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The lengthy holiday this time should be able to help Macao casinos achieve even better-than-expected results.

"Virtually the entirety of the raises relate to the VIP segment, which is showing better-than-expected resilience, " he said.

Citigroup's third-quarter core revenue fell but the bank's earnings on Monday were better than expected and credit losses fell sharply.

I got better grades than I expected. = The grades came out better than expected.

China's package plan is already paying off, and positive changes have taken place in the economy. The situation is better than expected.

Sales of the model have been better than expected, he said.

"All the measures of industrial production are better than expected, " he said.

A few days earlier he had declared the economy to have done "measurably better" than expected.

Just last month, the bank performed better than expected on the Federal Reserve's 'stress test' of top banks' strength.

This has been better than expected and the outlook is still broadly reassuring despite the big fiscal retrenchment over the next four years.

'The recovery is shaping up to be better than expected, and we are forecasting global growth of 4% this year, ' he said.

In the summer, it looked as though the strategy might work, as the economic data came in better than expected.

In any case the better than expected performance of the UK economy in Q2 has relieved some of the pressure for the Bank to act again soon.

Although this was better than expected, the German bank recorded a sharp fall in revenue from investment banking, trading and securities.

But that result was better than expected, and Gartner said the continued growth of low-cost laptops was a driving factor.

If Nike (NKE) reports better than expected earnings, it seems to forget about Greece for a day.

"The political climate is good, better than in previous years and better than expected, " he said.

So far, to be sure, the dollar has held up better than expected because it is still a safe haven in a storm.

At least the stock-market obliged, rising on the back of better-than-expected GDP data Thursday morning.

The better than expected performance echoed that of the US economy, which shrank only 0. 3 per cent in the second quarter.

So far, then, Microsoft has put in a solid performance, Nintendo is doing better than expected and Sony worse.

Earlier this month, the People's Bank of China said the economy was doing "better than expected" but warned of continued external risks.

Intel's orders and billing patterns so far in the second quarter have been slightly better than expected, Otellini said this week.

But those fears have eased recently as the U. S. has notched several better-than-expected economic reports.

Yet in the event she did better than expected, winning just over 50% of the votes.

Even last week, when China's better-than- expected GDP figures were announced, Shanghai closed down and the rest of Asia higher.

Also, the U. K. government reported better-than-expected manufacturing data and higher economic growth in the fourth quarter.

Last week, Burberry, the British group, reported -second-quarter sales which were better than expected.

"The figures are considerably better than expected, and that's across the board, " said Elga Bartsch, economist at Morgan Stanley.

But how does the Miami Heat's better-than-expected roster stand up to the Lakers?

News on the U. S. economy has been better than expected: U. S. manufacturing was stronger than forecast and holiday sales also are buoyant.

Company profitability has been better than expected back in the darkest days of the downturn.

Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, posted better-than-expected third-quarter results, giving further evidence of a tech recovery.

Chinese exports are also performing better than expected, providing continued support to growth even amid the troubles in Europe.

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Oil prices surged on the back of better than expected inventory data on Wednesday, reported by the Department of Energy.

That makes Friday's jump on the back of a way-better-than-expected payrolls report worth noting.

Mitsubishi Electric also announced better than expected first-quarter profits, and has revised upwards its earnings estimates for this year.

But it also revealed that in the last few months, the economy has done measurably better than expected.

The XF sedan is already enjoying better-than-expected results, with a much improved XJ flagship waiting in the wings.

Citigroup Inc. shares rose after the bank reported a better-than-expected profit.

The data was better than expected and the fact that you saw stabilization is a positive.

There was some good news this week, including better-than-expected reports on spending by Americans in January and February.

In a conference call with analysts, she announced better-than-expected quarterly results, even though profits were down.

Better-than-expected sales results from U. S. retailers on Thursday suggested some momentum heading into the crucial holiday selling season.

His comments came after Goldman Sachs reported much better-than-expected profits and unveiled plans to pay back emergency bailout money.

The better-than-expected results were mainly driven by expanding exports to China, Australia's biggest trading partner.

The gains were seen as a reflection of better-than-expected earnings results from some major Japanese companies this week.

Tiffany & Co. said better-than-expected holiday sales would push its full-year earnings up at least six cents per share to $2. 83.

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The Group welcomed the better-than-expected improvement in the economic outlook of most Asian economies.

Some other investors said James, long considered a successor to Mr. Murdoch, had performed better than expected at Tuesday's testimony.

Unexpected decline in initial jobless claims in the US, together with better-than-expected confidence data, sustained the market.

Mr. Socrates' government might buy itself some time with a better-than-expected bond auction today.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo has reported better-than-expected profits for the first quarter on higher overseas and commercial sales.

The only Dow stock to post gains was Cisco Systems, up 0. 4% as investors responded to a better-than-expected profit report.

While I no longer doubt that China's performance will be better than expected in 2009, there is good reason to be wary of extrapolation.

That, along with a better-than-expected bond auction by Portugal, helped send the euro and European stock indexes sharply higher.

Many industrial groups reported better-than-expected profits for the second quarter and raised their full-year growth forecasts.

High oil and gas prices fuelled better-than-expected third quarter results at two of the world's biggest publicly listed oil companies.

Technology shares fueled a broad market surge Friday afternoon amid a backdrop of better-than-expected economic news.

Quarterly income at Goldman Sachs was also lower, though it fared better than expected.

Ahead of Friday's non-farm payrolls, yesterday's ADP report hinted at better than expected labour market growth in September.

IT IS a measure of the prevailing gloom that the worst economic performance in 26 years could still be described as better than expected.

The Labor Department's better-than-expected reading on U. S. nonfarm payrolls Friday did little to assuage the market's fears.

"China's [stimulus] package is already paying off, " Mr Wen said at the forum's main event. "The situation is better than expected. "

Southwest reported better-than-expected results after heavy traffic to start the summer travel season.

The index ended with a 2. 1% gain on Thursday, boosted by better-than-expected euro-zone economic data and corporate updates.

Since then, yields on Irish bonds have fallen nearly half after two quarters of better-than expected export growth.

Japan's better than expected GDP data railed to lift riskier assets, and equities and oil prices experience a pull back.

Further, the macroeconomic data during the week has been generally far better than expected.

Profits in the quarter ending April 30 were up 5% (better than expected) and revenues were up 3% (about what the company had forecast).

Preliminary data indicate a better than expected power coupling, leading to slightly less thermal stress than originally predicted.

Two major Wall Street banks have reported better-than-expected profits between July and September.

That was a day after it announced better-than-expected earnings.

On Tuesday, India reported better-than-expected growth figures for the quarter.

Other banks have reported better-than-expected financial results recently.

The refundings went better than expected. At least they can get their business done without having it be exorbitantly expensive.

First, the flip side of better-than-expected corporate profits is real financial and consumer pain.

The earnings released last week for the second quarter were much better than expected last Monday morning.

Those moves have helped them increase market share and report better-than-expected results.

That view was underlined by better-than-expected figures on UK industrial production.

Better-than- expected macro-economic data are driving growing optimism.

The growth of the industrial added value in that period was better than expected.

Horses understand vocal commands better than expected.

My recovery is going better than expected.

Russia came through last autumn's liquidity squeeze better than expected.

Taking everything into consideration, the result is better than expected.

Fuelled by growth in emerging markets, Pepsi's results were better than expected.

Time Warner posted better-than-expected results for the first quarter.

President Obama acknowledged that those numbers are better than expected, but not nearly good enough.

A better-than-expected report on home prices was largely written off as getting a lift from a now expired home buyer tax credit.

AT&T said its better than expected profit was helped by a lower tax rate.

Mr. DiGiovanni said first-quarter U. S. industry vehicle sales came in better than expected.

If rates start to rise, it will likely mean that economic data is coming in better than expected.

And even if the economy does better than expected, investors may still turn pessimistic.

Recently the regular trickle of economic data has been coming in better than expected.

Horses not only remember people who have treated them well, they also understand words better than expected, research shows.

It has revised that estimate down since November in recognition of better-than-expected growth, especially in America.

Meantime, building permits, signs of future activity rose a better-than-expected four percent.

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His composition is written better than expected.

The sale of the new product was better than expected.

He conducted himself far better than expected.

Q1 earnings came in better than expected largely due to cost cuts, which is unsustainable.

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European growth was better than expected in the second quarter, after lagging badly through 2009.

In Korea, the Kospi index rose 2. 9 per cent, helped by gains for exporters after better-than-expected trade data for March.

Friday's report was, in fact, much better than expected, and has made many people, myself included, more optimistic.

According to Morgan Stanley, the first-quarter profits of companies in the S&P 500 have been more than 12% better than expected.

However, the results of DuPont and 3M were better than expected by analysts.

A 19% rise in revenue, to 60. 5 billion euros, fueled the better-than-expected results, and reflected an 85% jump in Chinese auto sales.

So we are doing better than expected, but now we want to get over the line.

The program is much better than expected.

Estimates for their national incomes in the first quarter were better than expected.

This week Intel reported that its results for the past 3 months were better than expected.

Separately, industry tracker Gartner reported a better-than-expected 0. 5 percent increase in global PC sales.

This is the fourth consecutive quarter of Japan's GDP growth, and better than expected.

The publisher has printed 270, 000 copies, and says sales are far better than expected.

The US economy added a better than expected 103, 000 new jobs in September, raising hopes that a "double-dip" recession can be avoided.

That was better than expected.

Even a better-than-expected jobs number Friday couldn't derail the market.

It's usually 90 percent. So, you tell me you sleep better than expected.

If you study 10 companies, you'll find 1 for which the story is better than expected.

Although its profits were better than expected, its revenues fell by nearly 7% in the third quarter compared with the same period last year.

Wal-Mart's improving merchandise, customer service shows up in better-than-expected sales

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