And once again markets have digested the news, which shows a weak economy, growing at snail speed, and slowing down.
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With signs of weak PC demand growing, the Street has lately been chopping estimates for various key players in the electronics supply chain.
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Even in this weak economy it is growing, increasing both the number of customers and revenue per customer.
The lowest logs were now buried in the earth, as if returning to their birthplace, and from these logs, from the very lowest part of the hut, were growing two new weak branches, which would one day turn into mighty oaks and eat with their roots the dust of this dwelling that had been exhausted by the wind, the rain, and the human race.
Essentially, as Texas Instruments continue to cite weak demand, Qualcomm has been growing margins and raising guidance.
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The U.S. presents a mixed picture with high unemployment rate and a weak housing market on one hand and growing consumer spending on the other.
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Mobile devices are a growing business, even in a weak worldwide economy.
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The Republic's own export sector is growing but its domestic market remains weak as consumers deal with debts, tax rises and spending cuts.
Uncertainty surrounding the fiscal cliff affects the online radio service substantially more than others given their fourth quarter ends on January 31, chief executive Joe Kennedy said justifying their weak forecasts, but the monetization of a rapidly growing user base can reward patient investors, according to Canaccord Genuity.
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Yet exports seem bound to grow since the rest of the world is growing faster than America and the dollar is weak.
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First is a growing credit crunch within the eurozone, as weak eurozone banks cut back their cross-border lending and - increasingly - their domestic lending too (there is a chilling analysis today of the so-called Balkanisation of eurozone banking by Morgan Stanley, which is critical of the limited banking union proposed by eurozone leaders as a solution).
's fast-growing biotech drug, a treatment for patients with dangerously weak hearts, may increase the risk of death by 80%, according to a study.
In the fourth quarter, demand for PC memory will remain weak but DRAM for mobile devices and servers is projected to keep growing with the introduction of new products and a boom in the smartphone business.
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Weak wage growth is permeating the labor market from virtually all sides: Nominal hourly wages are growing slower than before the recession, the real value of wages has fallen over the past year, new job creation is skewing to lower-paying jobs and wages for new and returning entrants in the workforce are declining.
Sure those specs might seem weak up against the last smartphone, but its more than enough juice to run 325 (and growing) apps LeapFrog has for it, not to mention that the new unit really is noticeably quicker.
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Much of the weak price pressure faced by American firms comes from the fact that other large industrial economies have been growing sluggishly in recent years: once they pick up, commodity prices, for instance, may be under more pressure than they are now.
The weak jobs market, with a national unemployment rate stubbornly stuck above 9%, contributes greatly to this growing trend.
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