But sales of the iPhone at 47.8 million last quarter rose by 29%, marking the second time in the past year that the growth rate of Apple shipments dipped below the rate of the global smartphone market's growth.
China is poised to account for 30% of the global fashion market's growth in the next five years, the firm estimates.
The Western European mobile phone market's growth was largely attributable to smartphones, which grew thanks to the iPhone 4 and Android-powered devices from HTC and Samsung.
In the US smartphone market, Android's growth was driven largely by Verizon's promotion of Droid smartphones versus the iPhone.
While some were bracing for choppier U.S. growth ahead, the market's ability to pare its losses reflected a desire among some investors to stay the course, in a bet the latest headwinds will soon pass and shake out traders and investors with less conviction in the global recovery.
The shift reflects both a slowdown in demand in the U.S. market and continued growth in Chinese PC sales.
But in the longer term, a livelier jobs market will improve Europe's growth prospects, just as it has done in the United States.
But in a note to investors yesterday, Larry Biegelsen at Wachovia Securities wrote that he expects Cordaptive to take more than 50% of the niacin market, slowing Abbott's growth.
It has been operating for barely a year, but Hong Kong's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) has already acquired a superlative title - as the world's worst performing stock exchange.
While still only one-fourth the size of the U.S. venture capital market, China deal making growth far exceeds the action in the U.S. For the first three months of 2011, Dow Jones VentureSource reported U.S. gains of 5 percent for deals and 35 percent for investment.
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In Mexico, pressure to emigrate to the U.S. has eased, in part due to a tough labor market in the U.S. and steady growth in Mexico.
He said the U.S. government looks forward to China's growth as a market for foreign goods.
Lew said the U.S. government looks forward to China's growth as a market for foreign goods.
The reported data should be consistent with market consensus that U.S. growth is improving.
In addition to the company's growth in global market shares, ZTE sustained its strength in patent applications.
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As well as looking at historical performance, these measures capture the market's estimates of firms' growth prospects.
Disappointment with the single market's apparent failure to stimulate growth in the euro-zone has also contributed to disenchantment.
Brazil's market for so-called growth stocks, the novomercado, does not allow such non-voting shares and sets high standards for corporate governance.
Prepaid represents one of the few bright spots in the U.S. wireless market, where growth has slowed along with broader consumer spending.
Following the stock market's bubble burst in 2000, value stocks outpaced growth stocks (the market-cap index holds both) over the subsequent five years.
Pacific Crest Securities analyst Brent Bracelin is bullish on Dell's continued market share and sales growth, particularly in enterprise computing, since it is so focused on delivering commodity technology to the masses.
And with the top ten public companies holding onto 17% of the U.S. market, he thinks there's plenty of room for continued growth.
Part of Juniper's growth in the federal market, Stevens says, comes from stealing away market share.
Foreign firms are looking to tap into China's booming internet market, amid sluggish growth in developed nations.
With unemployment at only 5.3%, America's labour market remains tight and the growth in hourly earnings is steadily rising.
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The recovery in the U.S. housing market is fueling the growth of pickups, which are used extensively for construction activities.
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But setting a limit on a news outfit's market share would mean constraining the growth of an expanding media group if its competitors were doing badly.
Meanwhile, revenues have already been in decline in the U.S. video rental market, as growth in DVD rentals hasn't kept pace with the sharp decline in VHS rental revenue.
Competition from rival open source operating system, Linux, is stalling Microsoft's growth in the server market, but desktop dominance remains intact: Windows installed in 94% of PCs being sold.
After a successful public offering in March on Milan's Nuovo Mercato, a stock market for growth stocks with high potential, e.
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