Sentences with phrase «despite bright spots»

GM likely would love to get out of Vauxhall and Opel despite some bright spots like the Buick models it gets.

Despite bright spots like the Adventure Curriculum, the news on the American youth front is dismal.

Despite bright spots in our overall economy, most people continue to worry and stress about their financial state.

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Incidentally, Australia was the only bright spot in McDonald's Asia / Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) same - store sales, which dropped 4 percent despite Australia's positive performance.

Celestica was a bright spot on the stock market, up just over six per cent to $ 10.40 after the electronics manufacturing company beat expectations, despite losing smartphone maker BlackBerry as a customer.

Though 2009 proved a bright spot for Gottschalk — Buffett listed her as one of the execs who increased profits despite declining sales in Berkshire's annual report — Pampered Chef's more recent years were bumpy.

Digital trade, financial services and intellectual property concerns also remain sticking points for the U.S., Craft added, but noted two - way trade between the two nations remains a «bright spot» despite differences in opinion.

In his second message to Members, 2015 - 16 Chair Tim Manning focuses on some of the bright spots in B.C.'s economy, despite economic uncertainty around the globe.

Despite the single serve market seeming to be moving into a more mature stage, there are some interesting bright spots in the coffee market that point to further opportunities.

Despite this advance, we may not have reached the late innings of this recovery, and housing remains a notable bright spot for U.S. consumers and equity investors.

Despite overall declines, the industry had some bright spots.

Despite the quarter's difficult environment, there were bright spots in the portfolio: Apple, Bristol Myers, MasterCard, McDonald's and Google all increased in value.

Despite the fact that breakfast continues to be the most skipped meal of the day, breakfast has been a bright spot in the industry in recent years.

Gabriel signed a long term deal with the Gunners back in January 2015 and despite being recognised originally as a bright defensive prospect, he has largely failed to nail down a spot in the starting eleven.

Walcott is not proven and I don't believe trusted by Wenger, Campbell is not a real striker and doesn't seem to be rated by Wenger despite many of us believing he was one of the few bright spots last season and Sanchez might very well be too small to be a striker in the PL and also has not been given a chance to prove that.

Reaction: De Bruyne is my Man City blueprint — Guardiola (Premier League) Report: De Bruyne makes it sweet 16 for awesome Man City (Premier League) Report: Otamendi wins derby to fire Man City 11 points clear (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp calls for Liverpool focus after Euro spree (Champions League) Report: «Fab Four» fire seven - goal Liverpool into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho pledges only «the truth» on injuries (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Rashford send Man United into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho wants new shooting boots for Lukaku (Premier League) Report: Old boy Young downs Watford to lift Man United (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp looks on bright side after Chelsea draw (Premier League) Report: Willian denies Liverpool morale - boosting win (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola targets Champions League milestone (Champions League) Report: Sterling strikes late to earn Man City top spot (Champions League) Report: Young England stifle Neymar's Brazil (friendly) Reaction: Loftus - Cheek showed he can cut it — Southgate (friendly) Report: New boys impress as England hold Germany (friendly) Reaction: Mourinho defends lack of Lukaku charity (Champions League) Report: Hapless Svilar helps Man Utd to brink of last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: «Stand up and be counted», Klopp tells Liverpool (Premier League) Report: Spurs» Kane rips sorry Liverpool to shreds (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola proud to beat «best opponents» Napoli (Champions League) Report: Jesus earns Man City narrow win over Napoli (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho and Klopp at odds over Anfield stalemate (Premier League) Report: Man Utd held at Liverpool as Mourinho parks the bus (Premier League) Report: McClean breaks Welsh hearts as Ireland reach play - offs (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Southgate admits England have long way to go (2018 World Cup) Report: Kane sends lacklustre England to World Cup (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Man City's show of force thrills Guardiola (Champions League) Report: Chelsea old boy De Bruyne gives Man City crucial win (Champions League) Reaction: «Amazing» Lukaku won't lose focus — Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Martial lead Man United in CSKA rout (Champions League) Reaction: Klopp says Liverpool on track despite stalemate (Champions League) Report: Coutinho scores as Liverpool held in Moscow (Champions League) Reaction: Man United part of «second level», says Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Fix - it Fellaini gets Man United off the mark (Champions League) Reaction: De Bruyne masterclass leaves Guardiola purring (Premier League) Report: Mané sent off as five - star Man City crush Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Alli gesture takes shine off England win (2018 World Cup) Report: Rashford redemption sends England closer to Russia (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Klopp hopes Euro progress yields transfer lift (Champions League) Report: Can brace gets Liverpool back into big time (Champions League) Report: Sterling rescue act spares 10 - man Man City (Premier League) Reaction: Conte happy for Chelsea to play the hunters (Premier League) Report: Alonso ruins Spurs» Wembley house - warming (Premier League) Report: Lukaku double fires Man United to winning start (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger lauds Giroud after Arsenal edge Leicester (Premier League) Report: Giroud earns Arsenal madcap opening win (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger fearful of another slow Arsenal start (Community Shield) Report: Courtois and Morata gift Arsenal victory at Wembley (Community Shield)

Panepinto was not endorsed by Cuomo last fall, and his victory against now - former GOP Sen. Mark Grisanti was one of the few bright spots for the Senate Democrats in their failed quest to re-take the majority — in which they received considerable assistance from de Blasio, but not much from the governor (despite his promises to the contrary).

«The brightest spot continues to be too small to resolve with our camera, but despite its size it is brighter than anything else on Ceres.

Despite a few bright spots, the job market as a whole remains seriously depressed.

Remarkably, these supernovae were spotted as close as 600 light years from the bright nuclear regions of these galaxies — despite being at least 150 million light years from the Earth.

Despite my overall loathing of the film, it does have its bright spots.

It goes without saying that Farrell is one of the few bright spots in the film, and his ample charisma makes it easy for the audience to believe that thousands of men would've followed Alexander into battle (despite the seemingly insurmountable odds).

Despite Penelope Cruz being one of the few bright spots of the last Pirates Of The Caribbean movie, it seems Johnny Depp enjoyed hearing stories about her cool significant other so much, he decided he'd rather have Javier Bardem come aboard the next installment.

Perhaps the brightest spot of the film is Sebastian Stan, who plays a pretty good douchebag, yet is somehow more likable than Hope despite the writing telling the audience otherwise.

Towards an adaptive education system in Australia says that, despite individual bright spots, overall student performance is declining in international tests, and an unacceptably high number of students are not ready for life after school.

Despite a few bright spots, the results paint a sobering picture of the state of urban public education today, especially for students from low - income households and students of color.

Perhaps the most promising bright spot on the professional development landscape is that despite budget cuts, schools acknowledge that professional learning is the key to improving instruction.

Despite these negative findings, there are some bright spots in the report, and the charter sector in Ohio should take note and follow the lead of the high performers.

Despite the obstacles, the report committee, which included school board President Mary Seawell, former Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien, arts and business leaders, found bright spots.

«In middle school, we have some bright spots, but we have not yet gotten the traction that we need, despite significant effort from our district and school staff,» said Jennifer Cheatham, Madison Schools superintendent.

«In middle school, we have some bright spots, but we have not yet gotten the traction that we need, despite significant effort from our district and school staff,» Cheatham said at a July 31 press conference about the annual report.

Of course, there were bright spots; some urban traditional schools were succeeding despite the odds.

Despite going into a tire barrier during a practice session, Taylor's driving during the 24 hour race was one of the bright spots of this year's Le Mans campaign for Corvette Racing.

Despite all the mess that Top Gear found itself in during the ill - fated season - that - just - finished, Matt LeBlanc's performance as Chris Evans» co-host was one of the show's few bright spots.

At the annual press conference on June 9th 2015, the German Publishers and Booksellers Association presented economic data and key statistics about the German book market in 2014, which, despite a slight decrease in overall sales, remained stable and even showed a few bright spots.

Anyway, despite innumerable RNSs re contract wins, the only bright spot in the last few years finally came with the release of their H1 - 2016 interims.

Despite the tragic political scuffles here in the US, Passivhaus remains a Bright Spot.

Despite the dearth of new capacity, there were many bright spots for U.S. wind power in 2013.

But despite the threats faced, there are some bright spots too.

Canadian Lawyer's 2018 Legal Fees Survey shows some bright spots for law firms despite a highly competitive market.

Despite all the bad things you hear about Chicago these days (high taxes, city financial issues, extreme violence), this is a much needed bright spot!

For example, despite a few bright spots, ethicalEsq was pretty cranky back in August 2003, in a posting entitled «Finding Self - Help Info on Bar Ass»n Websites (Good Luck!).»

And despite designs that were almost offensively ugly, a lack of standard flagship features such as water - resistance and expandable storage, and massive supply chain problems that made it hard to actually buy one months after its initial release, there were bright spots like the Pixel's excellent HDR photo mode and an untainted Android experience.

The higher register strings, brass, and vocals retain their prominent spot in the mix despite the boosting in the lows — this is a bright, crisp sound first and foremost, with some added depth in the lows acting as accompaniment.

Another relatively bright spot is in multifamily — despite some regional problems, such as in Atlanta.

Despite Brazil's fall into recession earlier this year, bright spots remain in the property market.

However, despite signs of deteriorating momentum for economic activity, housing continues to be a bright spot as news from the housing market has been relatively upbeat, presenting a rare upside boost to the economy.»

This is despite the fact that the housing sector, which has become a bright spot in the economy since home prices began to rebound in 2012, is expected to provide a rising contribution to GDP in 2013 and in coming years.