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[Thomas <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

Check the last sentence of the following paragraph from the N&O:

        A new chief executive. A slowdown in growth. A slumping stock price.
        An unconventional strategy to reinvigorate the business. Combine all
        of these and you have a company -- semiconductor maker Cree -- at a
        crossroads. The looming question is whether Cree, which has grown from
        $7.5 million in revenue seven years ago to $108.6 million last year 
and
        an anticipated $175 million-plus in the current fiscal year, can 
recover
        from a modest downturn and get back on the fast-growth track.

Growth from $7.5M to $108.6M in seven years is something like a 46% growth 
rate.  And from $108.6M to $175M is around 60%.  How is it that they're not 
on the fast-growth track?  Why is the press punishing Cree?

For purposes of comparison, Wal-Mart's growth rate in the 80s and 90s was 
in the 35% range.

TaB