It is also a laggard, tending to recover a full two quarters after the recession officially ends.
Instead of being a laggard, it should become a leader and aggressively undo the fundamental mistake it made two years ago tightening monetary policy under the misbegotten notions that prosperity causes inflation and that the Fed has a mandate from heaven to guide the stock market.
Instead of being a laggard, it should become a leader and aggressively undo the fundamental mistake it made two years ago tightening monetary policy under the misbegotten notions that prosperity causes inflation and that the U.S. Federal Reserve has a mandate from heaven to guide the stock market.
The pessimists argue that for all its construction boom (William Penn's statue, once setting a limit to any building's height, became a relative dwarf more than a decade ago), Philadelphia is still a laggard, slowed down by a history of outdated habits and infrastructure that does not apply to sunbelt cities such as Atlanta or Houston.
In France, long an economic laggard with a sclerotic, quasi-socialist economy, Lieber sees a resurgence by consumers under Nicolas Sarkozy's new right-leaning government.
In France, long an economic laggard with a sclerotic, quasi-socialist economy, Lieber sees a resurgence by consumers under Nicolas Sarkozy's new right-leaning government ( click here for story).
The do-not-track button featured in most browsers, and soon to be a stable feature in Chrome, so far a laggard, encourages internet citizens to make a choice.
Camden Property Trust, another big REIT winner in 2009, has been a laggard within the sector this year, up a modest 6.1 percent.
There might have been a time that you could argue that Russia was a laggard, that its dismal economic performance was a testament to its corrupt and inefficient institutions and that, if it only followed the example of countries further to its West, that it would be able to unlock the secret of sustained capitalist growth.
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Cisco Though a laggard in optics, it has seen the light and is buying talent at a fast pace.
Routers were a sales laggard as revenue from that product declined 6 percent from a year earlier.
More often, a low risk stock is a mediocre, if not a laggard performer.
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The energy sector has been a laggard all year given slowing economic growth around the globe.
Minitel inevitably proved a dead end, and France remains a laggard in the global internet race.
Exelon's stock has long been a laggard in the utility sector, far underperforming the Utilities SPDR.
The other half of the business, Motorola Solutions, has hardly been a laggard, climbing 28.8%.
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Bihar, long a laggard in development, has slipped back further since Mr Yadav took over.
The energy sector was a laggard, with fossil fuel companies bringing up the rear.
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Brazil, India and China continue to the top list of corporate names, with Russia still a laggard.
The big winners have been the luxury retailers since the nadir, and Wal-Mart has been a laggard.
SBC, long a laggard compared with its larger rival Verizon, has recently begun to outshine its competitor.
Yet just because America remains a laggard does not mean the rest of the world will stop.
He says that in 2010, growth rates were highest for hardware, and then software, with services a laggard.
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In the fast-paced world of smartphones, Nokia is currently regarded as a laggard.
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Apple was a laggard too, giving up an early gain to fall 0.7%.
While there are many things turning in the right direction for the U.S. economy, the labor market remains a laggard.
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Now Merck, a few years ago seen as a laggard, is the drug industry's darling, and Amgen is in the doghouse.
That means a talented early-30s engineer can easily out-earn a laggard several years his senior -- sacrilege under seniority pay plans.
Starting liberalization later than China, India has appeared to be a laggard.
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