You can read their detailed analysis here: U.S. Restaurant Industry Will End 2012 with Visits Flat After a Slow Spring and Summer.

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The Commission made a number of drastic cuts in its forecasts for growth for 2013, and none more so than Greece, which it now expects to contract by 4.2%, having forecast flat growth in the spring.

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Doubtless his main theme will be that the Arab Spring is diametrically opposed to Bin Laden's ideology, and leaves al-Qaeda looking flat footed and out dated.

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With the retroactive raise they negotiated, it will take only until next spring at the latest for them to recoup their losses in cash, even if shares stay flat.

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In the wake of the so-called Arab Spring that toppled Hosni Mubarak in favor of what is turning out to be a Muslim Brotherhood strongman, tourism has flat-lined and other key components of the economy are struggling.

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