As a result, top-line growth has fallen from 9.8% in 1999 to 3.3% this year.
Next, so intent is Danaher on pumping top-line growth that it overpays, says Gould.
Coca-Cola, which reported higher than expected top-line growth and profit Tuesday, is up 1.3% since then.
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Banks needs more sustainable ways to generate top line growth or investors will start losing patience.
They have a really nice top-line growth story, and a really good bottom-line story.
While payrolls have been slashed and inventories remain lean, top line growth has been more subdued.
The year-over-year increase was primarily driven by strong top-line growth along with improved margins.
The better-than-expected results were due to significant top-line growth, partly offset by higher expenses.
The world's largest maker of glass bottles, Owens-Illinois, branched into plastics in the mid-1990s, fueling top-line growth.
Carter's seeing 6.8% top-line growth in the first half of 2009, according to a recent Morningstar report.
The revenue increases are significant as top line growth is becoming more difficult to achieve for global banks.
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JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America encountered similar top line growth problems when they reported earnings last week.
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The increase in earnings was due to top line growth and a lower effective tax rate, the company said.
Still, we think valuation multiples will remain depressed until CSCO proves it can generate consistent double-digit top line growth.
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We expect Broadcom to register a significant decline in its top-line growth this year on account of macro headwinds.
Monsanto expects top-line growth from an increase in unit volume as it expands the availability of its new products.
Thus, top-line growth in the region will come from increased presence rather than the existing restaurants generating higher sales.
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Driven by international expansion and an expanding hotel portfolio, Priceline has registered rapid top line growth since 2008.
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Presumably the risk-takers there are focused for the moment more on top-line growth.
Top line growth was only 6.9% compared to Wall Street estimates of 8.4%.
Kirjner contends the Street is being too conservative with their forecasts for top-line growth for the next several years.
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This has impacted the top-line growth of the networking sector as a whole.
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That exposure should help to provide meaningful top line growth in spite of anxiety over consumer spending here at home.
The company said the results were driven by strong top-line growth and improved productivity, partially offset by a higher tax rate.
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Multinational companies are faced with managing their business with a dual focus on strict cost containment and achievement of top line growth.
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In terms of what went into the earnings beat, there is not much to see but clean top-line growth and improved margins.
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Maybe five percent below trend line growth in slow economic times and five percent above trend line growth in strong economic times.
This makes its double digit top-line growth registered in the last two quarters of 2011 achievable in the third quarter as well.
We believe that upcoming commercial solutions (possibly in the first quarter of 2013) will further boost top-line growth in the long term.
The double-digit top-line growth was driven by both innovative and existing products.
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