Many in the shipping industry see a sluggish year ahead for Chinese exports, a cornerstone for the nation's economy, despite other indications of growing demand for China's products.
Global sales of personal computers have been sluggish this year as firms and households put off new purchases in the uncertain economic climate.
Into this melange comes Acer's Iconia Tab A200, a tablet whose sole distinction is its Android 4.0.3 OS. With a narrow range of configurations that are too closely priced for the slight storage upgrade offered and a processor that grows more dated and comparatively sluggish as the year progresses, it's difficult to hone in on a bright spot for the bulky slate.
Germany is facing its third successive year of sluggish or zero growth.
After all, this spring will mark the fourth year of sluggish recovery.
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However, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have suggested a sluggish start to the year in terms of mortgage activity, which could feed through to house prices later.
According to analysts, this extra cost could derail President Rousseff's plans to cut electricity rates by 20% with a knock-on effect for Brazil's economy, which last year saw sluggish growth.
Another year of sluggish return on investment (fell in calendar 2011 due to investments in price, e-commerce, etc.) as Wal-Mart places capital into a robust amount of international unit growth and profit dollars into lower prices.
The 21-year-old American looked less sluggish in the second set but handed the match to her 30-year-old opponent when she hit a smash wide at 5-6 down.
With employment on track to fall next year, only sluggish recovery will follow, the Item Club said.
Last week, the US Dow Jones average closed at a record high, furthering gains last year despite the sluggish US economy.
Sure, the U.S. consumer market turned a bit sluggish the second half of last year, and that continues.
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The Bank thinks that growth will remain sluggish for the rest of the year but that the economy will then regain speed.
Obviously, a QE battle is brewing that is expected to get worse as the new year unfolds, if sluggish world economic growth continues.
High oil prices, the European debt crisis and sluggish domestic demand due to last year's tsunami are some of the challenges facing the company.
Retail consulting and research firm Customer Growth Partners is on the high end, saying that that holiday retail sales will grow by 4.5% this year. 2009 saw sluggish growth of 1.9%, on the heels of a 3.9% decline in 2008.
As I did write in a previous piece, such a move could fuel the Battle of QEs, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and ECB President Mario Draghi have already broadcasted their commitment to further QE a battle that is expected to get worse as the new year unfolds, if sluggish world economic growth continues.
Mercedes-Benz and Audi notched sales gains exceeding 35% last year, easily outpacing a sluggish market there.
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The 22-year-old made a sluggish start and a misfiring second serve combined with several unforced errors saw her quickly fall 0-3 behind.
Demand for certified oil has been sluggish, too: in the first year of trading only 30% of the sustainable oil was sold as such.
Terrorist attacks and a sluggish economy cooled its expansion until last year, when Frontier boosted capacity (the number of seats multiplied by the miles flown) by 40%.
Revenue growth was sluggish (for Maxwell), up 6% year on year and 1% below estimates.
Sales of the R-Class have been sluggish ever since its introduction for the 2006 model year.
One reason for the sluggish ups and downs of the jobs numbers this year may be difficulties in skill-sets among the unemployed.
What is already clear, and makes worse scenarios more likely, is that growth in corporate profits is certain to slow this year, recession or not, due to sluggish growth in demand, rising interest costs (caused by refinancings of debt secured when long-term interest rates were lower than today) and accelerating depreciation costs.
Despite their incredible performance, the U.S. economy remains sluggish and is expected to grow 2.3% this year, UBS says.
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The trade deficit expanded in 1997 for the fifth year running, thanks both to rising imports and sluggish exports.
However, the earnings were down from the prior-year earnings by 19.7% due to sluggish sales and weak margins in hog production business.
The number of people out of work in the UK has been falling steadily for almost a year, despite concerns over the economy's sluggish growth.
Sharp said sales of LCD TVs "fell drastically" on a year ago, mainly as a result of "sluggish demand in Japan and a sales decline in China, owing to worsening Japan-China relations".
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