"The government's stimulus measures implemented last year have managed to stabilise growth and lay the foundations for solid expansion this year, " said Dariusz Kowalczyk of Credit Agricole CIB.
Starbucks posted strong fourth quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, beating top and bottom line estimates on growing sales and higher tickets at its stores, plus a solid international expansion and solid consumer products revenues.
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The company has experienced solid and steady expansion and growth, even during the recession.
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Looking at business activity, the report said there had been a "solid and slightly accelerated expansion" last month.
Until businesses feel as if the expansion is very solid, they may be reluctant to hire significantly.
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But the bank said higher interest rates were likely to affect Scotland less than the wider UK economy, with the country's solid industrial base supporting economic expansion during the coming year, as the rising cost of borrowing subdues the boom in public spending.
"We continue to expect solid-top-line growth and expansion of our annual operating margin to approximately 5% of revenue, " says JimMuehlbauerJim Muehlbauer, Best Buy's chief financial officer.
"We continue to expect solid-top-line growth and expansion of our annual operating margin to approximately 5% of revenue, " says Jim Muehlbauer , Best Buy's chief financial officer.
With this strong upside potential from both product and geographic expansion, combined with its solid dividend rate, I predict that this is one investment not likely to go out of style next season.
It sells both nutritional values and naturally grown ingredients to a growing U.S. Spanish speaking demographic, generating growth and solid free cash flow to fund further expansion from both same store sales and store base growth alike.
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However, the dock has a lot going for it, on top of its general rigidity: extra ports (including HDMI and USB 3.0), an SD card expansion slot, a 500GB hard drive to complement the fast solid state drive within the tablet itself, and a second battery to increase running time.
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In corporate news, Target edged up 0.1% on solid quarterly figures, as Wal-Mart fell 0.4% on concerns about its profit forecast and expansion of an internal bribery probe past Mexico to Brazil, China and India.
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