We fear that the resulting degradation of mail service will further drive away postal customers, only hastening the loss of postal revenue, the accelerating contraction of mail processing and mail-related industry, and further loss of associated jobs".
Revenue sharing, luxury tax, steroids, contraction, all of these topics and more had to be hashed out, corralled and placed neatly in a package so that baseball and its primary ingredients, the players, could sail through the season free of concerns that the season would screech to a halt prematurely.
For a genre that is supposed to be growing like gangbusters, any contraction in revenue, even with a slowing economy, could raise questions.
Like other technology consultants, Cap Gemini has experienced a sharp contraction in revenue in the last year, made worse by the newfound emphasis on United States business after the Ernst & Young deal, which brought to one-third the share of its revenue derived there.
The study, which came out on Election Day, estimates "the economic impact — in terms of jobs, compensation and tax revenues — of a major contraction involving one or more of the Detroit Three automakers," under two separate situations.
The gambling licence alone for the City of Dreams project cost a record $900m, more than 40% of the $2.1 billion cost of the development.Panic began to ebb in March as the contraction in revenues eased, as did concerns over bankruptcy.
A large part of that contraction is iPad revenue, which has been dropping for nearly two years after three years of meteoric growth from 2010.
A two-month general strike aimed at ousting Mr. Chávez cut oil exports, the source of much government revenue, leading to a 17percentt contraction of the economy in the fourth quarter.
"Heading into August 3rd, investors will be primarily focusing on sustainable revenue growth, deleveraging and margin contraction.
Sudan's economy has suffered serious contraction since oil revenues dried up.
Policy that leads to economic contraction hurts government revenues and makes budget gaps harder to close in the long term.Aaron Baker Portland, Oregon* SIR – Egalitarianism, democracy, justice which one of these cherished values of the West is even faintly reflected in the functioning of the Security Council ("Thinking the UNthinkable", November 13th)?
