On a year-on-year basis, meanwhile, prices fell in 57 cities, up from the 55 registered in May.
"They need to be able to show us that on a year-on-year basis they are reducing their water use, " he told BBC News.
It was reported overnight that Chinese consumer prices rose 5.5% on a year-on-year basis in May, which was stronger than expected.
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On a year-on-year basis, second-hand home prices rose 18.06% in March.
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All divisions decreased sequentially and on a year-on-year basis.
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"While prices will continue to fall on a year-on-year basis, you can see some signs of stabilizing on a sequential basis, " said Kris Li, a property analyst from Shenyin Wanguo Research and Consulting.
The analyst notes that U.S. ComScore data for August shows that time spent on the site was down 12% on a pro forma basis on a year-over-year basis.
Zillow forecasts that the Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price Index will decline 4 percent on a year-over-year basis, but rise 1.2 percent on a month-over-month basis.
We forecast that the Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price Index will decline 3.5 percent on a year-over-year basis, but rise 0.9 percent on a month-over-month basis.
This amounts to an 18 percent quarter-over-quarter drop and a 42 percent a on year-over-year basis.
The network products and services company announced its operating margin had fallen to 22.3% on a non-GAAP basis from 23.2% sequentially, 24.5% on a year-over-year basis.
Manufacturing activity has increased 32 percent so far in 2011, outpacing that of a year ago and driving the profits of industrial firms to rise 28 percent on a year-over-year basis, data from CLSA says.
He contends that U.S. search spending in the period was up in the mid-20s on a year-over-year basis.
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For the Case-Shiller 10-City Composite Home Price Index, we forecast that it will show a decline of 3.4 percent on a year-over-year basis, while displaying an increase of 1.2 percent on a month-over-month basis.
For the Case-Shiller 10-City Composite Home Price Index, we forecast that it will show a decline of 2.9 percent on a year-over-year basis, while displaying an increase of 0.9 percent on a month-over-month basis.
"Saint-Gobain expects 2009 to be an extremely challenging year, particularly in the first six months, due to a higher year-on-year basis for comparison, " the company said.
Still, the retailer earlier this year said it had ordered Spring 2012 merchandise at a time cotton prices were still higher on a year-over-year basis.
Sales are up 39% for April on year-over-year basis, according to NPD.
Gurus didn't mind the multiple of 22 times current-year earnings and bought into the company, which grew second-quarter EPS by 27% on a year-over-year basis.
According to the National Association of Realtors, as of February 2011, pending home sales in the U.S., on average, was down 8.2% (seasonally adjusted) and 9.3% (non-seasonally adjusted) respectively on a year-over-year basis.
In December, sales fell for the third consecutive month on a year-to-year basis.
But there's another problem with comparing deficits on a year-to-year basis.
Revenues for the fiscal third-quarter fell by 3% on a year-over-year basis.
The 10- and 20-city composites gained 8.6% and 9.3% on a year-over-year basis, with every metropolitan area clocking in a second consecutive month of positive growth for the first time since early 2005.
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Zillow is predicting the non-seasonally adjusted 20-City Composite Home Price Index will decline by 3.2% on a year-over-year basis, while the 10-City Composite Home Price Index will show a year-over-year decline of 2.7%.
Juniper has enjoyed double-digit revenue growth for the past four quarters on a year-over-year basis.
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Looking forward, Staples said it expects only a modest economic recovery in 2010, with second-quarter sales increasing in the low single digits on a year-over-year basis.
What's more, DDS has not rested on its laurels in 2010, advancing more than 52% on a year-to-date basis.
For example, the chart below shows how the food and non-food consumer price index (CPI) have declined on a year-over-year basis over the past several months.
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On November 13, Giant Interactive reported third-quarter earnings of 20 cents per share, which was flat on a year-over-year basis but better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
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