If U.S. growth is sluggish, many large companies and steady dividend payers have a strong footprint in faster-growing emerging markets.
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Rice exports also growing strong--they were up 27% on year during February.
Random House is the leading English language publisher in the US and the UK, while Penguin is the world's most famous publishing brand and has a strong presence in fast-growing developing markets.
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But I do know one thing: that a strong, robust, fast-growing United States is in the interests of the world.
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Plus, GM sells 70% of its vehicles outside the United States, and enjoys a strong market position in fast-growing markets like China and Brazil.
America's prosperity has always come from an economy that is built on a strong and growing middle class -- families who can own homes, send their kids to college, and save enough for retirement.
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Our goal is also to reignite the true engine of economic growth in this country, and that is a strong and growing middle class -- to offer ladders of opportunity for anybody willing to climb them.
Many of the fastest-growing occupations require strong math and science preparation, and training beyond the high school level.
But if a significant minority of doctors find the ENHANCE results unconvincing, the drug makers will face strong headwinds, and a fast-growing brand could not only stagnate but also shrink.
Yet no matter where I look, the forces of regulation and resistance posit a strong government power to cabin in an ever-growing list of market imperfections.
It posted very strong sales of its Celebrex anti-arthritis blockbuster, growing faster than a competing drug from Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ).
The 22.5-million-strong public sector (that includes retirees) is growing ever larger, and enjoying ever greater wages and benefits often guaranteed by state constitutions.
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Apple continues to attract scrutiny from investors about its fast-growing cash stockpile as the company generates strong profit from its computers and mobile devices.
While Asian economies are among the fastest-growing in the world, offering a strong foundation for rising commercial-property prices, recent economic data has been less encouraging.
And the third area is that Blue Dogs believe in strong pro-economic growth policies, because we believe a growing economy really benefits everyone in this country.
He put clients into solid, growing companies with market-leading positions and strong cash flow.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the commercial aviation industry, where two fast-growing airlines are using soccer to establish a strong consumer base.
The economy's fundamentals are astonishingly strong--productivity gains of historic proportions, low inventories, growing capital spending and very sound consumer balance sheets (media myths to the contrary).
What is certain is that the long-term fundamentals for gold remain strong, with a diverse and growing demand base, coupled with constrained supply side activity.
Most of those with strong or growing biotechnology industries, including Argentina (currently the second-largest producer of transgenic crops), Australia, Canada and Mexico, support the Americans.
The independent labor market is today the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce, currently 16 million strong, and according to the study, projected to grow to 21 million over the next few years.
In combination with Cadbury, the world's second-largest sweetmaker, it would challenge Mars-Wrigley for top spot and add strong businesses in rich countries such as Britain and Australia as well as faster-growing developing countries like India, Brazil and Mexico.
High interest rates and taxes and a strong real have held back growth, especially in the more prosperous south and the grain-growing centre-west.
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That means profit-hungry bankers are growing more eager to make new loans, especially to borrowers with strong credit histories.
The first is the ever-growing demand for coffee all over the world, especially as more countries develop a strong, robust middle class that requires coffee to function.
There is growing support here for non-traditional parties, particularly right-wing populists who promise strong leadership and bold answers.
But look out: Demand for SUVs, while still very strong, is flattening (see chart, below), while overall light-truck plant capacity is still growing fast.
Don Coxe, global portfolio strategist, points to the Shanghai Composite Index and Bombay Sensex which are currently at one-year lows, indicating that investors are not feeling confident even in these relatively strong markets where GDP is growing.
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Although some active managers may experience more short-term volatility and higher tracking error with their benchmarks, this growing trend should lead investors to look to active managers with long-term track records of strong risk-adjusted performance, as I foresee on-going attractive equity returns in the years ahead.
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