Europe's indigenous population is ageing fast, with a quarter of it over 60.
New Orleans was still down by 18 early in the third quarter, but later used an 8-0 run ignited by Robin Lopez's putback and Anthony Davis' layup to get as close as 66-59 in the period, and trailed only 73-65 heading into the final quarter after Jason Smith's fast-break layup in the final second.
Wendy's International posted second-quarter earnings on Thursday, and the fast-food chain reported a 1% drop in quarterly earnings, which topped Wall Street estimates, but the firm also dropped its profit view for the year on anemic sales at its eponymous burger joints and higher beef costs.
Wendy's International (nyse: WEN - news - people ) posted second-quarter earnings on Thursday, and the fast-food chain reported a 1% drop in quarterly earnings, which topped Wall Street estimates, but the firm also dropped its profit view for the year on anemic sales at its eponymous burger joints and higher beef costs.
Exxon, which is known for its stringent financial discipline, saw costs rise almost twice as fast as revenue in the third quarter.
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Total household debt rose by 11% in the year to the third quarter of 2003, more than twice as fast as incomes.
Even South Africa, with its diverse economy, has failed to create jobs fast enough: at least a quarter of its people have no work.
Keys enjoyed an impressive third quarter, Kelly crashing over to complete a fast-flowing handling move, and with Bai finding his range with the boot, Cardiff couldn't relax.
"Our third-quarter results again reflect significant progress in our fast-paced initiatives to turn around our business and create a company that is leaner, faster and positioned for long-term sustainable growth, " said Chairman and Chief Executive G.
Amazon's star has risen so fast (its sales have doubled each quarter) for the simple reason that it usually offers a good service.
Oil prices fell something like 15% in the third quarter as markets began to price in the prospects for substantially slower growth across the developed world and tightening in the fast-growing emerging markets. (Read Oil Down More Than 15% This Quarter As Sector Stocks Price In Recession).
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The NYSE announced on April 20th that it plans to merge with Archipelago Holdings, owner of ArcaEx, a fast-growing ECN that now handles a quarter of the trading in NASDAQ-listed shares and has just acquired the Pacific Stock Exchange, which specialises in derivatives.
Most people in the market share the view that the government and Central Bank, which is supposed to be independent from the executive branch, did not act fast enough to raise interest rates in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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South Africa were so confident of victory in their quarter-final against the West Indians that they rested their key fast bowler, Allan Donald, hoping to keep him fresh for later matches.
It grew at an annualised rate of 2.4% in the second quarter of this year, according to the Office of National Statistics, twice as fast as previously thought.
The company that operates KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and other fast food chains posted earnings per share of 83 cents in the third quarter, up 13% from 73 cents for the same period ago, and in-line with Wall Street forecasts.
Mayo on a fast break with the Mavericks trying to stop Brooklyn's key third-quarter run.
On a much lighter note, global high-speed broadband adoption (defined as any speed equal or greater than 10Mbps) grew by 2.7 percent last quarter, with top honors going to South Korea where nearly half the population enjoys super fast internet access.
Fast forward to 2012, and Lumia has been in the market for more than a quarter now.
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The battle became more physical in the second quarter with Hayward stuffing Deron Williams at one end and Evans delivering a hard foul on Paul Millsap on the fast break at the other.
Kirjner adds that the fact that PC search, mobile search and YouTube are reported together under Google Sites revenues, which grew about 20% year-over-year in the fourth quarter, suggests that if PC search growth is declining quickly, then mobile search and YouTube must be growing fast.
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The fast-food joint also said that global same-store sales rose 5.6% during the quarter.
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The San Diego-based fast-food chain reported its same-store sales fell 0.1% in the second-quarter, down from a year ago increase of 6.4%.
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