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Thanks to rising share across its stores, market share in the UK and Ireland increased 20 basis points year on year.
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Royston Wild, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, the 2-year Treasury rose less than 1 basis point to 4.153%.
—Sean Conlon,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR rose 5.2 basis points to 4.267%.
—Chibuike Oguh, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
The company expects fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 total company operating margin to increase 200 basis points to 300 basis points compared with total company operating margin of minus 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023.
—David Moin, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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Royston Wild, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, the 2-year Treasury rose less than 1 basis point to 4.153%.
—Sean Conlon,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR rose 5.2 basis points to 4.267%.
—Chibuike Oguh, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
The company expects fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 total company operating margin to increase 200 basis points to 300 basis points compared with total company operating margin of minus 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023.
—David Moin, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Basis point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basis%20point. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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