So show up a little early--8:00 p.m. for a 9 o'clock set (which usually starts late).
Global PC shipments witnessed the sharpest quarterly decline (13.9% y-o-y) in Q1 2013 in almost two decades.
December wages rose 4.9% year over year (y-o-y) from 7.1% in November.
Growth of ordinary imports (excluding commodities) fell 9.0 percent y-o-y in October from -2.4 percent in September, an indication that domestic demand may be weakening and contrasts with the strengthening growth of industrial production and retail sales released on Friday.
While consumer demand remains robust, evidenced by strong retail sales growth so far this year (Jan: 7.8% y-o-y, Feb: 9.6% y-o-y), industrial production is running negative, at -3.9% y-o-y as of February.
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However, with the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. saturating (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple is looking to maintain its historical growth rates by tapping fast-growing regions such as China.
With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. saturating (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at historical rates.
With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. getting more saturated (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at historical rates.
With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. saturating (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at close to historical rates.
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With the smartphone market in the developed regions getting more saturated (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2 2012) amid concerns that iPhone innovation has plateaued, Apple needs emerging markets such as China to drive iPhone growth in the coming years.
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In all four of these states, though, prices are rebounding: asking prices are up year over year (Y-o-Y) 4.5% in California, 6.9% in Florida, 7.0% in Nevada and 18.1% in Arizona according to the September 2012 Trulia Price Monitor.
By contrast trade with Mr O'Neill's BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) was 3.9% of German trade in 2000, is just under 12% this year and is forecast to be more than 24% in 2020.
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