And we have seen that disadvantage grow and grow over the last several decades.
Although it did not grow as quickly last year as in recent years, it brings in billions of dollars of hard currency.
The Liberal Democrats have also failed to grow since the last election.
Mergers have been a go-to way for exchanges to grow in the last decade, but increased consolidation, in turn, meant a rise in anti-trust concerns from regulators.
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We at Women 2.0have been watching the female founder network grow explosively over the last decade.
It saw the number of unique mobile visitors grow nearly 275% last quarter.
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Canon has managed to grow revenue since the last recession, but investors are concerned, as shown by its declining market cap.
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Conversely, the theory is that those who grow up with a last name towards the front of the alphabet have more patience when it comes to spending.
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Independent Insurance had seen its business grow dramatically in the last year and speculation now exists that some of this business could now be riskier than it first appeared.
The best guess now is that it will grow slightly in the last quarter, then stagnate or even fall slightly in the spring, before gathering some steam in the second half of the year.
It stuck with that outlook until August, projecting that economic growth would slow for a couple of quarters but not into recession, and then begin to grow again in the last half of the year and through next year.
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The drilling technique, which uses sand, water and chemicals under high pressure to extract oil and natural gas from rock formations, has helped Eagle Ford oil production grow by 184% last year compared with 2011, according to the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates the state's oil and gas exploration and production.
Regardless of how much ebooks grow this year, the fact is they probably will grow, but slower than last year.
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The series has simply failed to grow recently, with the last few games only being minor expansions on past concepts.
After growing seven and a half percent in 2010, the vast emerging market just managed to grow less than one percent last year.
But with its help, southern Africa, home to 130m people and at peace for the first time in decades, could at last begin to grow prosperous.
Whatever stage you are in for the accumulation, preservation or transfer of your wealth, you'll find something here that will help you make it last and even grow.
He said the chancellor's proposals in the Autumn Statement were motivated by a "reckless plan of spending reductions, made worse by his failure to grow the economy in the last year".
The economy still worries consumers and retailers, who expect total sales to grow at a slower rate than last year.
Latin America will grow at a slower pace than last year, primarily due to weaker growth in Argentina and Brazil, a United Nations report has suggested.
Despite the mediocre state of the Mexican economy, which grew just 0.9% last year and should grow 2.4% this year, Walmex is poised to keep expanding at a good clip.
The 80s saw the last of the baby boomers grow up and go to work.
Even so, consumer spending looks sure to grow less this year than it did last.
During 2013 Samsung smartphone sales are predicted to grow 35 percent, from 215 million last year to 290 million.
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The last time IBM failed to grow NOPAT was in 2005.
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It did grow sales by 52% in the last quarter.
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Still, sales outpaced the industry average last year, and should grow even more this year when Ford Motor Co. rolls out its first minivan since 2006, the Transit Connect Wagon.
In the meantime, Appirio continues to grow, with revenues increasing by 80% last year.
Outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis let his hair grow long again after buzzing it all off last summer.
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Revenues in this area grew 25% last quarter and are projected to grow at close to this rate for the year.
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