Slower growth for Anheuser in 2005
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Anheuser-Busch reaffirmed its 2004 hopes for double-digit earnings per share growth on Tuesday but the beer behemoth also cautioned - again -- that growth will slow next year due to higher ad spending and commodity costs.
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The German economy, which grew strongly earlier this year on the back of robust exports, will see a slowdown in growth in 2005 as a result of runaway oil prices and a tailing off of foreign demand for German-made goods, top research institutes warned.
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The U.S. economy grew at a softer pace than first estimated in the final three months of last year as businesses slowed production to work off inventories and consumers spent less.
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The U.S. economy grew at a  weaker-than-expected 3.1 percent annual pace in the final  quarter of 2004, its slowest since the beginning of 2003 as the  country's trade performance deteriorated and inflation picked  up, a government report on Friday showed.
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German economic growth will slow next year as foreign demand for goods and services cools and consumers hesitate to increase spending, the country&#39;s six leading economic research institutes said.
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Nation's No. 2 coal miner has a great 2004 but lowers expectations for 2005.
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Just because P/Es are half of what they were in 2000, that doesn't mean they're low. Quite the opposite.
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The U.S. economy will grow at a  moderate clip in 2007 as consumer spending growth slows and  business spending moderates during the second half, a key  economic forecast released on Tuesday showed.
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WASHINGTON -- Economic growth clocked in at a 2.6 percent pace in the spring, a weaker performance than previously estimated and a fresh sign the economy has shifted into a lower gear.
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The economy could be headed for slower growth in the next several months, according to a report released Thursday by a private research group.
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Economic growth slowed in the final quarter of 2004 to levels not seen in two years, the Commerce Department said yesterday, capping a nonetheless expansive 12 months for the American economy.
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Annual US economic growth fell to 2.8% in the second quarter of 2004, marking a slowdown from the 3% estimated a month ago.
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The economy grew at a faster pace this spring than previously thought, but was at its weakest level in more than a year, providing ammunition to both candidates in the final weeks of the presidential race.
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According to the Federal Statistics Office, the German economy grew just 0.1% in the three months to September, slower than expected.
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The U.S. economy grew at a weaker-than-expected 3.1 percent annual pace in the final quarter of 2004 year, its slowest since the beginning of 2003 as the country's trade performance deteriorated and inflation picked up, a government report on Friday showed.
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The economy grew at a 0.7 percent annual pace in the first three months of this year, the weakest in more than four years as businesses sold off inventories but consumer spending remained strong, a Commerce Department report on Thursday showed.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The growth of the euro-zone economy slowed in the final quarter of 2004 as Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Greece each experienced a contraction in output, European Union data showed Tuesday.