News Corp reported the division had a "modest, negative impact" on its third-quarter revenue.
"It is plausible that Brexit could have a modest negative impact on growth and job creation.
"The delay is a modest negative," Michael T. Regan, an analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston, said.
The report, by consultancy Capital Economics, concluded: "It is plausible that Brexit could have a modest negative impact on growth and job creation.
David Lewis, an analyst with Morgan Stanley, characterized the results as a "modest negative" for Medtronic, which already is struggling to defend its market share.
Results: There was a significant modest negative association between the level of parental education and back pain in children but not in adolescents.
About 40 percent owe 1 to 20 percent more than their home is worth, which is "fairly modest" negative equity, said Stan Humphries, Zillow's chief economist.
In that year, we were early on in terms of diversifying the portfolio — we'd only been working on that program for two years — and even so, the negative return was less than 1%, so it was a modest negative return.
"Japan's sales represent about a billion of our $28 billion-plus revenues, so the devaluation of the yen is viewed as a modest negative for us," Irvin Lipp, a spokesman for DuPont, said.
"If I say I have no coins in my pocket, you can just search me," said Colin McGinn, a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, pointing out that people verify modest negative statements all the time with little difficulty.
Mr. Bond added that Mr. Giuliani's strong defense of the police in this case "could bleed into the overall electorate and become a modest negative instead of a huge positive".
