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	First Growth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		First Growth (French Premier Cru) status refers to a classification of wines of the Bordeaux region.
		Mouton Rothschild was promoted to first growth status in 1973, after decades of relentless lobbying by its powerful owner.
		The first growths are listed here with the commune (village) into which they fell in 1855.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_growth (574 words)

	Bi-Logistic Growth - Perrin S. Meyer
		Curve C shows a growth process where a first pulse of logistic growth is joined by a second faster pulse, dubbed the "converging" logistic model, as the two pulses culminate about the same time.
		The early growth of systems (below 10% of final saturation) is also suspect because feedback mechanisms that are assumed for logistic growth might not be in place yet, and thus the growth is probably not firmly logistic until a growth level of about 10% of the final saturation value has been reached.
		While the first logistic pulse was largely the race to develop bombs with higher yields, the second pulse, centered in 1983 and nearing saturation now, is probably due to research on reliability and specific weapons designed for tactical use.
	phe.rockefeller.edu /Bi-Logistic (3860 words)

	What comes first: Growth or poverty reduction?
		The inescapable conclusion here is that the magnitude of poverty reduction payoff from growth depends, in part, on specific circumstances and domestic policies pursued by a country.
		First, in consideration of social welfare, responsible governments would give more weight to the well-being of the poor than to that of the rich.
		GDP growth is necessary but not sufficient indicator for making welfare evaluations because it ignores not only the level of income but also its distribution.
	www.eastandard.net /archives/cl/hm_news/news.php?articleid=17782 (944 words)

	Your Child's Growth
		Given all the growth that occurs in the first year of life, new parents may be surprised when their child doesn't continue to grow through the roof.
		This growth spurt is associated with sexual development, which includes the appearance of pubic and underarm hair, the growth and development of sex organs, and in girls, the onset of menstruation.
		The doctor may choose to monitor your child's growth more frequently on a growth chart or refer your child to a pediatric endocrinologist (a doctor specializing in growth disorders) for further evaluation.
	kidshealth.org /parent/growth/growing/childs_growth.html (1090 words)

	First Growth Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It will argue that the growth rate of the church is decreasing and will probably continue to decrease in the future, with the total membership of the church never coming close to 280 million.
		The Nature of Exponential Growth: Stark's prediction is based on the assumption that the church will continue to grow exponentially.
		Forecast: The growth of the church that I predict.
	www.lds4u.com /growth (506 words)

	The Growth of Automotive Transportation
		Ones first guess might be that the stagnation was the result of the Great Depression followed by the special case of World War II (when the output of private automobiles was nil); that would be an oversimplification.
		One of the first to occur was self-service.
		For the first time in its history, the growth of automotive transportation (as measured by total registrations) was not primarily due to increased market penetration.
	www.klhess.com /car_essy.html (4467 words)

	First Year Growth and Development of Willow and Poplar Bioenergy Crops as Related to Foliar Characteristics
		This is the first such test of this type of genetic material in the north central United States in anticipation of expanding the SRIC system to that region.
		First year tree survival percentage for all clones was 88 % in Central New York and 97 % in Wisconsin.
		The mean heights and biomass of first year poplar clones recorded in central New York compare well with those reported in other studies conducted in the USA (Gottschalk and Dickmann 1978) and Europe (Impens et al, 1988).
	bioenergy.ornl.gov /papers/bioen98/tharakan.html (2978 words)

	First-Quarter Growth Comes Up Weak
		U.S. economic growth was weaker than expected in the first quarter, as consumers were distracted by the prospect of war and companies continued to be stingy in the face of flailing demand.
		The GDP report is the first of three that the Commerce Department will issue about the first quarter, and it could be revised before the final number is released.
		In the first quarter, the growth rate was set back in part by delays in business spending decisions because of the war.
	www.thestreet.com /pf/markets/paulalace/10083227.html (413 words)

	First Data - News - Press Releases
		In the first quarter, it handled more than 13 million ECA transactions, nearly doubling the prior year's volume.
		The revenue and EPS growth projections for the Company and its segments as set forth in this press release, and other statements which project performance or events in the future, are "forward-looking statements".
		All forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain as they are based on various expectations and assumptions concerning future events and they are subject to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected.
	ir.firstdata.com /ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=85225 (1480 words)

	Virginia Financial Group, Inc. Announces 11% Growth in First Quarter Earnings
		Double digit growth in fees from fiduciary and brokerage operations were a highlight, as was continued strength in mortgage revenue for the period.
		Improvements in the growth and mix of average earning assets, coupled with net interest margin expansion over the past year, were primarily contributors to this growth.
		The net interest margin for the first quarter of 2006 was 4.35%, down five basis points sequentially compared to 4.40% for the fourth quarter of 2005, and up twenty basis points when compared to 4.15% for the first quarter of 2005.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-24-2006/0004345447&EDATE= (1476 words)

	News Release: Gross Domestic Product
		The largest quarterly revisions to the percent change in real GDP were for the fourth quarter of 2003 (from 3.6 percent to 2.7 percent) and for the third quarter of 2004 (from 4.0 percent to 3.1 percent).
		Revisions to 2003-2005 estimates The percent change from the preceding year in real GDP was revised down for all 3 years: From 2.7 percent to 2.5 percent for 2003, from 4.2 percent to 3.9 percent for 2004, and from 3.5 percent to 3.2 percent for 2005.
		For 2003, the largest contributors to the downward revision to real GDP growth were downward revisions to personal consumption expenditures (PCE) for durable goods, to state and local government spending, to exports, and to PCE for services; these downward revisions were partly offset by a downward revision to imports.
	www.bea.gov /bea/newsrel/gdpnewsrelease.htm (12299 words)

	U.S. economic growth slows - Jul. 31, 2002
		Economists debated how much significance to attach to the report, which is simply the first of several readings of the closely watched measure of economic activity during the period.
		Some economists aren't as sure of continued growth, suggesting there is now the threat of a so-called "double dip" recession, as the economy goes into reverse again soon after halting last year's contraction.
		The GDP report showed a 5 percent annual growth rate in residential real estate investment in the quarter, although that was down from the 14.2 percent growth rate in the first quarter.
	money.cnn.com /2002/07/31/news/economy/economy/index.htm (1199 words)

	The End of Economic Growth
		First, imagine that people decide they have enough at the economic level of the United States in the 1960s - the time when American social critics began to say that our economy was so affluent that it was geared to waste.
		This attitude may have been useful during the age of economic growth, but when growth ends, we will be able to see that Aristotle was right to say that we work in order to have leisure, that the purpose of work is to support activities that are ends in themselves.
		When European colonialists first hired primitive peoples to work on plantations, they found that they would only work long enough to earn food and other subsistence goods; though their wages were very low, higher wages made them shorten their hours because they only wanted to earn enough to support their habitual standard of living.
	www.preservenet.com /endgrowth/EndGrowth.html (20101 words)

	Decent ad growth in first-half 2002
		The general economy may continue to struggle but in the first half of the year, thanks to the Olympics to some degree, the media economy appears to have fared decently, all things considered.
		That translated into $46.5 billion spent across all ad-supported media, versus the $45.5 billion that was spent in the first six months of 2001, when the ad economy was well on its way to entering the tank after a record-setting 2000.
		This growth is on track with a recent forecast from CMR anticipating total growth in ad spending for 2002 of 2.5 percent.
	www.medialifemagazine.com /news2002/aug02/aug12/1_mon/news1monday.html (425 words)

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		GDP probably rose at a 3.6% annual rate in the first three months of the year, not much slower than the 3.8% growth in the fourth quarter, according to the weekly survey conducted by MarketWatch.
		Nonetheless, economic growth was "still pretty robust" in the first quarter, according to Joe Abate, an economist for Lehman Brothers, who figures the economy is still operating a bit above its long-term potential, putting downward pressure on unemployment and upward pressure on prices.
		Economists are forecasting a 1% rise in employment costs in the first quarter, the sharpest rise in a year.
	www.marketwatch.com /News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={fe47e11c-1211-43ab-a6d6-d91410c7ec84}&minisite=&siteid=mktw&archive=true&garden=&dist=SignInArchive¶m=archive (982 words)

	EurasiaNet Business & Economics - Armenia Experiences Record First-Half Growth Amid Paradoxical Economic Conditions
		Government statistics show that Armenia’s GDP rose at a 14.8 percent rate during the first half of 2003, giving the country one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
		According to some analysts, however, the benefits of growth are at last beginning to trickle down.
		In Jrbashian’s words, rapid economic growth, especially in the manufacturing sector, has so far amounted to import substitution, and can only be export-oriented in the long run.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/business/articles/eav073103.shtml (991 words)

	German first-quarter growth data disappoint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		First-quarter growth data for the German economy, the biggest in the 12-country eurozone, came out slightly lower than expected, but not enough to avert a further round of ECB rate hikes in the coming months, economists said.
		That was the strongest rate of growth in six years and largely the result of calendar effects, Destatis explained.
		Nevertheless, economists were a little disappointed by the first-quarter growth numbers: consensus forecasts had been pencilling in slightly stronger growth of 0.6 percent for the period from January to March.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=123004 (632 words)

	Novartis Delivers Strong Growth in First Nine Months of 2005 on Track to Achieve Full-Year Sales and Earnings Objectives
		Operating income growth continued to outpace sales, rising 20% in the third quarter based on sustained profitability improvements that led to a 2.8 percentage point improvement in the operating margin to 33.0% of net sales compared to the year-ago quarter.
		Sandostatin LAR growth is driven by increasing penetration in carcinoid tumors and acromegaly.
		First approved in the U.S. in 2003 with partner Genentech, Xolair is set to become the first humanized antibody to be approved for the treatment of asthma in Europe, representing a highly innovative approach to controlling this disease.
	www.primezone.com /newsroom/news.html?d=88045 (4621 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Nokia reports strong growth in first-quarter sales, profit
		The world's largest cell phone maker said net sales in the period through March 31 grew nearly 30 percent to 9.5 billion euros ($11.73 billion), while net profit was 1.05 billion euros ($1.3 billion), up 21 percent from the same period in 2005.
		Markets had expected growth of some 17 percent, and Nokia shares jumped more than 5 percent to 18.35 euros ($22.65) in early afternoon trading in Helsinki.
		The Finnish company said it sold 75.1 million mobile units in the first quarter – up 40 percent annually – and that its global market share was 35 percent, an increase of 3 percentage points from the previous quarter and 1 percentage point from the same period in 2005.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20060420-0434-earns-finland-nokia.html (507 words)

	USATODAY.com - First-quarter growth revised down, inflation higher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The surprise downward revision to gross domestic product — which measures total output within the nation's borders — cut growth in the first three months of 2004 from the 4.4% reported a month ago and below the 4.1% in the final quarter last year.
		He said the worst in the run-up in inflation may already be past, however, with stronger real growth and lower inflation likely in the second half of the year.
		The department said the reduction in its final measure of first-quarter economic growth resulted from a sharp upward revision to imports — which subtract from GDP — and a downward revision to the amount consumers spent on bank services.
	www.usatoday.com /money/economy/gdp/2004-06-25-q1-revision_x.htm (542 words)

	Columbia Bancorp Continues Steady Growth in First Quarter
		The Bank's efficiency ratio for the first quarter was 54.47%, compared to 54.92% in the first quarter 2005.
		Total deposits increased 14%, with a first quarter 2006 total of $722.6 million, compared to $635.8 million in the first quarter of last year.
		Net charge-offs for the first quarter were $520,000, or 0.08% of gross loans compared to $135,000, or 0.03% of gross loans, through March 31, 2005.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-26-2006/0004347876&EDATE= (1034 words)

	First Trimester Growth Tied To Birth Weight
		But debate has continued as to whether suboptimal growth in the first trimester has any lasting impact on infant birth weight and term delivery.
		The researchers report that fetuses with smaller than average first trimester size had about double the risk of low birth weight (below 2500 grams) and very premature delivery (between 24-32 weeks gestation), as compared with fetuses of average first-trimester growth.
		The authors speculate that slow first trimester growth may reflect a "suboptimal" uterine environment, or the existence of a placental disorder restricting the flow of nutrition to the fetus.
	www.personalmd.com /news/a1998121614.shtml (249 words)

	Johns Hopkins Gazette \| March 20, 2006
		Scientists peering back to the oldest light in the universe have new evidence for what happened within its first trillionth of a second, when the universe suddenly grew from submicroscopic to astronomical size in far less than a wink of the eye.
		The WMAP team has built upon those results with a new measurement of the faint glare from the afterglow to obtain clues about the universe's first moments, when the seeds were sown for the formation of the first stars 400 million years later.
		That dark energy is now causing another growth spurt for the universe, one fortunately, they say, more gentle than the one 13.7 billion years ago.
	www.jhu.edu /~gazette/2006/20mar06/20spurt.html (596 words)

	Productivity and Costs, Second quarter 2006, Preliminary
		Output and productivity growth in the business and nonfarm business sectors were revised downward in each year from 2003 to 2005.
		The revisions did lead to changes in recent periods; productivity growth from 1995 to 2000 was revised up from 4.1 percent per year to 4.7 percent per year, while the average rate of growth from 2000 to 2005 was revised down from 5.0 percent to 4.1 percent.
		Unit profits in the first quarter were revised up from 13.1 percent to 42.9 percent.
	www.bls.gov /news.release/prod2.nr0.htm (2098 words)

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		The blended growth rate for SandP 500 firms is 13.6% ahead of last year's first quarter, slightly below the growth rate of 14% that Thomson projected a week ago.
		At the start of the first quarter, the rate was expected to be 7.6% over the same period last year.
		Thomson said that related to First Call estimates, there were 2.1 negative preannouncements for every positive one in the second quarter, compared with 2.0 at the same point last quarter.
	www.marketwatch.com /News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={5C1B9628-0554-40E3-971D-7D353B9BA12A}&siteid=google (705 words)

	Did Credit Union Growth Mirror First Quarter GDP Momentum?
		At 4.8 percent, GDP growth is at its highest since the third quarter of 2003 when it reached 7.2 percent.
		One key component of the strong GDP growth was auto sales, which contributed 0.6 percent, a marked an improvement over the year-end 2005 -1.9 percent contribution.
		The cause of low first quarter ROA can be seen in a higher average cost of funds, up 70 basis points which brought the average net interest margin for these First Look credit unions down to 2.90 percent from 3.02 percent.
	www.creditunions.com /home/articles/template.asp?article_id=1972 (420 words)

	About FIRST Robotics
		The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of young people and their mentors to solve a common problem in a six-week timeframe using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules.
		The FIRST Hall of Fame has been created to recognize the teams that have had the most impact on FIRST's growth, the Chairman's Award winners.
		The Chairman's Award is given annually to the team that best exemplifies and demonstrates the values that FIRST emphasizes.
	www.usfirst.org /robotics/aboutrb.htm (330 words)

	Commercialbank announces strong growth in first quarter 2006 \| Commercialbank
		In the first three month of this year alone, we have arranged financing for several of Qatar's major development projects.
		He added, 'We are extremely proud to have become the first title sponsor of both the Commercialbank Qatar Masters golf tournament and the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar.
		Commercialbank was established in 1975 as the first private-sector Bank in Qatar.
	www.ameinfo.com /83477.html (979 words)

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