An inflation pinch, attributable to rapid growth hitting up against the constraints of a still hidebound economy, led the central bank to tighten monetary policy.
The margin boost was mainly attributable to strong sales growth, which kept revenue per square foot high.
The growth was attributable to higher sales volume across all its industrial businesses, better price realizations and acquisitions.
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Short-term margins did improve, going from negative to positive, which is great, but almost all attributable to cost cutting, not growth.
Some estimate that about 95% of recent growth is attributable to Beijing's spending, and most of that spending is channeled through the banks.
The healthy top-line growth was attributable to incremental contributions from new products and services and accretive acquisitions, as the industry witnessed renewed optimism through inflow of new capital.
While much of that job growth could be attributable to post-recession pent-up demand, that is not the whole story.
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.
The increase in revenues was mainly attributable to a solid 25.2% growth in new vehicle sales to 33, 737 units, which is the second highest level achieved by the company in its history.
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"The very robust expansion of the economy in 2004 will imply slower growth next year, partly attributable to the high base effect, " said Friedrich Wu, director of the MTI's economic division.
The events in Cyprus may also serve as anecdotal evidence to those investors who believe that the market is due for a correction given that much of the market advance has been on the heels of government intervention without any meaningful and sustainable improvements attributable to the private sector in terms of economic growth.
Growth in average daily volume is attributable to a strong rise in Treasury and Eurodollar volume, which increased by 30% and 23% respectively.
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Accordingly, I do not believe that the recent spike in commodity prices is, primarily, attributable to increased global aggregate demand, underpinned by robust economic growth.
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Its 30% average annual growth over the last five years is directly attributable to its ties with Cordis, good enough to become number 24 on our list.
The increase in free subscribers is primarily attributable to an increase in free trial customers which is necessary for Netflix to drive increasing subscriber growth.
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