Here is the thing: this is the first drop in reported profits at Tesco since 1993-94.
Last November the company suffered its first drop in same-store sales in 10 years.
In October, the company announced its first drop in monthly same-store sales in nine years.
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Orders for capital goods, excluding aircraft and defence, fell by 5.1% in October, the first drop in six months.
Overall, the number of phone sales in 2012 actually dropped 1.7% from the previous year, the first drop since 2009.
The four-week average of applications dropped 6, 750 to 355, 000, the first drop in the less volatile measure of hiring in three weeks.
Adjusted for seasonal swings, the total fell by 41, 023, or 0.8%, in December from the previous month, the first drop since July.
New-home sales fell by 3.2% in October, the first drop in three months, and the stock of unsold new properties continued to rise.
Before the open, the Commerce Department reported a 1.2% drop in retail sales from April to May, the first drop in eight months.
But in fact the ball was in play after the first drop - so he incurred a two-shot penalty, leading to the horrendous sextuple-bogey.
Some of the biggest names in Corporate America have disappointed, including Google, JP Morgan Chase and IBM, which posted its first drop in revenue in three years.
If the situation does not improve, ERCOT will first drop load resources (a market-based demand response program) and other resources under contract to be interrupted during an emergency.
Bhar pointed out that gold climbed steadily in the aftermath of a report showing U.S. consumer spending fell 0.2% in June, the first drop in almost two years.
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The new Diamondback Ride, they tell me, is 230ft off the ground at its highest point, with a first drop of 215ft at an angle of 74 degrees.
Figures from the European Central Bank this week showed that lending to the private sector declined by 0.3% year on year in September, the first drop since records began.
The tiny airport closest at the first drop of bad weather, and as they say, in Telluride it is either sunny or snowing, making this a somewhat risky and impractical.
One new feature was that the number of new properties being put up for sale also fell back, the first drop since January, which Rics suggested might stop any dramatic further falls in prices.
There was the first drop to a negative reading by the Leading Economic Indicators in nine months, the largest decline in durable goods orders since last August, big plunges in new home starts and permits for future starts.
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This was the first quarterly drop in real GDP in three-and-a-half years (see first chart below).
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The statistics agency recorded Spain's first population drop since the regular census began in the 1990s.
Apple (AAPL) is poised to report its first profit drop in a long time.
You can see that the first drastic drop in profitability (2008) occurred prior to the rise in unemployment (2009).
After surviving a first ball drop, Mike Hussey departed early, bowled by a straighter delivery from Ian Hunter for 15.
On March 30th Baosteel, China's biggest producer, reported its first quarterly drop in net profits in more than three years.
First-quarter earnings were down 20% --the first such drop in eight years.
With global semiconductor sales logging their first annual drop since 2001, Applied Materials said Monday it would post a quarterly loss because of reduced demand.
With the insurance business suffering through one of its periodic price-cutting crusades, revenue also fell 31%, representing the first such drop for the Stamford, Conn. firm in two years.
The country's first commercial drop zone was established in 1990 in Queenstown and the activity has grown quickly ever since, partly thanks to New Zealand's reputation for extreme sports.
In a surprise news release Oct. 18, Schering-Plough announced positive results for its home-brewed compound, precipitating a first big drop in Vertex shares--even though Schering isn't presenting any details at the liver meeting.
The tournament sponsor, Accenture, was the first to drop Woods from its advertising after the revelations about his affairs, and some golfers had assumed that Woods' decision to speak on Friday was timed to hit back at the company.
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