like to be over the course... [Read more...]

stock - market investors who are tired of the steep swings seen over the course of 2018 may look back at the first - quarter earnings season and think, «well that wasn't so bad.»

This year we will make sure that we got a balanced high low message throughout the fourth quarter, which we feel good, will give us a nice opportunity to comp over that performance from last year.

U.S. stock - market investors who are tired of the steep swings seen over the course of 2018 may look back at the first - quarter earnings season and think, «well that wasn't so bad.»

The retailer reported better - than - expected earnings for the fourth quarter of last year, bringing in revenue of $ 8.7 billion, a 1.8 percent rise over the year - earlier period, and positive same - store sales.

Snap fell 0.9 % on Wednesday, Nov. 15, after filings revealed billionaire investor George Soros dumped all his shares in the messaging app group — as well as Facebook and Apple — over the previous quarter.

While it may not feel like it every quarter or year, we are building what we believe is a truly conservative global portfolio of our best ideas, one company at a time, to maximize returns over a multi-year period.

When a portfolio has two stocks up over 20 % and only one down more than 10 %, it will usually be a pretty good quarter.

In one illustrative example from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at best one - quarter of the cost of a broad - based cut in individual rates could be offset by economic growth over a decade, and even that assumes future tax increases will ultimately be enacted to stabilize the long - term fiscal picture.

On the other hand, Erin Gibbs of S&P Investment Advisory says that given Wal - Mart's earnings picture over the next few quarters, «there are better options out there.»

Total household assets rose by 6 per cent over the year to the December quarter 2004 (Table 7), in line with income but well below the average of previous years.

After moderating in the first half of 2003, the volume of imports expanded by 3 1/4 per cent in the September quarter, to be 12 1/2 per cent higher over the year, which is well above trend rates of growth.

They show that over the year to the June quarter, the value of manufactured exports to east Asia fell by around 15 per cent, while overseas arrivals from east Asia (a good indicator of tourist trade) fell by around 10 per cent.