Sentences with phrase «while about a quarter»

While about a quarter of all foreign researchers and students in Germany is from Eastern Europe, only 2 % or 3 % of mobile Germans choose to go in the opposite direction.

At the beginning of the study period, more than half of the hospitals were considered financially strong while about a quarter were financially weak.

Not exact matches

Yet, while surveys have found that most small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are aware of CRM's potential benefits, only about a quarter of them have adopted it.

In addition, while the iPhone X is the most expensive Apple phone to date, starting at about $ 1,000, Tim Cook said during the conference call that the phone was also the most popular phone sold in China during the quarter.

Delta and Southwest shares fell about 10 percent apiece in the third quarter, while American and United lost 5.6 percent and 19 percent, respectively.

Right now, the government covers about three - quarters of those premiums, while the lawmakers and their staff members pick up the rest of the tab.

While Americans were buying their first cell phones, about a quarter - century ago, Estonians were shut off from the world as an outpost of the Soviet Union.

Meanwhile, it's clear that other chains are winning: In the third quarter of 2014, while McDonald's same - store sales were falling about 3 %, those at Chipotle Mexican Grill, the big cheese of the burrito world, were soaring 20 %.

The company also said that fourth quarter revenues will hit $ 1.12 billion, while 2014 fiscal sales will reach about $ 4.06 billion.

While Tesla expressed confidence about the second half of the year, negative free cash flow was more than $ 1 billion for the third time in the last four quarters.

Spirit said ship - set deliveries or complete sets of parts for each aircraft to Boeing fell about 2 percent to 183 units in the first quarter ended March 29, while those to Airbus rose about 3 percent to 208 units.

But about a quarter of the time, you can have a P / E reset, if you will, while the market generally stays up.

About a quarter of young adults say they personally have insurance through their parents, while another 1 in 10 have purchased insurance through an exchange.

Small - business owners are optimistic about the next quarter, even while still mired in sluggish economic conditions, according to a new survey by payroll - processing firm SurePayroll.

About a quarter are awarded benefits on their initial claim, while another 2 percent are approved on appeal and 11 percent at hearings.

When Zenger interviewed 700 Silicon Valley engineers about their performance relative to their peers, he found that nearly 40 % thought they were in the top 5 % of their company, while 92 % believed they were in the top quarter.

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.

While the economy has rebounded from the Great Recession, Biz2Credit found big banks still only approve about a quarter of the small - business - loan applications.

In fact, product stockpiles grew 59 % year - over-year while the company sales are projected to increase by 15 % in the next quarter, leading to questions about how Lululemon will get rid of so much yoga apparel without resorting to deep discounts.

But while Digit has saved about a quarter of a billion dollars for its users, CEO Ethan Bloch says the company has earned only «a tiny amount» in the current interest - rate environment.

The company's net revenue increased to about $ 1.1 billion in the second quarter from $ 960 million in the first quarter, while bookings rose to more than $ 5 billion from more than $ 3.8 billion in the prior quarter, Bloomberg said.

As the overall market gained on the last day of the quarter, Apple underperformed Wednesday, closing up about 0.8 percent while the S&P rallied 1.9 percent.

The United States accounted for about 41 % of the total payments volume in the latest quarter, while Europe accounted for about 25 %, Visa said.

And while nearly 30,000 families are now receiving benefits from Colombia's Comprehensive Program for Illicit Crop Substitution, that's only about one - quarter of the families who have signed collective agreements, which is just the first step in a long process to get aid.

Beef farms make up about one - quarter of all farms in Canada, second only to field crops, while the dollar value of live cattle exports ranks just behind spring wheat, canola and durum exports.

Kellogg Co., the maker of Frosted Flakes and Pop - Tarts, on Thursday said its sales fell 2.1 % to $ 3.64 billion in the latest quarter while profit slipped about 3 % to $ 224 million.

So while most mortgage money was used to bid up the price of home ownership, about a quarter of new lending was reported to be spent on consumption goods.

About a quarter of U.S. adults (24 %) say tax rates on corporations and large businesses should be lowered, while roughly twice as many (52 %) say they should be raised.

While the economy has rebounded from the Great Recession, Biz2Credit found big banks still only approve about a quarter of the small business loan applications.

Looking at the sector - wide performance of Corporate America in the second quarter of this year, more than 80 percent of the companies in information technology, healthcare and the financial - services space reported higher than estimated EPS growth, closely followed by the consumer staples industry producing food, beverages, household articles, while about 60 - 70 percent of the companies listed under the energy, utilities and materials sectors reported better than expected EPS numbers.

In the first quarter of this year, consumer staple stocks, the best performing group, gained 5.6 percent while technology stocks shed 2.5 percent, leaving a spread of about 8 percent.

While the partnership did lose about $ 5 million on a GAAP basis in the most recently reported third quarter (Q4 results won't be out for another month or so), its cash flows have been positive.

Data from Australian Property Monitors show that inner - city apartment prices in Melbourne have fallen by around 4 per cent from their peak, while prices in Sydney have fallen by about the same amount over the two quarters to June, though they remain 8 per cent higher over the year.

So when Caterpillar's CFO called the first quarter the «high watermark for the year,» investors sat up and took notice, says O'Rourke, who has been banging on about over-optimism ahead of earnings for a while.

All it would have taken was one little clause: «Employee agrees to dedicate from one - half to three - quarters of her teaching time discussing why sitting in one's room and thinking vague thoughts about God while watching a tape of Dawson's Creek is not an adequate alternative for attending Mass.» And I don't mind, really I don't.

I portrayed them, correctly I think, as remaining obsessed — albeit negatively — with the classical god of metaphysical theism, while I was talking about Someone Else, the mysterious and elusive Other of the prophets and Jesus, who — like Jacques Brel — was very much alive although living in unexpected quarters.

While 35 percent of American adults identify themselves as evangelical, just a quarter belong to an evangelical denomination and only 6 percent meet the Barna Group's definition based on nine questions about beliefs, noted NPR in a lengthy report.

About half of Americans correctly believe that Christianity is currently the largest faith in the world, while a quarter say Islam.

For all of them, I let them sit for a while (while I made or cooked the other batters) and I used a non-stick pan, ungreased, and about a quarter cup of batter at a time on med - high heat, flipping once the edges started to curl.

While there has been misreporting about Kidman and its sale process, there has also been strong opposition to the Chinese sale from numerous quarters including government, political parties and some in the business community.

- While the squash roasts, cook the ground beef by placing a medium - size non-stick pan over medium - high heat, and drizzling in about 1 tablespoon of olive oil; once the oil is hot, add in the onion, and saute for about 2 minutes; next, add in the ground beef and break it up with a spoon / spatula into small crumble; once the beef has slightly browned, add in a couple of pinches of salt and pepper, the garlic, the cumin, the cayenne and the cinnamon, and stir to combine; allow the beef to finish browning, then turn the heat off, and turn the seasoned beef mixture out into a bowl; next, add to the beef the cooked brown rice, the black beans, the quartered cherry tomatoes, the chopped cilantro, the sunflower seeds and the orange zest, and combine the ingredients very well; add another pinch of salt if needed, and set the mixture aside for a moment, keeping warm.

Quinoa Cornbread Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: 9 Ingredients 1 cup nondairy milk 3 1/2 ounces dates (about 6 Medjool or 12 Deglet Noor), pitted and quartered 1 cup water 1/2 cup dry / uncooked quinoa 1 cup cornmeal 1/2 cup old - fashioned rolled oats, ground into a flour in the blender 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda Instructions Place the nondairy milk and dates into a blender, and set aside while you prepare the other ingredients (be sure to grind the oats before doing this).

If the roles were reversed than some quarters of the ND fandom and punditocracy would be crying about having to play a 13th game while their opponent who humiliated them only had to play 12.

10 years later, no more EPL championships, no more quarter finals in the CL, 10 yeras of coming 4th place, while First Chelsea and then City left us in their wake, now Liverpool is tryong to wake up, Manu is about to spend 200M in this window, trying to rebuild quickly, and our manager is waiting for the last day of the transfer window, he calls it like playing chess.

As one might expect, the 1st quarter line is generally a quarter of the entire game's line, while the first half line is usually about half of the entire spread.

A series of injuries then halted his progress, while a loan spell at West Bromwich Albion earlier this campaign was hugely frustrating and led to questions being raised in some quarters about the prospect's attitude.

While Top Box is new, Kennedy said he has been thinking about the concept since he moved to Illinois a quarter - century ago.

While kids on average continued to finish about three - quarters of each fruit serving, the share of students selecting fruit with lunch rose 12 percent.

- Nearly three quarters of Queens respondents (73 percent) expressed concerns about age discrimination at work, while nearly half (48 percent) said they expect to delay their retirement for financial reasons.

Gjonaj spent over $ 1 million, an unheard of sum for a City Council race; while Velazquez spent about one quarter of that, around $ 225,000.