Sentences with phrase «remain big growth»

Italy and Spain remain big growth areas, with Huawei now shipping more smartphones than Apple, according to data from market research firm Counterpoint.

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WASHINGTON, April 18 - «Robust» business borrowing, rising consumer spending, and tight labor markets indicate the U.S. economy remains on track for continued growth, the Federal Reserve reported on Wednesday, with the risks of a global trade war the one big outlier.

But Swinburne and others on Wall Street believe the streaming music business can get much bigger, and Spotify will remain one of the major players in the industry and so benefit from that growth.

BEIJING / SHANGHAI (Reuters)- China's Big Five state - owned banks posted their fastest first - quarter net profit growth in four years, while their ratio of soured debt remained steady.

«Barre has seen incredible growth and continues to make headlines as the biggest trend in fitness that's here to stay; however, a large portion of the general public remains unfamiliar with exactly what barre is and the multitude of associated benefits,» said Sloan Evans, chief executive officer at Pure Barre.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

Higher wages are the single biggest driver of consumption growth, yet signs of wage improvement remain mixed.

However, Cele points out that the lack of infrastructure remains the biggest hindrance to growth in African iron - ore projects.

Chinese GDP growth is well below the double - digit rates the country achieved a decade ago, but with the Chinese economy now considerably bigger than it was then, we remain confident that even with a moderate deceleration in annual growth, the country will continue to contribute significantly to the global economy.

If Canada wants to benefit from Asia's development and growth, and remain a relevant and important energy partner in Asia, we must «think big» about exporting to multiple countries within the Asia Pacific, and «think beyond» oil and natural gas to include all of Canada's energy related assets, particularly the renewable and clean technologies that will help Asia mitigate its own climate - change challenges.

This sales growth is a big reason why investors have jumped into marijuana stocks despite the risks of the drug remaining federally illegal.

Despite this growth, Pete's remains family owned and operated, which gives it an authenticity and special touch that other big - box retailers might not have, according to Executive Officer Vanessa Dremonas, daughter of its founder and owner.

He said, however, that Cuomo's biggest benefactors remain the traditional lobbying powers: businesses supporting his initiative to cap the growth of property taxes; landlords, developers and tenant advocates who sought the continuation of New York City's rent control law; and more from contributors with interests in health care and education.

The larger point here, however, and the bigger problem for those trying to weaken the union grip on the process, is that both the «locally selected» 20 % and the remaining 60 % (classroom observation and professional growth), as Lynch concludes, «must necessarily be determined through negotiations» with the union.

True the e-books market has at the moment stabilised with slow growth rates, big investors still stay away unsure whether it's not too risky to take on Kindle and Kobo, but it is already big and remains interesting.

Amazon has remained the biggest beneficiary of this growth, with its global market share estimated at 60 per cent or more.

Economic growth around the world remains frustratingly weak, and earnings growth for big U.S. companies has stalled.

The bank said the biggest risk to maintaining manageable affordability levels would be a sharp rise in interest rates, but many analysts believe that is unlikely to occur as long as global economic growth remains moderate and inflation pressures soft.

«The broad cuts of the magnitude that Mr. Trump is calling for would most likely provide a big boost to the U.S. economy, at least for a period of time, and considering that the U.S. remains by far Canada's largest trading partner, the flow through to Canadian growth would likely be fairly meaningful,» he writes in a note to clients.

Despite this promising growth, however, sales of these products remain a fairly small slice of the bigger pie, with only 1.3 percent of all pet food sales at pet specialty retail in the U.S. falling into this category.

But Pet Supplies Plus may have remained a relatively small player in the retail pet industry world had management not started to look for an outside revenue source to both level the playing field with the big players in the industry and fund growth.

We've seen a huge growth in the popularity of eSports in recent times — to the point where big games have been covered on Sky TV — but will competitive matches be something that can help stoke the popularity of VR gaming, which remains a rather niche pursuit?

Expansion of grid supply by construction of big new coal fired power plants such as in the Hunter Valley and near Lithgow are going ahead and look to me to be intended to prevent the issue of decarbonising our energy supply getting mixed up with the issue of maintaining growth and reliability of supply; we'll have enough fossil fuel generating capacity that building low emissions capacity will remain «optional» and can be deferred another decade or two.

There are much bigger fluxes to and from the atmosphere — plant growth and consumption by a range of organisms on land — but the essential sink remains in the ocean.

Developing countries want the classification of rich and poor nations to remain the same, which would absolve them of the obligation to slow growth in carbon emissions by making big changes to their energy mix and economic policy.

So the big question marks that remain are: will a market correction / decline in at least the growth of internal headcount or budgets in legal departments mean a corresponding decline in the ops sectors of larger law departments?

Since the growth of betting and gambling in e-sports in inevitable and it will remain a big factor, the industry needs to make sure it's done correctly.

Even as consumers shift away from tablets in favor of bigger smartphones, businesses remain a growth opportunity for iPads because the devices can be used for field work and as laptop replacements.

Dorsey remains positive on Bitcoin's future growth and said that the current development of the Bitcoin's Lightning Network will solve the scalability issues giving the crypto a big boost.

For the sake of our survival, we must not only see the rise of big data as an inevitable part of the industry's growth, but embrace it as a key tool in our ability to remain competitive.

«Recruitment remains our biggest opportunity for growth,» says Aguilar.

«Rent growth remains the big question.