Sentences with phrase «despite being in decline»

This is because, despite being in decline, the level of late payments and those in default is still extremely high, a likely result of the 2009 housing crash and resulting economic fallout.

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The populism threat in Europe continues to worry investors despite a string of election results that suggested the movement was in decline, according to the CEO of Chantico Global.

Despite a list of competitors that's growing every day — think: mass emails, online chats and such digital videoconferencing tools as Skype and Google Hangouts — the old - fashioned conference call doesn't appear to be declining at all in popularity.

Indeed, retail spending has been disappointing despite expectations for a rejuvenated U.S. economy boosted by the decline in oil prices.

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.

I thought about how the gender gap persists in tech despite declining in other STEM fields, how hard we've been working as an industry to reverse that trend, and how this was yet another discouraging signal to young women who aspire to study computer science.

Legislators in a handful of oil - rich states are struggling to do the seemingly impossible as the 2016 fiscal year draws to a close this week: balancing their budgets, as required by law, despite massive declines in revenues due to falling oil prices.

Despite a 39.5 percent decline in gasoline prices since June, consumer spending has been soft in the past two months.

In Italy, however, despite facing the same problem of a declining population — in 2014, only 509,000 live births were recorded, the lowest number since the unification of Italy in 1861, according to the country's statistics agency, ISTAT — the broader economic backdrop is the source of reluctancIn Italy, however, despite facing the same problem of a declining population — in 2014, only 509,000 live births were recorded, the lowest number since the unification of Italy in 1861, according to the country's statistics agency, ISTAT — the broader economic backdrop is the source of reluctancin 2014, only 509,000 live births were recorded, the lowest number since the unification of Italy in 1861, according to the country's statistics agency, ISTAT — the broader economic backdrop is the source of reluctancin 1861, according to the country's statistics agency, ISTAT — the broader economic backdrop is the source of reluctance.

Despite comments suggesting that the Canadian Auto Workers and other unions are to blame for the loss of jobs at Electro - Motive and elsewhere, in reality their power has greatly declined.

Despite the sector's decline, the skills gap is alive and well in manufacturing.

Despite all that, however, investors remain concerned about the ongoing decline in cable revenue, and the biggest part of that is ESPN.

The department store company, which has reported sales declines in its last 11 quarters despite closing dozens of weak stores, said on Thursday, that comparable sales rose 1 % in November and December, a modest increase to be sure, but one that puts Macy's on track to report its first quarter of growth in three years.

Last year, ad revenue fell 3.4 %, despite a rise in digital ad revenues, because print revenue is declining faster than digital revenue can fill the gap.

The «Squawk on the Street» crew talk about Big Blue's mixed quarterly results as sales decline for the 20th consecutive quarter despite gains in cloud service and Watson AI operations.

Somewhat surprisingly, despite the turmoil all around it and the rapid decline in print revenues, the Times «newsroom is more or less exactly same size it was almost a decade ago — about 1,300 staff.

«The collaboration we saw was some billing and administrative contacts between the two of them, so you'd see similar people show up in each of the accounts,» said Schroepfer, when asked for more detail about what it had found, before declining to say anything else in a public setting on account of ongoing investigations — despite the committee pointing out other witnesses it has heard from have not held back on that front.

And despite recent declines in oil prices, the federal deficit will be eliminated in 2015 - 16 and possibly even one year earlier.

In any event, stocks certainly aren't cheap despite this decline.

Dash is still trading above the declining short - term trend despite the bearish pressures in the segment, and the coin is now far off from yesterday's rally highs near $ 360.

Despite a slight decline in share price and what many feel is an overvalued stock, Amazon continues to provide funds that hold it with fuel for a short - term rally, according to an article on Benzinga.

This one man may be to blame for the recent weakness in stocks, says analyst Bearish comments from Caterpillar's CFO were applied to the whole market, Bell saysThe U.S. stock market has struggled recently, with the Dow on track for its fifth straight daily decline despite one of the best earnings seasons on record.

Despite this early decline in profits per revenue dollar, Joshi insisted that «2018 is a corner - turn year in our multi-year turnaround.»

This total is now lower than investment in India, which stood at $ 10.9 bn in 2017, despite a 20 % decline.

Disney's quarterly decline came despite a strong performance from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which was the second - best grossing film released in 2014.

2014.12.12 Canada's economy to benefit from broader export demand in 2015: RBC Economics Canada's economy is expected to see higher export growth in 2015, despite the recent decline in oil prices, according to the latest Economic and Financial Market Outlook issued today by RBC Economics...

Canada's economy is expected to see higher export growth in 2015, despite the recent decline in oil prices, according to the latest Economic and Financial Market Outlook issued today by RBC Economics...

Despite the decline in organic Page reach, people are consuming more content than ever on Facebook.

Despite Facebook's changes to its News Feed algorithm to favor content from users» friends and family, and a general decline in organic visibility, marketers are not abandoning the platform.

During periods of decline it can be helpful to find long ideas among stocks which a) have low levels of debt, in case the market decline deepens, b) have a history of high returns on equity and investments c) have shown price momentum despite waning momentum in the overall markets.

Despite the expected decline in sales, auto makers are likely to sell at least 50,000 more sport utility vehicles, mini-vans and pickups than they did last year, while car sales will likely drop by 250,000 this year, Merlis predicted.

The September quarter Rabobank survey suggests that farm equipment investment intentions, which are not covered in the Capex survey, remain at a high level, despite a slight decline in reported confidence in the farm sector.

Philip Morris is growing earnings - per - share despite operating in the slowly declining cigarette industry.

More than 75 percent of farmland sold in the District was purchased by farmers despite a slight decrease from a few years ago and sharp declines in U.S. farm income (Chart 4).

The resultant decline in the price has discouraged local buyers, despite their recognition that the price was very attractive and the product was very sound, because of concerns about recording mark - to - market losses should the price fall even further.

Another shareholder wrote in about Coke, noted that you declined to invest in the cigarette business on ethical grounds despite one saying, «It was a perfect business because it costs a penny to make, sell it for a dollar, it's addictive, and there's fantastic brand loyalty».

Despite yesterday's decline in the broad market, $ CLDX broke out to a fresh all - time high and is currently showing an unrealized gain of 8.9 % since our April 9 buy entry.

So, despite the rampant optimism evident in January - 2018, the decline that followed the January peak probably will turn out to be a bull - market correction.

During the most recent quarter, Under Armour's shoe sales increase of 9 percent was driven by strength in running category, but offset by declines in team sports and basketball, despite the popularity of its line of Steph Curry shoes.

Despite the recent decline, further significant falls in loan approvals will be required to return the rate of housing credit growth to a level that is sustainable in the medium term (see «Box C» for further details).

Based on the long - term chart pattern, TLT is still in a secular bull market (despite the sharp decline during the past 15 months).

During the most recent quarter, oil production was lower than estimated primarily due to weak production in the Permian Basin, which declined despite a meaningful increase in capital allocation.

Better conditions are also evident in the services sector; the Tertiary Activity Index has trended higher in recent months, despite a decline in November, and is 1.4 per cent higher over the year.

Despite the pronounced fall in approvals in the first half of the year, the level of activity is not expected to decline in the second half of 2003 given the large amount of work still in the construction pipeline.

Despite this, rental yields even in these cities have declined to levels that are low by international standards and past experience.

For now, the majority of the coins is still trading in broad declining trend channels, and despite the encouraging rally and the constructive long - term setup, buyers are still not yet in control of the market.

Bitcoin got slightly lower following the announcement, but the decline is minuscule compared to the recent moves in the coin and it seems unlikely that it will have a meaningful effect on the cryptocurrency segment, despite the theoretically bearish implication.

Despite a small decline in May, consumer confidence for the first five months of 2015 has been at a higher average level than at any time since May 2004.2 A relatively low unemployment rate and moderate inflation have helped maintain consumers» upbeat mood.

The enduring popularity of faith schools despite a national decline in church attendance could be put down to their academic record.

Not only must laypeople finance their own education, but their service to the church is often questioned and challenged, despite the dramatic decline in numbers of men entering the Catholic priesthood.