Now, with precious few other opportunities to invest massive amounts to gain material production growth, Exxon is moving full speed ahead.
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At the same time, emerging markets exposure and new soda fountain innovations could drive material revenue growth in the next few years.
In this new technological world, data is the raw material for growth.
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Most oil giants pulled out of the onshore U.S. in the 1990s, considering the assets too old and worn-out to be material to growth.
And not sourcing the right talent is one of the material risks to his growth plan.
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Our audience even includes some young people who want to build a business in their future and along with their parents find our material great educational content in that growth.
An advanced country may be able to decouple economic growth and increasing volumes of material goods consumed.
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The opportunity to pursue advanced education, career growth, entrepreneurial passions and material comfort based on ambition and hard work rather than race, class, or background have not only made the United States a preeminent world power, but a model for nations everywhere and a beacon of hope for generations of people like me.
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Asian exporters face slower growth abroad, high raw-material prices, growing competition from China and diminishing returns from cost cutting.
The range of material is impressive: the chapters deal with the growth of European cities before the industrial revolution, corruption in post-Soviet Russia, privatisation in Eastern Europe, local government in the United States, and more.
"Although inflation seemed likely to remain above the 2 percent target over the next two years, the degree of slack in the economy, and the likely positive response of supply capacity to increased demand, meant that higher output growth would not necessarily lead to any material additional inflationary pressure, " those backing another stimulus argued, according to the minutes.
Keeping an Overweight rating on the stock, Bernstein sees slowed growth ahead in 2013 amid easing raw-material inflation.
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Over the past decade, the strongest regional economies (as measured by GDP, job and wage growth) have overwhelmingly been those that produces material goods.
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The growth of the solar industry has been limited by the supply of the polysilicon material used to make solar panels.
The biggest computer-aided engineering software firms, Ansys, Dassault Systemes and LMS International, a Siemens subsidiary, have enjoyed double-digit revenue growth in recent years as large customers snap up their pricey suites of simulation and material analysis software.
The increase was planned to support sales growth, store openings, product introductions and expanded assortments, and higher product and raw material acquisition costs.
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The Swach's cartridge, a key component of the system, resembles Edison's electric bulb and is made up of a composite of rice-husk ash (a highly porous material derived out of paddy husk) and fine particles of nano-silver, which inhibits bacteria growth.
"Assuming no material adverse change in economic conditions, we look to the future increasingly confident of our ability to deliver sustainable growth, " he added.
Fitch is projecting U.S. GDP growth of 2.3 percent in 2013, assuming political discord in Washington does not have a material impact on the economy.
Steel makers have been forced to take steps to protect themselves against painful raw material cost increases mainly due to surging demand from Asia's tiger economies, including China, to power their growth.
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