Business expectations have risen slightly despite continuing stagnation in the Scottish economy, a quarterly survey of firms has suggested.
The monthly Ifo survey of business sentiment increased to 95.8 in January from 95.1 in December, with business expectations rising markedly in German manufacturing.
Job creation was strong in EMs, with seven consecutive quarters of growth, with strong export demand growth (China was the only BRIC to post slower export growth), and muted business expectations, with the exception of India, where services were strong.
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Recruiters in the global job market today get a lot of resumes from people who have double or triple majored in various business subjects and that conform to the traditional path and expectations for business students.
Navistar ( NAV), in sharp contrast, is up more than 11% this morning after profits from its North American truck business dramatically surpassed expectations.
In economic news, an April reading of small-business optimism topped expectations, while import prices declined last month from the previous month, in line with expectations, amid declining oil costs.
Intel said its data center business is meeting expectations.
Counter to expectations, business has not escaped responsibility for the impacts arising from economic growth.
Expectations for business activity over the next three months were also low, the report showed.
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But that reflects an acquisition, suggesting that expectations for the core business have weakened.
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They come in riding high expectations for pro-business, pro-growth policies--and inevitably disappoint investors as they drift away from their power base.
Some are tangled up by unrealistic expectations from family and business partners.
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Tucci, meanwhile, has cut back, abandoning development of video-storage technology despite expectations that the new business will boom in five to ten years.
The computing portion of our business was also lower than our expectations as we saw reduced purchases by multiple large customers in this sector.
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He notes that the Street might be pleasantly surprised about the growth expectations for the enterprise business, which would typically be seasonally lower in the quarter.
Of course, you will need to present yourself professionally to the bank with a solid business plan, including your revenue expectations, market research, and any other pertinent information.
Add to that a low financial bar set by depressed conditions in 2006, and companies in the business may well beat Wall Street expectations on earnings later this year.
If they're not met, it's easier to point to why it didn't work, and it should be easier for both sides to subsequently see that the expectations were based on business, not personal, criteria .
Brands need to up their game these days, as consumers increase their expectations of brands they do business with, as Forrester has discovered in doing research for its 21st Century Brand Marketing Playbook.
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Our core business continues to perform ahead of our expectations across all geographies and channels, with better-than-expected contributions from new growth initiatives including the SMB and unmanaged travel markets, as well as India and Japan.
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Most of them were mid-level employees who had to report to beleaguered managers whose focus was not a change in business strategy but rather in making it through each business quarter unscathed by failure to meet expectations.
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With so much of the stock market's volatility based on expectations (emotions) rather than business (economics), what else could we expect?
On the economic front, the National Federation of Independent Business said its small-business optimism index for February rose and topped expectations.
F5 Networks (FFIV) announced that it expects net income in the second quarter to come in below expectations due to disappointing North American business.
The Location and Commerce business had sales of 265 million Euros, below expectations at 289 million.
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They focus the business primarily on ensuring that quarterly reports meet analyst expectations and, therefore maintain the stock value.
The Business Confidence Monitor found that, despite this, expectations for 2013 were comparatively strong, with businesses expecting better times ahead.
In a sign that businesses remain uncertain about the strength of the economic recovery, business inventories for March were flat, compared with expectations for a rise.
Any business looking to go freemium has to set user expectations from the very moment it opens that users will need to break open their wallet, or trust will break down.
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