Posts Tagged ‘outperform’
UK economy to surge ahead in Q2
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has today said the UK economy will outperform its G7 rivals in the second quarter of 2010.
The forecast comes despite the UK economy lagging behind other major economies and being one of the last to emerge from recession – in the fourth quarter of 2009.
However, the OECD [...]
Morrisons outperforms rivals with strong Christmas trading
Supermarket giant Morrisons has beat its rivals by announcing strong Christmas trading results.
The Bradford-based retailer said like-for-like sales in the six weeks to January 3 rose by 6.5%.
Meanwhile, total sales grew 11.2% as the supermarket attracted a record number of customers and the strong festive performance resulted in Morrisons increasing its market share over the [...]
Australia continues to outperform as unemployment rate falls
Australia’s unemployment rate fell in December to 5.5% from 5.6% in November, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
In comparison, the unemployment rate in both the US and Europe are around the 10% mark.
Australia’s figures came as a surprise to many analysts who had expected the rate to remain flat or [...]