Although GDP was a surprise, for the most part, U.S. economic data has been slightly better than expected, which giving credence to those who believe the fourth-quarter contraction will likely limited and that the first-quarter data should improve.
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First-quarter data, gathered by market researcher International Data Corp.
Contacts to buy previously owned U.S. homes hit an all-time low in March and businesses braced for tough times by squeezing more out of their workers in the first quarter, data released on Wednesday showed.
The other sharp equities move in Asia was in the Philippines, where the PSE Composite dropped 3.2% as strong first quarter growth data beat expectations, triggering profit-taking in a market that has already gained 21% so far in 2013.
While the BlackBerry's plastic keyboard and tight integration with corporate e-mail systems makes it an unbeatable e-mail machine, Nielsen Mobile's first-quarter data show that the iPhone is all about multimedia, playing music, video and online games far above the average usage of those services for other mobile phone users.
The drop came even as the Philippines' first-quarter growth data came in better than expected at 7.8%.
Last week, disappointing economic growth data for the first quarter added to fears of a faltering recovery.
Today, the London-based pharmaceutical giant said it would give the FDA that data by the first quarter of 2003.
We also have data from the first quarter of 2013, where stops are down again and crime has not gone up.
The jobs data for the first quarter say the Republicans had it right, both in the name of job creation and social justice.
Data from the first quarter of this year has been consistent with previous years: Black and Hispanic people accounted for the vast majority of stops.
Labor costs across the euro zone rose by 3.3%, in the first quarter of 2008, according to data published by the European Union's statistical office Eurostat, in mid June.
The reasons for the profit drop include a jump in the cost of restricted stock units in the first quarter, as well as higher data center construction and marketing costs.
Short-term business debt levels continue to expand in the first quarter alongside higher aggregate industrial output data, Fed reports show, even as high-grade issuers continue to refinance short-term debt balances at a steady clip this year.
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The data for the first quarter of 2012 shows that more than eight out of ten smartphones shipped during that period were powered by either Android or iOS, and that the market share for every other player fell during that period.
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While the first quarter is far from over, early data suggest a much softer than expected GDP.
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Official Indian data show that in the first quarter of 2005, exports of textiles and clothing fell by an alarming 21%.
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Disappointing first-quarter GDP figures and a flurry of negative data this week it was announced that unemployment-benefit claims had crept up in June, while exports fell unexpectedly throw doubt on the robustness of recovery.
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New data from wireless infrastructure maker Ericsson shows that mobile data traffic jumped 130% in the first quarter of 2011 from 2010.
The estimate for construction output is based on published data for the first two months of the quarter, and an estimation for the third month.
The first-quarter figure is an initial estimate based on incomplete data and will be revised either up or down in the coming months.
In partial data for 2010 (only through the first quarter) dollar flows were near zero and euro flows were substantial as the Swiss, in particular, acquired a large amount of euro reserves (to lean against the record level of the franc versus the euro).
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But new data out this morning showed that in the first quarter the economy continued its fall at nearly the same pace as the last three months of 2008.
In the first quarter of 2012, iPhone global sales doubled, according to industry data, accounting for more than 400, 000 activations per day.
The data suggests that the economy has built momentum during the first quarter.
He likes this Indonesian provider of fixed-line, mobile and data communications even though it delivered disappointing results in its first quarter.
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