"Flat to negative returns in gold is entirely conceivable" for 2012 if the decline in India's demand accelerates, Mr. Nadler said.
When Darden was spun off from General Mills in 1995, both Red Lobster and Olive Garden were posting flat to negative same-store sales.
Urban had disclosed a meager sales growth of 6% in its Q3 sales, with its major brands Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie registering flat and negative 7% comp sales respectively.
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Richey: That's the other half of what we see as a root cause of the past decade of flat or negative returns for the typical U.S.-based equity investor: they've been seriously under-exposed to International stocks over the past decade.
Yet he thinks that this quarter it will be flat or even negative.
We estimated 30% growth in mass market gaming revenues but flat to slightly negative growth for the VIP segment during CNY 2013, compared to CNY in 2012.
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Other companies that are regarded as bell weathers for economic activity are ending the year with negative or flat returns.
Also interestingly, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities on the five- and ten-year durations are now either negative or flat, so investors are getting really, really small yields in fixed income.
Historically, a flat yield curve is negative for the economy.
The data helped pull the market into negative territory after trading flat early in the session.
But for the first three months of the year, Digital Realty's total return was negative 0.31%, while Dupont was roughly flat at positive 0.46%.
There is negative growth in Greece and Portugal and Ireland is at best flat-lining.
Major financials had a mixed week, with Citigroup ending in negative territory, Bank of America and Wells Fargo coming in practically flat, and JPMorgan Chase gaining approximately 2%.
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