America also seems to have lost impetus after an encouraging start to the year.
For Ford, it has been a disastrous start to the year with sales plummeting 23.4% through February.
But he said that elsewhere in the world, BMW had made a good start to the year.
The RICS Construction Market Survey said 2013 was the "least negative start to the year" since 2008.
Thus, I felt it would be far quieter start to the year than the one realized in 2012.
Bank of China's interest in securitization coincides with an unprecedented start to the year for the commercial-mortgage-bond market.
In February, yields stretched to 3.77% after an optimistic start to the year.
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said that enquiries had risen following a "subdued" start to the year.
The 18-year-old from Guernsey continued her superb start to the year with a fifth consecutive victory after coming through qualifying.
The return of worry over the Continent's sovereign-debt issues has disrupted a robust start to the year for U.S. stocks.
More than a metre of rainfall was recorded at Guernsey's airport during 2012, despite an exceptionally dry start to the year.
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Wolfson Microelectronics has forecast a strong start to the year after reporting a surge in sales in the final quarter of 2012.
Passenger numbers at Glasgow Prestwick Airport should continue to rise this summer after a solid start to the year, according to its operators.
Scotland's whisky industry has seen a buoyant start to the year thanks to a resurgence in demand in Asian markets, new figures show.
The European concerns loomed large for U.S. investors, who see the turmoil there as a potential headwind after the strong start to the year.
Water levels in many reservoirs and lakes have plummeted to less than half their capacity due to the region's driest start to the year since 1929.
Zervos said she had a tough start to the year because of a big sell off in local currency bonds she holds in South Africa, in particular.
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For investors, the weak start to the year means there is still time to get in at reasonable prices, but not every energy bet will be a winner.
It has been a quiet start to the year for food sellers in the IPO market, after a 2012 that saw a number of successful debuts from the sector.
However, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have suggested a sluggish start to the year in terms of mortgage activity, which could feed through to house prices later.
The bright start to the year might mean that the current quarter is no worse than the previous one, but much will depend on whether financial markets remain calm.
Following a buoyant start to the year, many stock indexes around the world are near multi-year highs and the Dow Jones index is not far off its all-time record.
Second seed Djokovic extended his amazing unbeaten start to the year with a 6-4 6-4 6-2 win over France's Richard Gasquet, the Serbian's 43rd consecutive victory and 41st of 2011.
We continue to build this tight upper level base, and have had enough rest to work off the entire oversold reading from the market after the fast start to the year.
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We're leading both world championships, so it hasn't been too shabby a start to the year, but we need to raise our game in Bahrain and carry that through into the European season.
Another final in the Masters Series at Indian Wells, before destroying Gustavo Kuerten and Marat Safin on his way to the Masters title in Rome finished off an excellent start to the year.
Zervos had a tough start to the year.
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After a robust start to the year for stocks, many investors were looking for major benchmarks to step back amid concerns about the U.S. economy and questions about when the Federal Reserve might begin to taper its stimulus efforts.
The loss was the result of a slide in sales of more than a fifth despite a strong start to the year, as both business and holiday travellers ditched plans to fly in or to Asia, for fear of the virus.
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