But in recent quarters compensation of employees rose in relation to revenues, from 65% to 66%.
The decline in government spending in recent quarters has received very little public attention.
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Citi disagrees: It says it has reduced reserves in recent quarters because credit quality has been improving.
Mecox Lane has lost a little money in recent quarters, including disappointing results right after its IPO.
As in recent quarters, Dell offered no follow-up calls or figures from the previous year in the report.
Additionally, Dish has changed its strategic focus in recent quarters in an effort to balance revenue growth with profitability.
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Notable managers that lost on Apple tended to buy in more recent quarters.
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Revenue growth has been driven in recent quarters by ultracapacitor sales for hybrid buses and wind turbines, mostly in China.
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We can attribute this to a number of product improvement strategies that Time Warner Cable has employed in recent quarters.
In several recent quarters, the shrinkage of the trade deficit contributed more than the total growth in real gross domestic product.
But Toll's City Living brand has grown in some recent quarters to represent as much as 20% of the company's revenue.
Some have questioned the validity of the ONS's figures, particularly on the construction industry, which has been particularly volatile in recent quarters.
Mr. Bergsten warned that given the outstanding growth experienced in recent quarters a slowdown to growth of around 2% could feel abrupt.
The company has beat expectations in recent quarters, including the latest one.
Since then starts have recovered somewhat to about 110, 000 per year, but DCLG said recent quarters had seen them slip back again.
Many shares are owned by professional fund managers, who are themselves judged by clients on their performance over the most recent quarters.
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Cash flow at the corporate level also has flattened in recent quarters.
As a result, Las Vegas Sands and its competitor Genting Singapore have seen a decline in revenues from the region in recent quarters.
Jaguar Land Rover has said its profit margins will be "slightly lower" than in recent quarters, sending shares in its Indian owner lower.
Yahoo has faced numerous challenges in recent quarters with its core graphical- and video-ad sales, as it faces increased competition from Google Inc.
Others, like big dogs Exxon Mobil and Chevron, are betting on the integrated model, which in recent quarters have helped their bottom lines.
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But Marcin buttresses her optimism with the drop in price-earnings ratios in recent quarters, even as earnings have continued to grow at double-digit percentage rates.
In recent quarters, we have also been deemphasizing our retail stores in order to focus on our e-commerce business and enhance our operational strength and customer service capabilities.
This may however be offset by the dwindling base of Nextel subscribers who have also been a big source for the Sprint platform net adds in recent quarters.
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Boston Properties, which also manages and develops hotel and industrial properties, has recorded sustained revenue growth in recent quarters, though earnings have been affected by charges and expenses.
Manufacturing and utility-plant construction has been key in recent quarters.
The retailer has said its revenue has fallen in recent quarters as a result of reduced consumer spending, and it has had to close stores to offset falling profits.
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Expenses that the company had consistently tamped down so nicely in recent quarters are expected to be about the same in the fourth quarter as they were a year earlier.
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Intel's pathbreaking 45-nanometer manufacturing process is yielding at or above all-time record levels, leading to well above average margins in the most recent quarters as capacity utilization gets back to normal.
By contrast, the move to web sales has already saved Oracle tens of millions of dollars in sales and processing time, contributing to its record revenues and margins in recent quarters.
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