Consumer confidence plunged sharply in February, not a positive for big-ticket purchases going forward.
One big positive going for Terex for the long haul is its seasoned management.
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"It's a big positive getting first-team experience at Shrewsbury, " the 19-year-old told BBC Radio Shropshire.
The trick is to figure out which companies are likely to report big positive or negative earnings surprises.
The positive is that big salaries like Oliver Perez, Carlos Beltran and Luis Castillo come off the books.
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While initial reaction to its design and technical specs have been positive, the big question was the price.
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When March retail sales numbers beat expectations the markets took it as a big positive, an indicator of improved consumer spending.
But for now, the falling gold price is a big positive.
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The instant kneejerk reaction in the TV media was that the statement was a big positive, indicating the Fed is about to provide more economic stimulus.
One contrast, however, is that interest rates look likely to drop, a potentially big positive for furniture stocks, which tend to move up when rates go down.
The slow return to strength of the enterprise sector in the U.S. is a big positive for Cisco since it derives almost 60% of its revenues from the region.
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But if Gemstar prevails, it will be seen as a big positive for the company and could set the stage for a favorable outcome in Gemstar's civil patent lawsuits.
That the costliest Lumia model is selling so well is a big positive for Nokia, which is looking to return its mobile device division to operating profit as soon as possible.
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"That was a higher standard than my previous matches and it's a big positive for me heading into the quarter-finals, " said Djokovic who reached the quarter-finals in all four Grand Slams last year.
And I think that will be a very big positive proposals for the families who earn reasonably well but not very well, have had to find at the beginning of their child's university education, about a thousand for fees (pounds) and also to contribute something up to a thousand for their maintenance.
Small steps can create a ripple effect and lead to big, positive and lasting changes.
This is a big, positive step for the EU in its three-year-old sovereign debt crisis.
There's just an assumption that these benefits are positive, that the big time is worth it, that expensive coaches and conference expansion and mega TV contracts all serve a greater good networks and fans love it, and it's foolish to not want a piece.
In the search for independent business owners who might have positive thoughts on how big box stores can be countered, I discovered a blog post at Inflow Inventory , an inventory system for small to midsize businesses, about how Virgilio Rubini, owner of ChocoStyle, a small chocolate manufacturer and retail store owner views big box competitors.
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Where it was fully implemented (which, unfortunately for Japan, was in but a few areas), the impact was big and highly positive.
Another REIT which might be expected to take advantage of a positive revenue ruling in a big way is Power REIT (NYSE:PW).
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O.tel.o overall, he says, will turn cash-flow positive in 2002, a big swing from this year's likely loss of DM2 billion, half of which is eaten by Veba.
If either result is positive, it will be a big step towards controlling malaria.
When you're chasing down a target like that, it sometimes pays to be ultra-positive and try and take a big chunk out of it as early as you can.
They know it, so attempts at major legislation have tended to crowd in the first two years hence stock returns on average have been more variable then. (For US stocks, but the pattern largely holds for global stocks.) There have been plenty of big double-digit positive years in years one and two, but the variability drags down the averages to 8% and 9% respectively.
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