Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch calculate that in the first week of this earnings season the number of American companies reporting better-than-expected sales outstripped the number reporting better-than-expected profits.
We hope that manufacturers will soon start reporting the number of Android handsets they ship each quarter.
The researchers say they will now look at the characteristics of those that are under-reporting the number of drinks they have had, and why.
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In the 80s, the BLS was constantly embarrassed that it was under reporting the number of jobs in the Establishment Survey by approximately 50, 000 jobs per month.
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Earlier this year, IBM stopped reporting the number of employees by country, making it extremely difficult to know how many jobs are left in the United States.
How is it, for instance, that in a dramatically shrinking legal industry, law schools are reporting increasing number of their grads are landing positions within nine months of graduation?
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Property agents in Bordeaux are reporting an increasing number of inquiries from potential Chinese investors.
Baton Rouge and New Orleans were among the cities reporting the largest number of outages, the company said.
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Just over half of those trusts surveyed by the RCN said there were too few qualified nurses on the ward, with around the same number reporting the skill mix was wrong - so they did not have enough of the right kinds of staff.
It looks like Meraki's latest move may be having a few repercussions the company hadn't foreseen, with GigaOm now reporting that a number of customers are feeling irked that some folks will now have to pay a premium price for the once bargain-priced mesh networking gear.
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During the most recent reporting period, the number of RIMM shares sold short plunged by more than 19%.
According to the survey, 29% of the small businesses reported a lack of sales as their main business concern, and a growing number are reporting falling sales.
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Given that there are a number of reporting banks, their trading positions often being opposite to each other, the reported manipulation would not have much even short term effect on LIBOR and almost no long term effect at all.
Employment, however, was less positive. (See: "Uncle Sam's Jobless Line Longer") The Labor Department said initial claims for unemployment insurance rose by 35, 000 in its latest reporting week and the number of workers remaining on jobless benefits climbed to a four-year high.
The number of directors reporting purchases averaged 93 a month in the first quarter of 1994-1998.
Nationally, the number of libraries reporting that they help patrons with e-government services has risen by almost half.
The number of users reporting dropped calls on both networks continues to fall.
Calls to the 101 non-emergency number included one reporting a character in an ITV soap opera as a murderer.
The company has received calls from a large number of customers reporting problems such as overflowing sewers and drains.
Today we saw the number of people reporting they were in part-time work because they couldn't get a full-time job reach another record high.
Our success in increasing the number of programs reporting improper payments is similar to the success the government is having in reducing improper payments.
Apple Insider says that the company has experienced a growing number of users reporting trouble connecting their iPad 2 3Gs, especially after resetting the 3G service.
The spokesman said the period of low supply of milk was expected to end this autumn with a number of farmers reporting cows due to calve.
In addition to his domestic reporting, King covered a number of major international events, including the first Persian Gulf War, the U.S. military operation to restore the Aristide government to Haiti and the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa.
The number of tax returns reporting taxable unemployment compensation declined 12%, while the amount of taxable unemployment benefits reported fell 23%.
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He contacted Elizabeth Taylor, an attorney reporting to Justice's then number-three, Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrilli, with his concerns about the deal.
The bank said this partly reflected greater demand for staff, with agencies reporting a strong rise in the number of permanent and temporary jobs.
The calls to the 999 emergency number included a man reporting that "someone robbed my marmalade", a woman saying her sister had brought a stray dog into her house and a man stating that he had seen "a chicken walking down the road".
Suning is among a number of big Chinese retailers reporting sharply lower profits in the first half of 2013 from a year earlier.
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Others concern poison pen memos criticising Carinal Tarcisio Bertone, the pope's number two, and the reporting of suspicious payments by the Vatican Bank.
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