It is also a laggard, tending to recover a full two quarters after the recession officially ends.
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height, became a relative dwarf more than a decade ago), Philadelphia is still a laggard, slowed down by a history of outdated habits and infrastructure that does not apply to sunbelt cities such as Atlanta or Houston.
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.
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.
While other stocks regained their footing more quickly, Sirius remained a laggard.
Within the sector, technology bellwether Cisco Systems stands out as a laggard.
Makers of electrical appliances, most of which are sensitive to moves in the yen, are already a laggard in 2013, up just 10%.
From the financial crisis onward, Value Trust has been a laggard.
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