Hispanics, with double digit employment that whole time as well.

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For the country as a whole, the era of double-digit price increases is over.

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Grambling expects Whole Foods to see accelerating double-digit EBITDA growth versus moderating growth at traditional grocers and other supermarkets such as Kroger and Safeway.

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But its prediction for the whole of 2003 remained unchanged at "single-digit or better" percentage growth - a forecast some analysts described as disappointing.

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In-car navigation, voice recognition, and MP3 support were still the stuff of science fiction in those dark days (particularly at the four-digit asking price), and the whole thing was doomed to a geeky, spendy niche.

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Rounding up to the nearest whole percent, this is the 51st consecutive month of double digit year-over-year rates of growth in TMS2.

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Burberry, Louis Vuitton and Prada have all reported double digit sales growth in recent months, in stark contrast to the retail industry as a whole.

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