So even if the UK economy is only slightly less flat than a pancake, and the US and continental Europe aren't exactly booming, Asia, for example, is an altogether different and more buoyant economic world.
The company, which operates approximately 1, 860 retail jewelry stores in the U.S. and U.K., was led by the strength of U.S. operations, while its U.K. business sales were slightly down or flat, year-over-year.
Shares were flat to slightly higher after the company reported its second straight quarterly profit.
The supply of gold coming out of the ground is flat or slightly down year-over-year.
The dollar rose against the euro but was flat to slightly lower against the yen.
Vegetated roofs, on the other hand, grow best on flat or slightly sloped roofs that can support the soil and plants.
That office paper usage will continue to be flat or slightly decline, with larger forces like the economy having more impact than mobile.
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Roger Kay, a computer analyst at market research firm IDC, estimates flat to slightly higher revenue for the total U.S. personal computer market this year.
We estimated 30% growth in mass market gaming revenues but flat to slightly negative growth for the VIP segment during CNY 2013, compared to CNY in 2012.
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The stock was basically flat to slightly down this morning.
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And Wind River Systems is flat to slightly lower after the company beat by a nickel its fourth-quarter figure, missed on revenues and guided below consensus for the first quarter.
Since 1999 Encore has boosted production by an average 24% and its proved reserves by 20% at a time when the rest of the industry has been flat to slightly down in both key categories in the U.S., according to research firm John S. Herold.
Even so, margins were down slightly from 9.5% in 2004 to 9.1% last year, and are expected to stay flat or dip slightly.
So a 4.5% interest rate might well lead to flat or even slightly higher house prices in 2009.
The company now expects net-revenue yields will be flat to down slightly for the year, excluding the impact of the Costa Concordia incident.
Detractors will point to the possibility that government spending on defense is likely to be flat or even slightly down with current budgetary pressures.
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In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was mostly flat, as slightly weaker-than-expected retail sales data prompted a pause from its recent push to five-year highs.
Environmental technologies segment sales projected flat to down slightly.
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In an interview with Forbes this morning, Seagate CEO Steve Luczo said the company is expecting the total addressable market for the disk-drive sector in the June quarter to be flat to down slightly from the March period, which he says is typical for the period.
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Loan demand was flat or "up slightly" in most places, the Fed said.
If U.S. Zocor sales remain flat or decline only slightly, it will be much easier for earnings to grow on the backs of Cozaar, Singulair and Fosamax.
In terms of build quality, Klipsch has thankfully gifted the units with slightly thicker, tangle-proof flat cabling, fixing two of our chief complaints with the past versions.
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Statutory pre-tax profits remained flat while revenues rose slightly.
It said that "improved economic prospects for the United States in 2013 should only partly offset the continued weakness in the European Union, whose economy is expected to remain flat or even contract slightly this year according to consensus estimates".
Seven districts noted commercial real estate activity improved slightly while five said the market was flat.
Instead of being flat, the glass is slightly wavy (somewhat like the glass a shower stall), which more effectively focuses the light on the underlying solar cells.
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On January 30th the Conference Board, a private research group in New York, said that its confidence index, which had been expected to remain flat, had edged up slightly.
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But the rate of glioma over the past 35 years has actually remained pretty much flat, and actually decreased slightly, according to Otis Brawley, the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society.
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