We've seen retail sales rise from year-ago levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2003] Reference

That was also more than double the year-ago quarter.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Dow, Nasdaq Plummet Amid Earnings Worries - October 18, 2000] Reference

And those are all improvements from the year-ago period.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2008] Reference

Processed transactions edged up 0.1% from the year-ago period.    From Wordnik.com.  [MasterCard Profit Jumps 31%, Beating Views] Reference

Its March revenues were up 27% over the same month a year-ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Profits Jump, Outlooks Up At Truckers, Parts Makers] Reference

The stock is down more than 90 percent from the year-ago level.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2008] Reference

Toyota sales in March were big, 41% ahead of the year-ago month.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toyota's Sales: Not As Good As They Look] Reference

Revenues from subscriptions declined 27% from the year-ago period.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hangover: AOL Gives Time Warner’s Quarterly Results A Headache, Again] Reference

Now for United, that was not nearly as good as the year-ago number.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2008] Reference

The year-ago results included a 30-cent gain related to an asset sale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spending Benefits Visa But Its Profit Drops 1.8%] Reference

Limited and Buckle beating modest expectations on easy year-ago comparisons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stock Futures Creep Higher on Jobs Data] Reference

Swatch's order books in several companies are higher than prior year-ago levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swatch Ticks to a Different Beat] Reference

Although we are still a little bit lower than that year-ago rate of 6.62 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2007] Reference

The company said revenue rose 20% from the year-ago quarter, while profit rose 5.9%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Akamai Hires Former Publicis Executive] Reference

Revenue rose 14% to 871.14 billion yen from 764.99 billion yen in the year-ago period.    From Wordnik.com.  [SMFG's Results Offer Hope for Japan Banks] Reference

When exports rise 20 percent from year-ago levels, the economy may be fundamentally sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fundamentally Speaking] Reference

So in April, 78 percent of flights were on time, a big improvement from the year-ago period.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2008] Reference

The numbers were a bit better than forecast but GM sales fell 45 percent from year-ago levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2009] Reference

It lost over a half million in this past quarter, and some 2.3 million from the year-ago period.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hangover: AOL Gives Time Warner’s Quarterly Results A Headache, Again] Reference

The council says that lending is likely to remain below year-ago levels for the rest of the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.K. Mortgage Lending Hits 10-Year Low] Reference

VILES: Shipments of imported goods to these ports are running 13 percent ahead of year-ago levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2004] Reference

The stock market tanked Tuesday on reports that U.S. home sales had dropped 25.5 percent below the year-ago level.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Scheer: They Go or Obama Goes] Reference

The trans-Atlantic exchange operator reversed a year-ago loss as trading surged on its platforms in Europe and the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYSE Euronext Sees Derivatives Delay] Reference

As of June 30, fixed-income assets made up 40% of total assets under management, up from 33% of total assets in the year-ago period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Franklin Resources Profit Jumps 21%] Reference

Today, RIM has 17.8% of the global smartphone market, down from 19.1% in the year-ago quarter, according to market research firm IDC.    From Wordnik.com.  [RIM Shops for Mobile Ad Network] Reference

In fact, box office receipts slaughtered year-ago numbers, say slaughtered because the top draw was the slasher movie "Freddy Vs. Jason.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2003] Reference