Sentence examples for gain in the second from inspiring English sources

Indeed, Southwest booked a $511 million gain in the second quarter because of favorable swings in its contracts.

The company recorded a $44.5 million pretax gain in the second quarter from the sale of its Essex County newspapers in Massachusetts.

Consumer spending expanded at more than twice its previous rate, rising 3percentt after a 1.4percentt gain in the second quarter.

Geico, for example, reported an $82 million gain in the second quarter, compared with $21 million for last year's second quarter.

Analysts say they think there will be a 1percentt gain in the second quarter, but that is a smaller gain than they had been forecasting.

Laveranues Coles made a circus catch for a 44-yard gain in the second quarter, but Martin was called for a chop block and the play came back.

Excluding gains and losses on stock investments and a 483 million-euro gain in the second-quarter last year, Profit rose 15percenttoto 1.17 billion euros from 1.01 billion euros.

The report of a 1percentt gain in the second-quarter Employment Cost Index, a broad gauge of what employers pay in wages, salaries and benefits, was below both the 1.4percentt increase in the first quarter and the 1.1percentt increase forecast by economists for the second quarter.

Their chronotype may also have contributed to weight gain in the first place, Roenneberg says.

For the second quarter, retailers increased sales 1.3percentt, slower than the 2.3percentt gain in the first three months.

The year ended with a 3 percent gain in the fourth quarter, compared with the same period of 2010.