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Samsung is expected to post flat growth for its second - quarter smartphone production volume.

Dear Author blogger Jane Litte offers up her 2013 Publishing Predictions, including a move away from Nook and ebooks by B&N, the purchase of Goodreads by either Random House / Penguin or Kobo, and flat growth for ebooks.

The Canadian economy started the fourth quarter of 2015 off on a tepid note, recording essentially flat growth for the month of October.

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Indeed, even if your top line revenues were to stay flat for the next few years, there are ways to make significant advances to your bottom line growth with some simple, if not occasionally controversial, concrete steps.

A few paper segments remain stable: demand for tissue and packaging has been flat, the latter benefiting from the growth in online shopping and an even worse eco-stigma on plastic.

Yet, while Scotiabank says it voluntarily curtailed its mortgage business, leading to flat growth in the most recent quarter, it's unlikely to pull back on the reins too hard for fear of losing market share to competitors and leaving money on the table.

In 2016, non-energy exports are projected to account for almost all export growth and energy exports will remain flat.

«We believe expectations around the M&A cycle have become overly pessimistic and we reiterate our call for a flatter and longer M&A cycle than those seen in the past with the next leg driven by a pick - up in European and sponsor M&A as US growth slows,» Serrao writes.

This leads us to lower our outlook for»18 ad growth, now forecasting flat to up modestly.»

Given the persistence of these factors, our latest forecasts have incorporated a flatter profile for consumption growth than has been the case in previous forecasts.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

In October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3 % to 4 % over the coming three...

For seven consecutive years Walmart has reduced our Scope 1 and 2 carbon intensity, and we believe we are on track to hold our absolute emissions flat over this decade, despite our Company's continued growth.

To some extent, stock market action also implies expectations for slower economic growth, though interest rate signals, such as a flat yield curve, are more suggestive of slow growth than stock market action is, and we've yet to see a substantial widening of credit spreads that would suggest imminent recession.

SolarCity's Rive said he did not believe that the flat growth trend was true for SolarCity: «we've got a really aggressive veterans hiring program.»

By median value, house prices rose by 1.4 % in large tier one cities in December, outpacing a gain of 0.3 % for smaller tier two cities and flat growth in smaller tier three and four cities.

Mac — in a declining PC industry, we expect Mac to continue its market share gain and support our forecast for its strong performance of 7.3 % revenue growth in FY 2015, followed by 3.6 % in FY 2016, and 4.6 % in FY 2017 on flat average selling prices over the three year period of $ 1,230.

The U.K.'s Office of National Statistics on Thursday said the economy grew 0.3 per cent in the second quarter, after 0.2 per cent in the first, the lowest growth for any major advanced economy since the start of 2017, according to Reuters, which also reported flat business investment and little growth in household spending.

Data on export volumes are not yet available for the June quarter; however, with the exception of rural exports, volumes have been relatively flat over the past couple of years, after strong average growth through the 1990s (Graphs 36 and 37).

Based on average realisation ratios, the survey would imply only moderate growth in nominal terms for the year, and roughly flat equipment investment in real terms.

In contrast, buildings and structures investment was flat, following six consecutive quarters of remarkably strong growth, while spending on computer software fell for a second consecutive quarter.

Employment growth in the recent period has been concentrated in part - time jobs; full - time employment has been, at best, flat in recent months, even allowing for the prospect of some reversal of the large monthly fall recorded in March, and there has been little net gain in full - time jobs since October 1995 (Graph 12).

Combined, the aftermath of the territorial spat with China will shave 0.8 percentage point off Japan gross domestic product growth for the fourth quarter, sending Japan's overall economy slightly downward, instead of the initial forecast for flat growth, according to J.P. Morgan.

Despite flat growth of its carbonated beverage portfolio for Q417, Coca - Cola said it remains committed to improving the performance of its core soda brands, particularly Diet Coke and Coke Zero Sugar.

Veggie is a plant growth chamber that uses a flat - panel light bank including red, blue and green LEDs — which are responsible for the red color of the lettuce — for growth and crew observation, NASA reports.

This swing set features a flat seat to encourage safer swinging and better growth for your child's core muscles.

For instance, if your baby's measurements are on the small side, that could be a sign of an intrauterine growth restriction or it could mean that your baby's head is flatter than usual.

A front zipper and back velcro panel allows for growth in bust and ribcage, while detachable straps provide for versatility in the form of halter, tank and racerback styles, all in all providing a comfortable and flattering fit throughout the entire nursing period.

It said talk of a double - dip recession was misleading and that growth had essentially been flat for two years - but warned that this situation was avoidable.

The bellwether S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were essentially flat, and major foreign indexes were all down (some sharply) during the same period, after a volatile year marked by weak global economic growth, slumping U.S. corporate profits and uncertainty about the outlook for the China and the European union.

Inflation has largely been flat for the last five years, leading to largely flay growth in property taxes as a result.

While total state spending has been held to two percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have been held essentially flat, School Aid is increasing by 6.5 percent for the 2016 - 17 School Year and will have increased by nearly 27 percent since 2011 - 12.

«Virtually flat growth in government jobs results in slightly lower overall job growth» for this year, they said.

State agency spending, for instance, was held basically flat for another year, despite growth in staff salaries and other costs.

During that time, the cap has allowed for relatively flat growth in levies, with supporters saying it's working to control the nation's highest taxes.

DiNapoli in an interview in August indicated he would keep the contribution rates the same for local governments, which have struggled in recent years to raise revenue amid a cap on property taxes, the flat growth of aid to municipalities and mandated state spending requirements.

ALBANY — Many of the major parameters that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce in his executive budget proposal on Tuesday afternoon are already known: continued growth in Medicaid and education spending, a suite of tax cuts worth $ 2 billion over the next several years and a to - the - bone spending posture that holds state agency budgets flat for at least the third year in a row.

The The group wants the government to provide more details of spending plans for government departments and a path for spending that is flat in real terms rather than the future real terms growth that was pencilled in at the time of Darling's pre-budget report.

Given the flat growth in peak - driving residents that is predicted for the lifetime of pavement laid today, a diligent legislator should question the need for all the highway expansions in the current budget.

A 1,400 - acre swath of salt flats along the western edge of San Francisco Bay has become the latest site for a development dispute that promises to become increasingly common in coastal U.S. cities: Whether new waterside growth makes sense when sea levels are rising

The theory, the most widely held cosmological idea about the growth of our universe after the big bang, accounts for a number of mysteries, including why the universe is surprisingly flat and smoothly distributed.

At the end of the day paid sites are currently consolidating and the growth for the industry is flat, especially in the US.

After exhaustive research into all facets of existing business models for dating sites and mobile dating apps, Jason Lee reached the conclusion the internet dating business is moving from a growth stage into a more flat or even declining stage and that as a result ultimately the business is not best suited as a premium service.

For its current fiscal year, Konami is predicting nearly flat growth, despite upcoming releases, such as Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Saw 2, and PES 2011.

Second, school budgets are going to be flat (or falling) for the foreseeable future — and looming deficits in retirement and pension funds almost certainly mean that the take - home pay of practicing teachers will see no real - dollar growth and could well decline.

After relatively flat student enrollment growth for the past decade, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) predicts the school - going population will increase by roughly three million students in the next decade.

It is difficult to see any real growth across the board since 2011, with math scores backsliding to 2009 levels, eighth - grade reading flat for four years, and a small uptick in fourth - grade reading that is not a significant increase from 2013, which, in turn, was not significantly different from 2011.

Outside Chicago / Low - Income: Figure 2 shows that low - income Hispanic (non-ELL) students outside Chicago showed significant growth between 2001 through 2011; otherwise, growth was generally flat for Hispanic, black, and white third - graders.

However, the growth in college degrees for Latinos is almost flat.

Additionally, when researchers examined the growth in science knowledge of the three groups, they found that it was nearly flat for all students who were current recipients of ESOL services.