Today it ranks a mediocre seventh in sales and has been growing a tepid 5.7% a year, less than half the rate of some of its big rivals.
Richard Soultanian, director at energy consulting firm NUS Consulting Group in Park Ridge, NJ, says that looking at growth from an energy demand perspective, the economy looks tepid in a best case scenario.
Toyota has always believed that fuel cell technology is the long-term answer for zero emissions driving, so the company pulling back from a tepid market should not be viewed as a surprise.
Their chilly evening encounter against bottom-side Salzburg was far from a tepid affair, but neither was it likely to develop into a European classic.
Rising weekly jobless claims and a tepid gross domestic product estimate for the second quarter added to a recent string of weak U.S. economic data that is making for increasing speculation the Federal Reserve may opt for another round of quantitative easing of U.S. monetary policy.
Amgen shares rose a tepid 3% in 2004, and they have barely budged from where they were in 2000, compared with a 44% rise for Amgen's archrival, Genentech.
Meanwhile, tepid demand at a Spanish government bond auction pushed Spanish bond yields up Wednesday.
Without the necessity of earning profit at the helm, less efficient output ferries a tepid recovery.
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The U.S. dollar index was slightly higher Monday, on a tepid bounce from strong selling pressure on Friday.
The U.S. dollar index is slightly higher Monday morning, on a tepid bounce from strong selling pressure on Friday.
Then it slowed a bit to 2.2% in Q1, only to get revised down to a tepid 1.9% annual rate.
With mixed sentiment among employers, the survey points to a tepid job market for Spokane for the remainder of 2012.
While reports surrounding holiday spending have generally been upbeat, many macro concerns remain such as elevated unemployment and a tepid economic recovery.
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Even among House Democrats, the deal announced Thursday got a tepid reception.
Employment is no doubt a lagging indicator, and we see this as further evidence of a tepid recovery that is still vulnerable to pull back.
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Nowadays we tend to interpret any type of character or behaviour that departs from our standards of tepid normality as a symptom of some underlying disorder.
China unveiled a tepid (but politically significant) Rmb1tn infrastructure plan.
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Prices of Rentech have slumped by more than 12% in the past one month alone, largely driven by a weak earnings report and a tepid outlook for the coming quarters.
Google, Exxon Mobil, Microsoft, General Electric, Apple et al. Look at all major sectors in the index and decide whether they are likely to prosper in a tepid business cycle.
When the GOP offered a tepid round of golf claps for its own malpractice-reform idea, we asked ourselves whether it was applause at all or a passing disturbance in the atmosphere.
Taking the different stages of production into perspective, the PPI showed a substantial acceleration in the price of crude goods accompanied by a tepid increase in the price of intermediate goods.
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Laois start to get nose bleeds at this stage of the competition and just as everybody's beginning to warm to them again, they usually produce a tepid performance and limp out.
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But it was not until the dying seconds of a tepid first half that either goal came under serious threat, with James fumbling Ashton's swerving long-range shot behind for a corner.
Although demand for home appliances retreated in the December quarter due to a tepid global economy, Samsung saw increased sales of high-end refrigerators and washers in the U.S. and in European markets.
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With equity and debt markets facing down the ongoing turmoil in Europe, slower growth in emerging markets and the challenges of a tepid U.S. recovery, Goldman is not exactly sitting on its heels.
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