Sentence examples for gains for the second from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, retailers posted sales gains for the second straight month in October after watching business slide for more than a year.

Meanwhile, most stock markets showed gains for the second straight year, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing the year up 11.1% at 11,577.51.

THROUGH last Thursday, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was on track to post double-digit gains for the second year in a row.

Major stock indexes soared yesterday, posting gains for the second consecutive day, after the latest economic data largely erased investor fears that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates anytime soon.

Chip stocks continued to show gains for the second consecutive day, as reflected by a 6.45 point gain in the Philadelphia Stock Exchange's Semiconductor Stock Index (SOX), which is at 339.16.

In fact, nearly all sectors are expected to post single-digit gains for the second quarter, with the exceptions of declines in consumer discretionary and a 13% gain for industrials.

"Home prices in all 20 cities posted annual gains for the third month in a row.

This year, Florida children of all ethnicities, income levels and native languages made significant gains for the fourth straight year.

"We have yet to see much of an improvement that would translate into spending gains for the third or fourth quarter for the newspaper industry.

Poverty fell sharply as those at the bottom of the income ladder shared in the gains for the first time in a generation.

Earlier this year, it said it would add at least 2.2 million subscribers in 2003, but did not specify its gains for the fourth quarter.