Export driven manufacturing sectors, as well as utilities, have decelerated to 1.6% and 1.5% yoy, respectively.
Last quarter it posted operating income growth of 6% (yoy) through charging higher revenue per cigarette.
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The consumer sector accelerated in July, as retail sales increased 7.8% yoy versus 5.6% in July.
The global household and personal care industry is expected to grow at over 3% YOY.
However, site traffic on Thanksgiving was up 50% YOY and 30% up YOY on Black Friday.
Sense Networks is small but growing fast, experiencing 100% YOY growth since Petersen came on board.
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Average overseas (excluding UNBC) loan balances at period-end were JPY 13.4 trillion, down JPY 0.9 trillion YOY.
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The JPY 1, 508 billion in FY 2010 gross profits in the corporate bank was basically flat YOY.
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Clothing and clothing accessories business increased 7.4% YOY in December 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Real wage growth was 2.6% yoy, forcing consumers to take on extra leverage.
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For the half year the deficit was JPY 1.5 trillion, up 78.6% YoY.
This week the Russian statistical agency Rosstat showed improving industrial production (IP) performance, up 6.2% yoy versus 5.2% in July.
Combining January and February, exports increased 2.1% YoY compared with the 2.5% rise recorded in the fourth quarter last year.
If you needed more evidence of the dollar devaluation, producer prices are up 5.8% and import prices surged 9.7% YOY.
This growth continued a trend from October, which saw comparable store sales for Gap in North America up 5% YOY.
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Bernanke will overlook the largest YoY increase in PPI since May and instead worry about the deflation anticipated by core prices.
Even as European handset sales volumes slumped in 2009, smartphone shipments grew to 38 M units from 31 M units YoY.
Unemployment fell to 6.1% from 6.5% and wage are up again, this time by another 3.8% yoy versus 3.9% in July.
For instance, retail sales grew 12.6% year-on-year (YoY) in March down from the 15% recorded in the fourth quarter on last year.
One likely reason for this is a mixture of cooling North American demand combined with actual YoY unit volume declines in Europe.
Comparable store sales for Gap in North America were up 5% YOY in November 2010 while company-wide comparable store sales increased 4%.
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In April, the YoY retail sales decline in Spain hit nearly 10%.
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The OPM increased 180 basis points YoY to 19.6%, up from 17.8% a year ago, and up from 19.1% in the prior quarter.
The NPM increased 180 basis points YoY to 13.7%, up from 11.9% a year ago, and up from 11.7% in the prior quarter.
Excellent marketing companies spend more on marketing training YOY (9.6% increase) versus low-performing companies, which report only a 3.86% increase in marketing training.
Consumer loans rose 9.1% yoy in April after discounting for inflation.
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Canon forecast a 29.1% YoY increase for the current fiscal year.
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For the current year it forecast a YoY rebound of 45.7% and sweetened the expectation by raising its dividend payout ratio range from 20-40% to 30-50%.
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Nevertheless, holding its European market share steady should result in more than 30% unit growth, since YoY smartphone sales growth in EU should top the 30% mark.
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