It's a bit
of a slow week for the art world, but that's just fine by us.
It would appear we have something
of a slow week on our hands at Riddlethos.com, no doubt spilling over from our slow weekend.
Looks like it is going to be a bit
of slow week.
It was a bit
of a slow week but you're sure to find some gems in there.
After a couple
of slow week, October kicks it into high gear with not one, but three big titles releasing this week.
In the midst
of a slow week of news in the Miles and travel world a welcomed surprise arrived at my office yesterday: I had almost forgotten that I finished last year strong, and reached my goal of -LSB-...]
In the midst
of a slow week of news in the Miles and travel world a welcomed surprise arrived at my office yesterday:
A bit
of a slow week due to the holidays, but it's hard to complain with a week of great XBLA sales.
Has anyone else had kind
of a slow week?
This week was kind
of a slow week — not much going on.
We arrived at the resort a few hours before the usual check - in time of 4 pm to find that our villa was already ready for us — not particularly surprising as the first couple of weeks in January are often
some of the slowest weeks of the year, but it was still nice not to have to wait.
Not exact matches
After three
weeks of slow sales, I began thinking we might have to close the new place.
With the excitement
of earnings season
slowing down, Walmart will be one
of the few remaining market - moving companies to report its latest quarterly results this
week, along with a handful
of other big retailers.
The
slow and steady drumbeat
of candidates has been rolling along this spring, and Graham and Perry join Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Carly Fiorina, the former head
of Hewlett - Packard, who announced her presidential bid just a few
weeks ago.
Sales
of the DODOcase were
slow in the first several
weeks with only a 100 or so orders coming in from the original coupons.
Vodafone, the world's second - biggest mobile operator, said on Thursday that the rate
of growth in its international business division had
slowed, echoing a similar warning given by British rival BT last
week.
I started out taking one
week of vacation per year and gradually worked up to four, timing my breaks to coincide with the periods when business was
slow.
Another study asked a group
of physically fit sailors to engage in interval running (you go fast, then
slower to rest, then fast again, etc.) for a period
of seven
weeks.
The last time the U.S. went through a partial government paralysis in 1995 - 1996 — for roughly three
weeks in two separate instances — economic growth
slowed by a quarter
of a percentage point during the last three months
of 1995.
The National Chicken Council has started to push back against criticisms, releasing a study this
week that called out the increased environmental impact
of slower - growth chickens.
Although sales
of Apple's new iPhone 8 models appear to be
slower than anticipated, Verizon is expecting a big pick up in sales for the more expensive iPhone X, which will be available for preorder starting next
week.
The campaign, which launched back in the spring, has been gathering steam over the summer, and a couple
of weeks ago McDonald's added TV ads to back up what had been a
slow - build digital effort.
If business is
slow and you are just going to hang out in front
of your computer next
week AND your service leans toward the necessity side, then you may still want to meet with this person.
«While much attention has focused on the role
of China in
slowing world trade growth, the trajectory
of world trade growth from here depends more on the «old world» markets
of the U.S. and Europe than standard trade data would suggest,» said Adam Slater, lead economist at Oxford Economics, in a report out last
week.
This
week's big news is that Michael Kors, one
of the largest luxury fashion brands, is closing up to 15 %
of its retail stores over the next two years, after
slow sales and fewer people shopping in - store.
Earlier this
week, Bank
of Canada governor Stephen Poloz also said the federal government's steps to add to the public debt in recent years has helped
slow the rise in debt accumulated by Canadians.
Given competing sales from two
of the world's biggest retailers, other businesses may be bound for
slow traffic this
week.
A series
of government reports to be released this
week will give the latest snapshot showing whether activity is
slowing down.
One piece
of good news: Business travel tends to
slow down in the days before Christmas, and some travelers flying for work are likely to have called off trips booked for early in the
week because
of the chaos in Atlanta, said Henry Harteveldt, travel industry analyst and founder
of consulting firm Atmosphere Research Group.
The government said last
week it will postpone plans to cut the number
of permits available and
slow traffic growth, responding to the outcry over soaring prices.
That in turn helped euro zone stocks rise 4.4 percent in April, outperforming Wall Street for the second straight month, and shrug off
slower earnings growth and
weeks of disappointing data that signaled
slowing economic growth.
I did some media commentary last
week on what impact the recent
slowing of the economy might have on President Obama's re-election.
The bond market's second
week of the year was another setback, aided by reports
of diminished interest from Japan (trimming the size
of quantitative easing) and reports that Chinese officials are recommending to
slow or halt its buying
of Treasurys.
LONDON Sainsbury's and Asda, the two British supermarkets planning to merge, had the
slowest sales
of the «big four» chains in the 12
weeks to April 22, market data showed on Tuesday.
His Twitter hash tag
of the past few
weeks is replete with warnings
of a
slowing global economy.
Last
week, new government data showed the economy ground to a near halt in the first half
of the year, and on Monday, a factory activity survey showed U.S. manufacturing expanded at its
slowest pace in two years in July.
That said, redemptions were moderate during the first two
weeks of June and even
slowed for the
week ending June 19 — the day that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke held a press conference and announced that the Fed would likely begin backing away from its bond - buying program by the end
of the year.
Apologies for the
slow rate
of updates this
week.
Weekly withdrawals
slowed sharply this past
week to $ 6 billion, or roughly one - fifth
of bond fund outflows the
week before.
Dunkin's
slower traffic numbers during the third quarter, and harsh reaction to them by Wall Street, could be a sign
of things to come when franchisee - led fast - food restaurants such as McDonald's (MCD), Wendy's (WEN), Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) and Restaurant Brands Group (QSR) owned Burger King report earnings in the
weeks ahead.
Other data last
week showed that while U.S. economic growth
slowed to an annualized rate
of 2.3 percent in the first quarter, wages and salaries shot up 0.9 percent during the same period.
If you're planning for retirement and make the mistake
of scrolling through any finance section in a
slow news
week, you have to ask yourself: what kind
of questions are they asking to produce breathless headlines like these?Half
of Canadians don't think they'll be...
The 12 x 3 x 3 weekly
slow stochastic reading is projected to end this
week at 85.45 versus 85.48 on Dec. 22, so both readings are above the overbought threshold
of 80.00.
Walmart's online sales grew just 10 percent in the third quarter,
slower than the 15 percent industry average, while Target's grew 20 percent, well below the company's stated goal
of 30 percent, the companies announced last
week.
Portuguese 10 yr yield falls 100 bps and 2 yr down 188 bps on the
week 2) June Euro region mfr» g and services composite index unchanged at 46, well below 50 and points to clear
slowing but was a touch better than expected 3) Lack
of a negative rather than a positive but Syriza loses in Greece 4) NAHB home builder survey hangs at 5 yr high at 29 but remains still well below breakeven
of 50 5 From construction standpoint, housing permits rise to most since Sept» 08.
Stocks tumbled again last
week, as investors digested further evidence
of slowing growth in China and numerous, somewhat conflicting statements from various Federal Reserve (Fed) officials.
The data comes amid other evidence
of slowing consumer spending in the U.K. with surprisingly poor retail sales released last
week and expectations that resurgent levels
of inflation will persist.
US Shale Oil Production: Last
week saw a spate
of stories talking about emerging bottlenecks that could
slow or even stop increasing production from the Permian Basin.
NEW YORK (TheStreet)-- In last
week's acceptance speech, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney held out this challenge: «President Obama promised to begin to
slow the rise
of the oceans and heal the planet.
The last two
weeks of the month
of August is typically a
slow one in North America with most people on holidays trying to squeeze in the last days
of what is an exceedingly short summer, especially north
of the 49th Parallel, where the sight
of a turned leaf in August can bring on depression.