As a result, top-line growth has fallen from 9.8% in 1999 to 3.3% this year.
Next, so intent is Danaher on pumping top-line growth that it overpays, says Gould.
Top-line projections were slightly lowered for the year although EPS targets were kept the same.
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Coca-Cola, which reported higher than expected top-line growth and profit Tuesday, is up 1.3% since then.
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He says that drug companies are under-spending their IT budgets on concerns about top-line revenue growth.
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Yet on the conference call, management indicated that a recession would negatively impact the top-line.
Only its top-line brand Kate Spade was capable of weathering the 2010 holiday spending season.
Competing top-line Android phones already have the same resolution, so Samsung isn't breaking new ground here.
They have a really nice top-line growth story, and a really good bottom-line story.
The top-line matched expectations and profits advanced 26% which was slightly better than expected.
Going down the list, top-line results of increasing revenue ranks the lowest in all three categories.
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"They have top-line sales growth of 70% for the last six quarters running, " he says.
The year-over-year increase was primarily driven by strong top-line growth along with improved margins.
The better-than-expected results were due to significant top-line growth, partly offset by higher expenses.
The world's largest maker of glass bottles, Owens-Illinois, branched into plastics in the mid-1990s, fueling top-line growth.
Carter's seeing 6.8% top-line growth in the first half of 2009, according to a recent Morningstar report.
Steep decline rates mean McMoRan needs to keep drilling to grow top-line production and replace used reserves.
Shen Qu, a new Web-based game, was well-received by gamers upon launch, adding to the top-line results.
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"I think we all appreciate that there are pressures attached to being a top-line sportsman, " he said.
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Eventually hardware sales growth will decline, which will likely lead to lower top- line sales growth in general.
Without a solid top-line revenue trajectory can banks be the engine of growth for consumers, businesses and the economy?
The big box retailer met the Street's second quarter earnings expectations, but investors were disappointed by the firm's top-line.
Despite showing strong top-line revenue growth, the company continued to show a loss.
We expect Broadcom to register a significant decline in its top-line growth this year on account of macro headwinds.
Monsanto expects top-line growth from an increase in unit volume as it expands the availability of its new products.
Thus, top-line growth in the region will come from increased presence rather than the existing restaurants generating higher sales.
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Presumably the risk-takers there are focused for the moment more on top-line growth.
The defense and aerospace company beat top-line estimates and revealed a record backlog, while guiding aggressively for fiscal 2013.
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Kirjner contends the Street is being too conservative with their forecasts for top-line growth for the next several years.
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This has impacted the top-line growth of the networking sector as a whole.
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