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As a result of the market downturn and weak-performing proprietary products, brokers have seen the fee-based compensation they receive related to client assets drop dramatically.
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This growth took a major detour during the economic downturn as recession-related cut backs in spending by both businesses and consumers resulted in weak demand for memory products in fiscal 2009.
Weak traffic and off-mark products led to slower than expected sales in May, when wet, chilly weather may have provided too weak inspiration for consumers to start shopping for summer items, analysts at RBC Capital Markets say.
Tanzania's exports are dominated by products whose price is weak - coffee, tea, cashew nuts and cotton.
On the components business side, demand for PC DRAM remained weak but growth of high value-added products such as server and mobile DRAM was constant due to increased sales of mobile devices.
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For NAND, spot price remained weak due to sluggish demand compounded by early stage products from geometry migration flowing into the channel market.
While the PC market remains weak, we think an increase in demand for mobile DRAM products and a reduction in excess capacity in the market would stabilize selling prices in the future.
The Semiconductor Business sustained profitability in the quarter, amid weak market demand, thanks to a mix of high-margin products such as servers and Solid State Drives (SSDs) coupled with differentiated 20-nanometer class NAND flash chips.
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But critics like the Environmental Working Group say the test that products must pass to receive the "broad spectrum" label is weak.
But while demand for Japanese products overseas improved, domestic demand for goods made outside Japan remained weak, falling by 35.6% in October.
The country's exports, about half of which are farm products, have been hurt both by a strong dollar and by weak prices for agricultural commodities.
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Since 2008 when securitised products went through the floor, fixed income operations are investment banks are looking weak, he added.
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The maker and marketer of packaged food products sold worldwide is a traditional defensive holding and has shown resilience in a weak market.
Kingfisher blamed weak consumer confidence, unfavourable currency exchange rates, and bad UK weather hitting sales of "seasonal products".
Moving into the third quarter, Samsung will focus on expanding sales of premium products and stabilizing overseas operations in the face of a possible slowdown in emerging markets and weak consumer sentiment in developed markets.
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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