Bleak prospects lie on the other side.
But the best guide to their prospects lies in those economic figures.
Its best prospects lie in downtrodden bits of the southern and eastern coasts and of the Thames Estuary (anywhere blue-collar and near water, in short).
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Standard Chartered thinks that GDP growth will dip to 5% in 2009, well below its recent 9% pace.Latin America's prospects lie somewhere between those of Asia and emerging Europe.
Besides, the government set an awkward precedent in February by awarding striking railway workers a 17.2% pay rise.Another big difference between the Czech Republic and its neighbours, which may stunt its longer-term growth prospects, lies in their approaches to industrial restructuring and institutional reform.
However, an equally vexing problem facing him and souring his party's electoral prospects lies in a dusty corner of the corporate-tax code.So far it has caused no more than a trickle of companies to pack their bags for lower-taxed climes, but many more are threatening to do so.
Half is from the U.S., but the brightest prospects lie elsewhere.
Other enticing prospects lie with commercial finance companies that aren't oversensitive to interest rate changes such as Heller and CIT, both of them very cheap.
With 4 million people, Singapore's market is too small to support a major player, so the best growth prospects lie outside.
