The year before the current one.
1 The reference group was those with no fills in the prior year .
2 In 2007, Evista sales were flat with the prior year , she noted.
3 China's net coal imports through August are 60 percent above the prior year .
4 Sales at the front end fell by 8 percent from the prior year .
5 Textron Inc's earnings fell from the prior year while revenue was nearly flat.
6 Centre visitations in early April fell 42 per cent compared to the prior year .
7 Password-pilfering trojans are proliferating and expected to double this year from the prior year .
8 Organic net sales, which strip out currency fluctuations, were level with the prior year .
9 Excluding the impact of foreign currency, worldwide sales were comparable to the prior year .
10 We also asked about referral behaviors for suspected hematologic malignancies during the prior year .
11 The largest Mega Millions jackpot, worth $656 million, was sold the prior year .
12 Growth was affected by one-off sports events in the prior year and some country-specific issues.
13 It added that traffic remains below prior year levels.
14 Load factors were in line with the prior year at 81 per cent, it said.
15 The segment also realized turnarounds in cotton and sugar from the prior year , it said.
16 Overall, M&A activity is up around 6 percent, he said, compared to the prior year .
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