Sentences with phrase «with more than a quarter of»

Shark populations around the world started to plummet, with more than a quarter of shark and ray species now at risk of extinction.

One of those companies was Eastern Hawaii Leisure Co., which would wind up with more than a quarter of the stolen funds from Bangladesh, according to the Philippine Senate report.

Children's Services With more than a quarter of the population younger than 20, it's no surprise that there are dozens of franchises aimed at children.

The video of this song has gone viral, with more than a quarter of a million online views.

With more than a quarter of a century of experience in surgery, missionary, academic and private medicine, Dr. George Yu, M.D. has been practicing an integrative approach to health, aging and disease.

Silky skin is a surprise inclusion with more than a quarter of men (27 %) saying they'd go for a facial or lather on the moisturizer.

There is also wide variation in the standard of schooling across the country, with more than a quarter of schools deemed underperforming in Poole, and a similar picture for Medway, Doncaster and Bedford.

The health gains were most visible in disadvantaged catchment areas — over a half of schools with more than a quarter of pupils on free school meals said their facilities had improved, compared to 39 per cent of schools with lower than average take up of free meals.

With more than a quarter of its schools deemed failing and at risk of being taken over by the state, Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson hired Sharon Griffin, a hard - charging, no - nonsense Memphis native, to oversee what has become a life - saving turnaround experiment.

With more than a quarter of rural degree - holders seeking 2 - year degrees, community colleges that provide access and affordability (and even a bridge to a 4 - year degree) could provide an essential institution for training and retaining rural high school graduates.

This event is one of the greatest spectacles in world sport with more than a quarter of a million fans making their annual pilgrimage to the French city of Le Mans each year.

«With more than a quarter of all previous generation 3 Series sold in Australia being optioned with the M Sport Package it is clear that our customers place a premium on performance and sportiness,» said Mr Horton.

The Pittock Mansion, the product of Oregon craftsmen and artisans and Northwest materials, stands as a living memorial to these dedicated pioneers who spent nearly 60 years building Portland from a forest clearing to a bustling business center with more than a quarter of a million people.

The Kickstarter for a coloring book of his hand - drawn Golden Ratio illustrations asked for a smidgen over $ 20,000 and wound up with more than a quarter of a million dollars.

Not exact matches

The slump in demand for the precious metal also coincided with prices holding within their narrowest range of any quarter in more than a decade.

More than three - quarters of Canadian merchants are already equipped with the technology for contact-less payments, compared to just 2 % in the United States.

While the early - stage company still mounted losses for the quarter, it received more revenue than expected as a result of its collaboration with pharma giant Pfizer.

The Freelancers Union, which represents 165,000 people nationwide, found that more than three - quarters of its members reported having been cheated by a client, with an average loss of $ 6,000.

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.

More than three - quarters of such activities could be automated already with today's technology, and figure prominently in manufacturing and food service, making these sectors the most technically susceptible to automation.

After consulting with a handful of Fortune 500 companies, at 25 he founded a content marketing agency and generated more than a quarter million its second year.

Nearly one - third of HR professionals and managers claim boomerang employees have a stigma hanging over their heads that they might leave again, and more than one - quarter say these employees may have the same baggage they originally left with.

There was a lot of money made on residential property sales around Australia in the June quarter, but the joy wasn't spread around evenly, with more than 10 per cent of all houses and about 20 per cent of all units sold in Western Australia during the quarter selling at a loss.

Cabela's has struggled with declining sales of apparel and footwear and has reported same - store sales growth in only one quarter in more than three years.

Chevron (cvx) continued on its «longest losing streak in more than a century,» surprising Wall Street with a loss of $ 1.47 billion, or 78 cents, for the quarter.

The strike has widespread popular support, with more than three - quarters of Spaniards polled agreeing that women have it tougher than men.

Sears attributes about a quarter of its lost revenue to having fewer stores in operation, with more than 300 locations gone since 2010.

The business is more complex than it may appear, he said: Groupon has salespeople in 47 countries, negotiating deals with a quarter of a million merchants, and «at the same time, [we are] innovating [and] thinking about what Groupon will become in three or five years.

The Taoyuan City - based firm has been attempting to refocus its growth prospects on the high - end VR business, with shipments of the Vive headset totalling more than 190,000 units in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC.

SAP had been slow to move into the cloud, said Reuner, but after making the shift with acquisitions such as procurement software company Ariba in 2012, the first quarter of 2017 saw it sell more subscriptions than expected, with new cloud bookings increasing by 49 percent to 215 million euros ($ 244.9 million) and shares hitting a record high.

Foreigners spent more than $ 5.4 billion on travel in the first quarter, compared with about $ 5 billion over the same period a year earlier and $ 4.7 billion in the first quarter of 2014.

Suntory expects the deal to close in the second quarter of 2014, and says it will create «a stronger global player in premium spirits» with more than $ 4.3 billion in annual combined sales of spirits.

More than a quarter of the list is made up of families like the Aquilinis, and while it may be hard to feel sympathy for the pecadilloes of the rich, it's worth pointing out that being a member of a dynasty comes with its own set of burdens.

In its fourth quarter, Facebook saw a 63 percent increase in revenue, with more than half of its $ 2.6 billion in Q4 revenue coming from mobile advertising on smartphones, iPads, and other mobile devices.

«The question is going to be, with the animal spirits having sort of disappeared here and the classic risk taking mode, whether we're going to continue to see this gapping around, which I think will look more like recent sequential quarters than it would like the healthy first quarter we saw last year,» he said.

The central bank has cut interest rates for more than a year and flooded the state - owned sector with almost $ 1 trillion of credit in the first quarter.

Two thirds of Canadians do not agree with the current law where employers are allowed to pay temporary foreign workers less for equivalents skills and duties (66 %), and just more than a quarter agree (28 %).

More than a quarter of consumers who aren't planning a romantic evening have an alternative in mind, such as buying something for themselves or getting together with family and friends, the NRF said.

Only a little more than one - quarter of those who work with an advisor (27 percent) had been told by the advisor how much their portfolios could lose if there were a market crash.

So is this company, thanks to the completion of a two - year highway - expansion project: first - quarter sales for 1997 were up by more than 40 %, compared with the same period last year.

Dahl adds: «That's why, if we were looking at a company with a longer track record, we might ask more questions about how the business handled the slowdown of»91 than how it performed during a single quarter in» 99.

Watching the New England Patriots — trailing 21 - zip in the second quarter, down 25 points in the third, 19 points in the hole with less than 600 seconds to go in regulation — rally to win the Super Bowl in overtime, I couldn't help but wonder if there was some mysterious science behind «the miraculous comeback»: something measurable, or at least point - to - able, that captures the transformation of human spirit that drives an individual — or, more inexplicably, a team of separate beings — to see «victory» when «loss» is flashing all around them.

But the company that shows up next quarter could be a very different one: Layoffs of more than 1,700 people will be well underway, offices will be closed and assets sold, and Yahoo could be in discussions with «qualified strategic entities» such as Verizon about a sale of some or all of its core properties.

According to FactSet, S&P companies with more than 50 % of their sales outside the U.S. raised their earnings 13.4 % in Q3 of 2017 vs. the same quarter a year ago, compared with just 2.3 % for those with more than half their sales in the U.S. Europe has turned from a millstone into a motor.

Services are still a small part of Apple's sales compared with the iPhone, which booked more than $ 38 billion during the quarter, but services provide a high - margin, steady and quickly growing revenue stream as smartphone sales are set to slow worldwide.

With an annual price tag of $ 72,228 for tuition, room and board, and fees, attending Mudd for four years will run students, and their families, more than a quarter of a million dollars.

Fifty - three percent of millennials say they make purchases they can't afford to keep up with their friends no more than once a year, while one - quarter of respondents say they never make FOMO purchases.

For one, the millennial generation, including those with higher net worth, hold significantly more cash than any other generation, according to a report by UBS issued in the first quarter of 2015.

Although adjusted EBITDA fell 40 % in the quarter, the company reiterated its guidance for full - year adjusted EBITDA growth of between 6 % and 11 %, with more than 100 % of the growth coming in the second half of the year.

Hackers stole Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses, credit card and driver's license numbers of 143 million people — more than half the adult population in the U.S., and about three - quarters of all Americans with a credit history.