In many ways the previous IT downturn marked the industry's coming of age.
Has the downturn marked this transition from the Cisco of the last 10 years to a cyclical growth company, like I.B.M.?" John Chambers, Cisco's chief executive, has said the company can regain its lofty 30 to 50percentt annual pace of revenue growth.
From 2009, two years after it adopted the euro, the country entered a downturn marked by a stalled construction boom, a spate of ill-advised takeovers, and the accumulation of billions of euros of bad debts by the country's banks.
Thanks to strong Chinese demand for commodities, Brazil was able to shake off the global financial downturn and mark up 7.5% growth in GDP in 2010.
This economic downturn will mark the first time that when America sneezes, Asia doesn't catch a cold.
The downturn was marked by the collapse of financial firms, a dramatic decline in equity prices, and a subsequent falloff in lending and economic activity.
Moreover, in a downturn, the mark-to-market tax would act as a fiscal stimulus — the cash refunds would offset a declining stock market.
Perhaps the downturn in visitors marks a good time to visit.
Times of global financial downturn are often marked by cuts to aid, but these are the times when aid is most necessary and this is time to honour our aid commitments.
Enlightenment marked the downturn not only for the first family, but for the entire universe.
The years 2001 and 2002 marked a downturn for doofs while there was a resurgence in hip hop, punk and the rise of nu metal.
