Appropriately enough, the U.S. Commerce Department reported earlier Wednesday that retail sales for September fell 1.2% from August, a strong beat below the 0.7% expected by Wall Street.
Mike Cantlay, chairman of VisitScotland, was delighted to see Brave beat strong competition from Wreck-it Ralph, Frankenweenie, ParaNorman and The Pirates!
Charlotte Edwards remains as captain, and should have a squad strong enough to beat a traditionally weak Sri Lanka unit, despite the absence of key bowlers Brunt and Colvin, and wicketkeeper-batter Taylor.
Halliburton reported a strong quarter to beat analyst estimates with earnings of 53 cents per share, and even though costs associated with the BP Gulf oil spill could have an impact in the future the oil and gas services firm saw its shares up 3.5%.
Competing in open immediate coxed fours, they raced against generally much younger crews and came through three rounds to beat a strong Stourport crew in the final.
Time Warner booked a strong quarter as profits beat expectations.
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The holiday season is not yet officially upon us, but retailers are already out of the gate with strong strategies to not just beat the online competition, but to win.
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The other sharp equities move in Asia was in the Philippines, where the PSE Composite dropped 3.2% as strong first quarter growth data beat expectations, triggering profit-taking in a market that has already gained 21% so far in 2013.
But this photo finish does underline that the desire to beat him is very strong.
People want not just the bobby on the beat, but a strong, organised uniformed presence back on the streets.
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Wearing maroon jerseys (the only colour available at the local sporting-goods store), and with high-top shoes, leather maskless helmets and trousers padded with magazines, the Maroons beat the league's other strong team, the Chicago Cardinals, towards the end of the 1925 season.
Amid strong demand, leveraged loan volume in August handily beat expectations.
Online auction giant eBay posted earnings after the bell on Wednesday and was surging on strong results, while global commodity powerhouse Freeport McMoran narrowly beat estimates.
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In its second-quarter earnings report that beat market expectations on Tuesday, Caterpillar said strong sales outside of North America are being driven by solid economic growth in the developing world, investment in infrastructure almost everywhere, and high commodity prices that encourage its customers to invest in mining equipment.
The conservative national party (Zelaya's opponents who he barely beat in 2005) is in a very strong position heading into the general election campaign which will be held on November 29, 2009 but has already began in earnest (Honduras has one of the longest election seasons in Latin America).
The success was mainly brought on by strong sales of GALAXY S III and GALAXY Note II, which beat the popularity of their predecessors with record sales in record time.
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Baltacha had enjoyed her first-ever main draw win in the tournament when she beat Petra Martic in round one, but Kvitova proved just too strong.
Terry Duddy, chief executive of Argos' parent, Home Retail Group, said the strong sales meant the group's pre-tax profits were on course to beat forecasts.
Bordeaux must have sensed there was an opportunity for them to beat an English team for the first time and put themselves in a strong position to qualify from the group.
But they beat France 29-24 in the Plate semi-final and proved too strong for surprise package Tunisia in the final.
When Boeing announced its fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday, it beat analyst expectations thanks in part to a record backlog of orders, and strong demand from customers to add to their Dreamliner fleets.
Computers can be programmed to beat grand masters in chess, but the best they can do in Go is strong amateur status.
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His side-foot shot beat keeper Andy Collett but, agonisingly for Boro's 25, 000-strong support, the strike trickled just the wrong side of the far post.
With its manufacturing efficiency and strong brand name, he says, Dell can defeat the cheap-PC guys just as it beat Packard Bell earlier in the decade.
His successor, Michael Howard, beat a humiliating retreat on performance-related pay after the police staged a mass 20, 000-strong protest rally at Wembley Stadium.
Meanwhile, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson predicted British Paralympians had a strong chance of coming second in the Games' medal table, although she added that China would be dificult to beat.
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