The U.S. government can borrow at all time low interest rates and despite the rapid increase in debt, economic growth is sluggish but not disastrous.

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Despite sluggish macro trends, Cree marked a strong start to its fiscal 2013 with a 60% sequential increase in net income, though revenue increased by a mere 3% in Q1 2013.

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