In many countries, the transition from CTT to VAT has witnessed a spurt in inflation.
The country as a whole has seen a spurt in microcredit, overtaking, in the number of borrowers, Bangladesh, the global movement's fountainhead.
This is the second time in a decade that the Chinese art market has slowed after a spurt of growth, Hu noted.
The Mint is now issuing 2012 coins, and whenever a new issue comes out, there tends to be a spurt in sales, he said.
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In spite of a spurt in air traffic, India's airlines continue to incur losses due to high fuel prices, which comprise more than 40% of their operating costs.
On the domestic front, analysts foresee a spurt in auto sales with the advent of the festival season, which in India is considered an auspicious time to make purchases.
Over a year, the number of diners seated shows a spurt in the first and fourth quarters, moderate growth in the second quarter and negligible to negative growth in the third quarter.
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The whole IT technology industry is in the middle of a spurt of innovation, and there are a lot of things happening on a lot of different fronts at the same time.
Revenues have grown at an annual average rate of 24% over the past five years, driven by baby boomer fitness kicks, more kids playing sports to combat chubbiness and a spurt in soccer frenzy.
And, as it turns out, the quarter was exceptionally strong as a spurt in online retail and advertising spending during a solid holiday season saw its commerce vertical increase 20% compared to last year and 25% sequentially.
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The four contractors that process Medicare's wheelchair claims--Palmetto GBA, Cigna HealthCare, AdminaStar Federal and HealthNow New York--saw a spurt in spending as early as 1997, but the office that runs Medicare and Medicaid did not lead a coordinated response until 2003, says the Government Accountability Office.
Miffed by two straight fouls against Luke Hancock when the 10th-ranked Cardinals trailed No. 12 Syracuse by a point with time running out, Pitino stomped on the sidelines as he altered his courtside wardrobe and his team responded with a late spurt for a 58-53 victory Saturday, silencing another huge Carrier Dome crowd.
Hammond was convinced the MLP business was poised for a growth spurt, like the one REITs had enjoyed a decade and a half earlier.
Wireless messaging is going through a growth spurt in the U.S. The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, a trade group, estimates that, in December, U.S. wireless carriers processed more than 1 billion messages, about four times as many as were sent in December 2001.
But why such a growth spurt now, some 30 years after the sport began?
Although they've been around since the mid-1980s, trackers are enjoying a popularity spurt in today's insatiable equity market.
Like Robson, Dean has struggled with the physical affects of a growth spurt but is now fully fit.
In reality, there is little evidence to suggest a sudden spurt in conversions.
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Google may have posted slightly sluggish earnings this time around, but China's dominant search engine had a growth spurt.
The chain is on a growth spurt: Over the past 12 months sales rose 41% and earnings rocketed 101% .
Roberts pointed to the Cash For Clunkers program, which he said had a solid spurt before it finally began to fade out.
These reforms produced a sharp fall in unemployment just as Europe began to enjoy a productivity spurt from the spread of information technology.
We are in the midst of a growth spurt both residentially, commercially, industrially, but it fits in the middle of the Mississippi Delta.
It was only a late spurt that ensured they wouldn't be on the losing side of one of the wildest upsets in Final Four history.
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After defaulting on its debts and then stiffing creditors for most of their principal several years ago, Argentina enjoyed a brief spurt of rapid economic growth.
That might happen either because belief in America's new economy fades or because Europe also enjoys a productivity spurt, thanks to technology and deregulation, which boosts shares.
Inventory levels are prone to wild swings, and much of this recent build-up seems to come from a planned spurt from automakers like Ford and General Motors.
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