Management blamed the moderation on a decline in consumer confidence and the macro environment.
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Companies have good fundamentals today, but the problem is the macro environment of the world.
However the macro environment and order patterns remain very fluid and lead-times are near historical lows, impacting visibility.
Presenting a variety of scenarios, they recognize that the macro environment, along with the monetary policy outlook, stand ready to put upward pressure on gold.
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The economy in the U.S. is strengthening, Asia is in full recovery mode and, if anything, the macro environment for stocks is improving, not deteriorating.
Concerns over the macro environment are also taking a toll on competitors Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco, with the latter doing slightly better than the rest.
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Concerns over the macro environment are taking a toll on competitors Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco as well, with the latter doing slightly better than the rest.
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Yes, I perform due diligence, but the property has to excite me in terms of entrepreneurial dynamics, its place in the macro environment and special operating competence.
In addition to Juniper, concerns over the macro environment are taking a toll on competitors Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco as well, with the latter doing slightly better than the rest.
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It anticipates a marginal increase in Q2 2013 revenue on account of seasonal factors and expects the macro environment to improve thereon as the industry accepts innovative form factors in ultrabooks, convertibles and detachables.
While Goldman is the gold standard in the trading business, with its fixed income, currencies and commodities trading division one of the most profitable in the industry, the macro environment has a been difficult one for trading in the last half of the year.
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Consequently, as we look at companies today with a lot of cash on their balance sheets, but a lot of uncertainty in the macro environment, technology is actually a very interesting place for companies to make capital investments today, because technology investments tend to be productivity enhancing and not capacity enhancing.
Though recent economic data has offered some encouraging signs for the recovery, Hoversen argued that given the quality of the recovery and the fact that the main driver behind the earnings is cost cutting and a base effect, the currency markets seem to be reacting to a momentum that doesn't accurately reflect the state of the macro environment.
That way the market will determine which should go and which should stay and the macro economic environment will provide the growth context.
However, on the revenue side, the macro-environment continues to be challenging for our businesses.
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But the scary macro environment is causing investors to overlook some very bullish factors.
When investing, it is always good to step back, take a deep breath and assess the current macro environment.
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As optimism in the macro-environment slowly returns, we expect enterprises to loosen their purse strings more and invest heavily in their network infrastructure.
In light of the uncertain macro environment, Intel?s customers are maintaining a lean inventory which in turn leads to lower demand for its microprocessors.
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Despite the uncertain macro environment, we expect Apple to sustain above-peer revenue growth, upward-trending margins, and incremental market penetration opportunities to fend off competitive and economic challenges.
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Companies including Intel and Dow Chemical have toned down expectations for the back half of the year given the challenging macro environment and lack of visibility.
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And, in the current economic environment with slowdown in Europe, weak macro economic environment in the U.S. and slowing growth in emerging markets like China and India, many in the airline industry anticipate low sales for these super jumbos to continue over the near term.
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Additionally, in view of the weak macro economic environment, global TV shipments are likely to remain flat in 2013.
John Burbank, founder of Passport Capital LLC, a San Francisco-based macro-hedge-fund manager, thinks the macro-driven environment will persist for some time.
As an important LP (and a rare one with lots of cash to put to work), a Pharma can also influence the nature of the deals done by the fund, and can shape the macro venture fundraising environment by only investing in funds that will do early stage innovation vs later stage incremental assets.
Dell sees the challenging global macro-economic environment continuing in the fourth quarter, which will continue to impact the company's results.
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Having said that, I think that most people should have a realistic view that the financial markets are in dire straits, relative to this macro environment with what is going on with currencies, what is going on with the global economy and significant government intervention in the west, in Japan, in those markets and in those economies.
Despite the weak macroeconomic environment, we expect the airline to show strong results despite a macro slowdown in demand.
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These moves could help ensure that the bookings growth remain robust despite a volatile macro environment.
Along with a better-than-expected macro environment in August, surplus inflows to the loan market lifted secondary prices and pressured new-issue clearing yields lower.
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