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Wal-Mart provides movie selections in our stores and online, recognizing that a broad segment of our customer base wants to buy the latest titles. We serve a broad customer base and therefore offer an expansive assortment of movie titles to meet the needs of the diverse consumers that shop our stores.

We recognize that we really don't make enough money in our retail business, ... If you look just at our retail segment we're not happy with our retail performance here.

The debate on gas prices has accelerated the end of the life cycle for many old-style SUVs. But the SUV segment was already undergoing changes well before gas prices became an issue.

We are more interested in the business case. It's a segment we will study.

What we're trying to do is win back market segment share at the low end, and we did that in the first quarter. You'll see us continue to compete very aggressively. On the other hand, you won't see us lowering prices more than we need to to win the business.

We believe the announcement shows further evidence that Motorola's General Instrument acquisition is paying dividends. We have confidence that the company can deliver 20 percent growth in the segment through 2001.

We believe the Basic PC segment has the potential to expand our markets and bring us new users.

While others are retreating from this segment to crossovers and wagons, we see a strong and healthy market with plenty of room for the 2007 Quest.

We like the response we've seen. We're tapping into a different segment of our own market.

When Quest was introduced, it redefined the segment with its emphasis on combining car-like performance, innovative style, sporty appearance and exceptional practicality and versatility. The enhancements for 2007, which represent one of the largest mid-cycle investments in Nissan history, make the Quest more flexible and accommodating than ever -- keeping pace with the evolving needs and desires of minivan users.

We have been expected by a significant segment of our population to do our due diligence - and not simply sit around and wait. You can't wait. You've got to do the proper planning up front.

There is a certain segment of our fans who believe that this is the most important rivalry that we have.

There is a clear bifurcation between older listeners who buy music online versus younger listeners who get it free, ... The Beatles won't bring in a new generation of users but it will boost revenue because it will appeal to the segment of older listeners who are already buying music online.

We knew that the small and midsize business segment would be a large part of this market, but we were a little surprised at how many large enterprises were eager to evaluate the software-as-service option.

We understand this segment of our business has changed dramatically, and we don't intend to stand still.

We want to see something that's going to be a win-win for everybody and not just for one segment of the population.

We believe that in offering shares of the new Infinity Broadcasting, we will unlock the value of our largest and fastest-growing operating segment -- our radio and outdoor businesses.

We believe Titan has developed a good business model for its segment of the tire and wheel market. Let's see how Bryan might work in this equation.

When we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destined to know homelessness on a permanent basis, and not for the one night I voluntarily spent at a shelter.

When you think about your relationship with Christ, it really just affects every aspect of your life. I think a lot of people try to segment off, like, 'This is church, so this is God, this is my daily life, this is my job,' but I think true faith is when it manifests itself in every single aspect of your life.

We are positioning ourselves to hit every potential Internet segment out there.

We are seeing a lot of success in the ski/wakeboard segment in attracting new boaters, while pontoons have declined substantially in this area.

There are customers who have an allegiance to eBay. They're secure in wanting to make transactions based off of that channel. We want to get our products to the segment who wants to shop that way.

Throughout the lead-up to the war, CNN worked hard to air all sides of the story. We had a regular segment called Voices of Dissent in which we spent time covering antiwar protests and interviewing those who were opposed to the war with Iraq.

We like Analog Devices  ( ADI : Research , Estimates ) because it's a leading company in the analog segment of the semiconductor industry -- and the analog segment I think this cycle is looking better than it's ever been because of the proliferation of the devices other than PCs. So Analog is riding on that curve. They're the fastest-growing analog company in the last several quarters, and it also has better margin than it ever had in its history, as a public company.

We like Analog Devices Ê( ADI : Research , Estimates ) because it's a leading company in the analog segment of the semiconductor industry -- and the analog segment I think this cycle is looking better than it's ever been because of the proliferation of the devices other than PCs. So Analog is riding on that curve. They're the fastest-growing analog company in the last several quarters, and it also has better margin than it ever had in its history, as a public company.

CSS is the most mature segment and, as such, many of the traditional call center technologies are becoming more commoditized. However, there is also more interest in technologies specific to areas such as analytics and workforce optimization, so we see positive but modest growth going forward.

Due to strong consumer acceptance of new products, growth for TV and appliance retailers in 2005 was the healthiest of any home furnishings sector. Now that the tax refund cycle is in full swing, retailers in this segment might be well served to monitor inventory levels more efficiently to be sure that the supply is keeping up with demand.

Each major customer segment -- residential, business and wholesale -- showed continued progress.

Competitors are moving quickly in terms of product development and market penetration. These competitors can potentially sacrifice profits in the smart-phone segment for the sake of greater market penetration.

Compliant records data is presently estimated to grow over 60 percent per year, generating more than 1.6 PB of new storage capacity requirements in 2006. This represents the single fastest growing application segment of the storage industry.

Direct mail is usually your bottom-rung method for fund raising. But it's the least expensive way to reach the largest segment of your audience.

What plays out in this will decide whether or not this segment of TV remains a kind of Wild West, non union shop genre, or whether reality TV is going to organize its own set of definitions or be absorbed into already established ones.

Even though 2005 was the Company's second-best level of net income and EPS, the effects from various operational issues that arose throughout the year at our US Argo facility hurt the bottom line. However, the year had several important positives, with our South American business posting its best year ever for sales and operating income and our Asia/Africa segment continuing its recovery to near-record sales and profit levels. We also strengthened our balance sheet and achieved record operating cash flow.

Things are coming together. Given the support we've seen from every segment of the community, I believe we can do it.

They always come back and the females never leave, so it is unlikely they are contributing to large-scale transmission of CWD. A big key for understanding transmission is young bucks. They are the only segment of the population that makes permanent movement out of their home ranges.

While the MCV return equals the second-best ever monthly result for this segment achieved in May 2005, it was only 40 units below the outright record of 1 216 units set in June, and sustains the tremendous growth spurt being exhibited by this vehicle classification. In their own right, the HCV and EHCV segment results both set new records for these categories since NAAMSA redefined its truck market segmentation parameters at the beginning of 2004.

We were encouraged that the premiums in the Medical Segment increased from the third to the fourth quarter, ending a long trend. In addition, we were pleased with the sales results that rose substantially compared to last quarter, the same period last year as well as overall for the year. We attribute this sales success largely to the Advantage Series of major medical products introduced in mid-2005. These plans, which offer customers a wide choice of benefit levels and prices, have been well received by our agents and by consumers. The Advantage Series is built on a new rate manual that allows for pricing consistency for all our individual/association products and distribution channels.

We're hoping to help a segment that's already shopping at our stores but wasn't necessarily finding what was essential to them.

We see the segment maybe growing here a bit here with some new competition coming in. It'll be a very competitive segment.

The South African truck market, coming off the back of an outstanding 2005 annual result, has continued to achieve impressive monthly returns in both December and January, notwithstanding the fact that these two months normally deliver the lowest total new vehicle sales volumes of the entire calendar year. The main driver of January's excellent result was a strong surge in HCV segment sales, with this grouping of predominantly distribution trade vehicles now returning to market share levels above 20% for the first time in nearly half a decade.

The specialty egg segment has grown dramatically in the last eight or nine years.

The small to midsize business segment is a very large part of the hosted market, ... Software-as-service lets companies get CRM in place quickly without having to raid the I.T. budget to do it.

The significant development in our Utility Products segment during the last year is evident in the new products we will feature at G2E. Most notably are the intelligent shoes that are part of the Intelligent Table System we are currently developing with IGT and Progressive Gaming and the Ameranth poker room management software that will be integrated with our Deck Mate shuffler. We will also highlight our MD2 Workstation that provides accurate, detailed deck verification for back-of-house operations and our Easy Chipper roulette chip sorter which is rapidly gaining momentum through multiple-unit installations at several key casinos.

The stretch pant is a big and well-known segment for us. We chose the song because we wanted to create an upbeat, energetic and fun mood for the spring.

The services business is a relatively new segment for the company, and I think it can help sales.

The statistics that we have show that 95% of the Sunni Arabs said no. If 95% of a segment of the population can't stop the constitution, then who can?

This segment has considerable momentum and people are not ready to jump ship as long as prices are rising,

This segment is about inviting the world to Canada. It's about making the world feel that they'll be welcome in Vancouver and in Canada, that we can't wait for people to come to our region and it's to give them a little bit of a glimpse of who we are.

This segment is growing really rapidly, about twice as fast as the overall travel market, and we want to capitalize on that. People like the idea that they're traveling to a unique place with lots of things to do.

This segment of the business could provide wind for Microsoft's sails for the coming years.

This segment of the market is going gangbusters, ... We've sold more million-dollar homes in the first three quarters of this year than all of last year.

This segment of the market is going gangbusters. We've sold more million-dollar homes in the first three quarters of this year than all of last year.

This segment will account for the largest number of tags and labels from 2005 through 2010.

When you're breaking into a segment and you're attacking the sweet spot where the domestics have had a strong resonance for their brands, it's a long road.

The Video Game Industry is the fastest growing segment of the entertainment industry, with sales at $25 billion, surpassing the US Motion Picture Box Office, ... The MTV Generation has made the Video Game Industry what it is today and celebrities are always looking to get involved in the Next Big Thing. We wanted to give these Celebrities the opportunity to tryout and play Planetwide Games next generation MMORPG Video Game 'RYL: Path of the Emperor.' Who knows, one of them might even win our $1,000,000 tournament.

The video segment of the content industry is trying to be out ahead and not have happen to them what happened in the music industry.

While it's tempting to view the sports car segment increase in price as contradictory compared to its loss in retained value, it is important to understand that the retained value metric is only considering 3-year-old vehicles, while the used vehicle price metric includes all model years sold as used. As such, 1- and 2-year-old vehicles are going to significantly increase the average price.

BetCRIS.com has apparently witnessed some degree of success with these entertainment wagering props, ... They are in the process of revamping their marketing department in order to accommodate this segment of business.

We went on the road and won four games, which is tremendous. Now we start the next segment of the season, a stretch of home games that start Wednesday where we need to play our best basketball, and that's what we are going to try to do.

We did achieve revenue growth in the (newspaper) segment for the year, but we didn't convert that revenue growth sufficiently to profit during the year. Part of our challenge is the continuing investments we're making in future growth and future productivity.

Radio -- which has extremely valuable assets -- is our one segment that is not yet achieving acceptable growth. We have implemented a number of recent initiatives to change that, including the new Jack and Spanish formats which have shown good success. And we believe this week's announcement to add a powerful new morning show will greatly improve the performance of our drive-time programming in the nation's largest east-coast markets.

Thanks to unique circumstances -- a great deal of disposable income paired with fewer recurring debts -- the teen segment tends to have a much bolder attitude toward spending than does the general population.

Northrop Grumman Technical Services is honored to be selected by the Department of Energy for this significant responsibility. This contract demonstrates our commitment to this market segment and the rationale for the creation of Northrop Grumman Technical Services.

Falling appetite for debt among the top 500 corporate segment is now a two-year trend.

With the addition of these five top-notch VARs to our existing VSAT market service providers, combined with our low cost equipment, affordable pricing and excellent service, our expansion into the enterprise segment will accelerate.

While home entertainment continues to be an important segment of the consumer electronics industry, home information has become the largest and fastest growing product group.

We are excited about entering the luxury automobile segment in the rapidly growing Latvian market as we have experienced 86% growth in cars sold in our existing business last year. It is an honor to represent BMW, one of the leading luxury automotive brands in the world. We believe that by combining the execution capabilities of BM Auto and Baltic Motors' management with the recognized BMW brand, BM Auto is well positioned to capitalize on the Latvian automotive market.

Segment your architecture so you have lots of smaller machines ... handling one application.

Despite the tremendous efforts of those within our fabrics operations to reduce costs and improve productivity, this segment of our business has simply been unable to compete.

Defense cargo is a good segment of the business and it pays very well. Conceivably it could be a nice benefit for the company and give the stock a lift in the short term.

At yesterday's meeting, management expressed confidence that operating margins in the computing systems segment should double in six to nine months,

Avalanche created the segment and it continues to dominate it. In 2007, the original gets even better.

Amazon at this level is a large retailer. So, 84 percent year-over-year growth is not bad in a very seasonally tough quarter, particularly given that Amazon's core categories are at their seasonally weakest in the June quarter. You did see that in their segment breakout. Books, music and video grew at 38 percent, but June is the toughest quarter.

They spend much more than $9.99 per extra user. The youth segment tends to use the data a lot more.

Q3 is normally a seasonally stronger quarter for government and education sales. This suggests Gateway continues to lose share in this segment to lower cost competitors.

Our analysis suggests that there are significant safety issues with a substantial segment of Ford Explorers,

Technology is still the fastest growing segment of the US economy. Earnings are growing at 20-30 percent year over year, and US companies lead the world in almost every major category.

Our Senior Segment premiums rose 13%, or $23.6 million, for the year compared to 2004 due to new business and 2005 rate increases. To improve our results going forward, we believe that we implemented the necessary rate increases on our Medicare supplement blocks of business as we continue to focus on actuarial analysis and pricing. As we proactively face these challenges, we remain confident that our Medicare supplement plans will be a positive market for us in the future.

There's just too much product coming into the segment to slow the train down.

We've definitely seen that trend. We have a line of wine that would be considered bargain wine, a table wine, that 15 years ago comprised 100 percent of our sales. Now more than 50 percent of our business comes from the higher priced segment of the market - 20 years ago it would have been nothing.

There is practicality in what you can capture, ... One customer wants more gaming and one wants (the amenities) in Las Vegas. We can find the best of both. Any one of these programs can have 100 metrics and they drive the differences on what the offers might be. We are developing a program to segment the universe of customers and what (the comp) might be. Is it a half price buffet or a free room or cash play? Our set of offers can be more relevant.

This change makes the S&P 500 a better reflection of the large cap segment of the U.S. equities market. Index funds and exchange-traded funds can expect lower operating and transaction expenses and less tracking error.

This decision was a difficult, but necessary one for us, ... The vehicle interior segment is rapidly consolidating in response to the industry-wide move toward integrated cockpit systems solutions. As a niche player, we are not in a position to lead this consolidation.

This building size should capture a segment of the market that we feel is active and has not been previously targeted in the Lincoln County Industrial Park

This is the fastest-growing mortgage segment by far. Clearly this is a product whose time is coming.

Adventure travel is the fastest growing segment of the leisure travel business. And these X-Prize vehicles are basically the first step for future space-seeking adventure travelers,

Additional competitors to a market place is something we're used to, ... It's a lot easier to defend a segment than to make conquests. That's true for us and for our competitors.

This is a small segment complaining on their own. I spoke with a lot of Hispanic people about what's going on. They want their kids integrated. They want them to learn more English.

You're bringing in a new segment into the market that was never there. A lot of investor money is pouring into gold and commodities. It's become a valid asset class.

This is a premium segment for early adopters of dual core.

This is definitely moving their products into a different segment. The product is targeted at a pretty good segment of the PC market right now.

This is a segment of the market that forecasters have missed year after year,

I know there is a certain segment of the population who refuse to believe young men can be victims, but he is a victim. He was the victim of a sexual offense, and there is no other way to look at it.

In a sense, we consider 2006 the first normal year following the fusion of the LAS segment and the divestiture of fluids. Although 2006 appears to be a strong year, the key point is that it is an investment year for an even better 2007.

In an era of heavy incentives and discounts, Residual Value excellence becomes more difficult to achieve, ... Both the segment and brand winners clearly demonstrate that quality products combined with effective pricing strategies will rise to the top of the charts.

I'm not telling people not to give to Katrina, because God knows they need it, ... But we're going to be asking them to help our needs locally. We are always going to have a segment of our population that's going to need our help.

In our newspaper segment we reported advertising gains at our U.S. community newspapers, particularly in classified employment and real estate while auto remained soft.

If you increase the price of entry-level employment, you will have less of it. More troubling is (that) as wages go up, a disproportionate segment of the population loses jobs. Teens from wealthy families are attracted to the labor force, displacing those with lower skills and lower (levels of) education.

If you look from 1992 to 1997, we've really reduced the number of car models from more than 100 to about 81. Our strategy is to have the right number of products. Segment the brands better. There's a lot of work being done on the distribution side of the business. And the data's showing that our new products are doing a very decent job in the market.