Although local cable ad revenue may be growing, sluggishness in spending in other local media led Mr. Coen to reduce his overall estimate for local ad spending in 2004.
That is particularly worrisome, because German exports have helped to compensate for sluggishness in Southern Europe as countries like Italy and Spain cut government spending to reduce debt.
Many economists say that to lift these economies out of their sluggishness, Europe's major countries need to undertake an array of changes that will shake up their labor markets and reduce the role of the state in the economy.
Prolonged sluggishness on Wall Street has reduced the total value of the fund, known as the New York State and Local Retirement systems, to about $97 billion on Jan.
Such "sluggishness", according to the firm, has been eliminated, reducing the penetrating power of the spike.
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Miscellany Three leading media forecasters are reducing their estimates for growth in worldwide advertising spending in 2013 compared with this year because of the continued sluggishness of economies in major ad markets like Europe and the United States.
The Taysiders shrugged off their first-half sluggishness and in the 68th minute substitute Gary Harkins, on for Rory Loy just after the break, reduced the deficit with a deflected strike.
Despite the initial sluggishness of the software, "we also had a lot of feedback that if someone really cares about reducing the waste, it's worth the wait".
The defense contractor reduced its 2010 earnings guidance by 15 cents per share after profits fell 17.9% year-over-year to $547 million, or $1.68 per share, on sluggishness in three of its four business units.
