Without a solid top-line revenue trajectory can banks be the engine of growth for consumers, businesses and the economy?
That solid bottom-line result comes in a year when sales likely fell around 10% and would have been more impressive had sales been stable.
"We continue to expect solid-top-line growth and expansion of our annual operating margin to approximately 5% of revenue, " says JimMuehlbauerJim Muehlbauer, Best Buy's chief financial officer.
"We continue to expect solid-top-line growth and expansion of our annual operating margin to approximately 5% of revenue, " says Jim Muehlbauer , Best Buy's chief financial officer.
If social media, and in this case, LinkedIn, manages to make true on its promises and delivers solid top and bottom-line growth, then talk of a bubble is no more than pure speculation.
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Technology such as Hawkeye or the Snickometer would not be used, but an lbw mat - the solid line between the stumps used by broadcasters to determine where the ball pitches and the point of impact on the batsman's pads - will be included.
The same-store sales reported last week showed strong January numbers, and the longer-term chart shows a solid uptrend (line b) and the breakout in 2011 above the 2007-2008 highs (line a).
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"The strong film line-up in the second half, coupled with our solid first-half performance, underpins our confidence in performing in line with expectations for the year and delivering further value for shareholders, " said chief executive Stephen Wiener.
Alcoa kicked off the first quarter earnings season delivering a bottom-line beat on the back of solid demand from the aerospace and auto markets.
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Apple, for example, has also frustrated hard-disk drive makers by featuring solid state drives across its line of notebook computers and eliminating spinning disks in the MacBook Air, its thinnest, lightest model.
The on-balance volume (OBV) is in a solid downtrend (line b), indicating that money is flowing out of this stock.
The greenback bears have the solid near-term technical advantage as a seven-week-old downtrend line is in place on the daily bar chart.
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The greenback bears still have the solid near-term technical advantage as a two-month-old downtrend line is in place on the daily bar chart.
The greenback bears still have the solid near-term technical advantage as a seven-week-old downtrend line is in place on the daily bar chart.
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Carved out of the same polycarbonate that's given Nokia's Lumia line its signature look, the handset feels reassuringly solid in hand -- a sentiment reinforced by its unibody construction -- and fits comfortably while also making a design statement.
Earlier in the trading session, global agricultural company Monsanto saw its shares hit a fresh 52-week high on solid earnings as Latin American demand for its products helped the bottom line.
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Another player with Wembley baggage to avenge is defender Phil Bolland, whose arrival from Cambridge United has resulted in a solid partnership with fellow centre-back Paul Jones at the heart of the Bluebirds back-line.
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As you can see in the photo above, the design isn't all that different from the current-gen Zenbook Prime family, though they lack some of that line's higher-end features -- namely, 1080p screens and solid-state storage.
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