One day--maybe not next year or in five years, but eventually--the Big Mac will flatline in the U.S. The evidence: In the past four years McDonald's has averaged only 1% annual same-store sales growth, trailing the 4% average for its main burger rivals.
One day--maybe not next year or in five years, but eventually--the Big Mac will flatline in the U.S. The evidence: In the past four years McDonald's has averaged only 1% annual same-store sales growth, trailing the 4% average for its main burger rivals, Burger King, Wendy's and Jack-in-the-Box.
Other spending heads will face the same squeeze as all those public sector workers if their cash allocation flat-lines - 4 to 5% this year, maybe down below 3% next year, but still requiring a deeper real terms cut than officially recognised by the 2.9% inflation rate currently assumed by the Office of Budget Responsibility.
And then later, maybe that same year, maybe the next, on November 5th, suddenly at the back door in the blackness with the gift of some penny bangers.
But no matter what party they belong to, I bet most Americans are thinking the same thing right now: Nothing will get done this year, or next year, or maybe even the year after that, because Washington is broken.
FORBES: Full Text: President Obama's State Of The Union Address
And now it may head to Afghanistan, but maybe not until early next year.
And if a deal had to come, maybe better now than next year, when the presidential race gets going.
But, with the checklist, what we have is Peter Pronovost trying to see if maybe, in the next year or two, hospitals in Rhode Island and New Jersey will give his idea a try.
They're going to come do the - you know, the readjustment period is going to take place over the next one year, the next two, maybe even three years.
What you do affects yourself now, at the end of the month, possibly next year and maybe thirty years from now.
If your deductions are going to be worth 35% this year and 28% next year, maybe you want to make a big charitable donation.
They'll probably sell 10, 000 next year and maybe 30, 000 in 2012.
But like Burning Man, I can easily see it going from a small group participation event to a household name, becoming a global phenomenon, maybe as early as by next year.
FORBES: The Biggest Italian Dinner In History, Thanks To Social Media
You know, this is my one opportunity, you know, maybe my only one for the next year to sort of, you know, put forth my artistic persona, to, you know, embody whatever it is I imagine myself doing.
"We could make roughly 54 million doses next year ... maybe more, " Adams said.
CNN: King: H1N1 worries increase awareness on college campuses
Macedonians and maybe Montenegrins may get visa-free travel early next year.
Once prices do drop a little more, the demand for housing will start to catch up with supply, and maybe that will bring a more normal housing market next year.
So employment is something that we're going to have a difficult time for the next several months, maybe through the end of this year, but I'm confident that we're taking the steps that are required to create these new jobs of the future.
We will have to do this again next year with the new high-def DVDs and maybe the results will be different.
Those farmers who planted carefully, kept pests away, weeded and watered, harvested at the right time and kept aside seed for next year were most likely to have enough to feed their families, and maybe even some left over to sell at market.
FORBES: End the 19th Century! Treating Employees Like Owners
Maybe that means saving up more money to buy the home of your dreams or waiting till next year to take your once-in-a-lifetime vacation.
FORBES: Dad's Foolproof Car-Buying Tips (and Other Secrets of Life)
Next year, I think we anticipate recusals in about a dozen cases, and then maybe less than half of that in the year after that.
"Maybe I can't say it in public but there's a World Cup in New Zealand next year, " he said.
应用推荐