Sales growth of 11% this year is still quite respectable, although down from the 25% 5-year average.
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Gross margin was 13.8%, up from 12.9% in the first quarter, although down from 17.1% a year ago.
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Although down from 11 divisions and more than 120 businesses at the end of 1996, the firm still has eight divisions and 80 businesses.
Mr Putin's own popularity, although down from its peak, remains high.
Meanwhile, data for May has shown copper and wire cable shipments rising 18% year on year to the construction sector, although down 21% to the auto sector.
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In addition to the Labor Department data Friday, private payrolls firm ADP released softer March payrolls data on Thursday and earlier in the week, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas said layoffs in March were 30% higher a year ago, although down from February.
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Overall, Dunloy should have too much class for the battling Portaferry outfit although the Down club will be hoping that the Antrim champions are jaded after a busy six-week period.
Although profit was down, backing out a one-time gain from the year-ago figures reverses that result.
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Although watered-down in terms of union transparency, the bill has the potential to increase productivity, to boost employment, and to improve competitiveness.
James Coyle top-scored with six points for Down although he was sent off two minutes from time after being handed a second yellow card.
About 1, 500 people in Louisiana are still living in temporary housing, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, although that is down from a high of more than 90, 000.
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Dennis Ross, a top Middle East adviser during Mr. Obama's first term, said the trip was a chance to "forge a new beginning" in relations, although he played down prospects for any breakthroughs.
Once again, he sees them smiling and then he sees them walking away down a street where yellow lights scatter and regroup sporadically, without any obvious pattern, although Henric knows deep down that everything is determined in some way, everything is causally linked to something else, and human nature leaves very little room for the truly gratuitous.
Many public services have shut down, although Muslim-led demonstrations have been halted by the military.
Still, Motorola boxes currently lack spin down, although a spokesman says that could change next quarter.
In their lifetimes, neither one backed down, although indications are that each developed it independently.
The Slovakian parliament has just voted this down, although it is likely to accept it in the end.
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Meanwhile, European stock markets in London, France and Germany closed very slightly down, although Wall Street opened higher.
Although few are turned down, the paperwork tends to sit in bureaucrats' offices for six months or more.
"The Cheltenham effect has massively boosted advance bookings, although we are still down by about 5%, " he said.
And Guantanamo, he's going to try to close down, although that'll be difficult.
Hundreds of schools remained closed across the UK, although numbers shut were down on the start of the week.
Although some have shut down, many have chosen to go about business as usual and people have been buying groceries.
Bob Haberkorn, senior commodities broker, RJO Futures, said the short-term trend in gold is down, although longer term he still likes gold.
The negotiations over their release had broken down, although the army was still insisting it would not use force to free them.
Resale prices are much higher than that, although they are coming down.
There are pros and cons to both, although it generally boils down to the overhead involved in knowing previous and next steps.
Zinc and lead were also down, although tin and nickel managed gains.
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Furthermore, although the Dow is down for the month to date, the SPX and Nasdaq are still on track for gains in November.
We political hacks can be obsessed by who's up, who's down, although sometimes reshuffles go wrong - try googling "Blair", "reshuffle" and "botched".
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