The economy is stuck in low-growth, employment in no-growth.
These companies own big businesses tied to dying services (land-line phones) and low- or no-growth services (such as broadband internet or cable subscriptions), so profits and share prices generally went down.
In part, the growth of no-name gas is due to the fact that major oil companies are pulling back from retail.
Future housing markets are likely to be increasingly vulnerable to destructive price swings if credit-fueled demand and no-growth sentiment continue to flourish.
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The Obama administration has hewed to one particular theme during the rollout of Startup America, its new plan to boost high-growth startups: No new taxpayer funds will be deployed.
Three years into the Berlusconi government, there has been no pension reform, limited debt reduction, only modest privatisation and no growth-inducing jolts on either the demand or the supply side.
Yokosawa and Oberweis look for companies with accelerating earnings growth (at least 30% a year), a price-to-earnings ratio no more than twice the long-term growth rate, and a defensible competitive advantage in a growing market.
There is no big plan, however, to address Italy's main problem - little or no growth for the past decade.
Barbara Ryan of Deutsche Bank wrote in a note to investors this morning that Schering-Plough is "no longer a growth story, but a cost-cutting one" and that she doesn't see the company's shares being awarded a higher multiple.
The relatively higher wages in Dallas are what pushed it to the top of the list, but for raw growth the Austin area wins at No. 2 in the nation with an expected 5-year annual growth rate of 3.9%. (No. 1 was Honolulu, which but for recent hiccups in its job market and lackluster projected income growth would be in the Top 10 overall).
Markets react to crises with volatility, and Wall Street loves volatility, especially in a no-growth economy.
Extreme no-growth zoning and building policies have made all but small-scale development impossible, particularly on the coasts.
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Limited downside risk compared to over 100% upside return potential, if the stock trades at a no-growth valuation, looks pretty good.
After modeling them out over the next five years I've concluded they're in a no-growth predicament, but drowning in free cash flow.
The PMI has now been above the no-growth level of 50 for six consecutive months, suggesting the Scottish economy is continuing its slow recovery from recession.
For income investors, a no-growth economy can be a positive.
In the past three years Intuit has made a priority of replacing the no-growth packaged-software business with faster-growing online versions of its big hits and with subscription services such as online and mobile banking software.
Though profitable as ever, Microsoft has warned it will slip to single-digit growth, and it no longer crackles with the same manic energy.
Given that our economy grew at 3.87% during the Bretton Woods period, America should target for a long-term GDP growth rate of no less than 3.5%.
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Five states are aggressively pursuing their own pro-growth tax policies to attract employers and compete with the nine no-income tax states (Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming).
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Dodd-Frank is vague, burdensome, of no protective value, and anti-growth.
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Small-cap growth guru Jim Oberweis of the Oberweis Report and Oberweis mutual funds thinks the second-half pick-up is no macroeconomic head fake, but he is letting go of stocks with sub-par growth prospects.
His no-load Thurlow Growth Fund for U.S. investors is up a stunning 28% through Aug. 31.
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