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In the VW product range, we are missing a van for families which meets the necessary requirements of our American customers. With this new vehicle, we are going to enter another important market segment with our own product.

If you are the leading low-cost producer in a segment, as that segment performs and you pick up share from other competitors, you're only going to be stronger when things normalize, and Dell certainly typifies that at this point.

If you are in a no-growth segment or a negative growth segment, your focus has to be on cost-cutting.

No longer will we be an object of fascination for others, who would consider us a strange and an estranged segment of humanity.

As we move forward, we will evaluate possibilities for further collaboration as appropriate, ... Investments within the federal government make up an important segment of the national health IT infrastructure.

The beef segment suffered from low capacity utilization and declining boxed beef prices. The negative effect of high live cattle prices and lower sales was made worse by interruptions in export markets.

The attention it got was amazing. It's the fastest-growing segment of the death-care business.

The biggest segment of our audience is 18 to 34, and, believe it or not, they still speak Spanish, and they still watch novellas and soccer games and news.

The big ISPs are clearly missing out on this segment of the market,

The Board is pleased to welcome Dan to its membership. Dan adds a wealth of US managerial and legal experience in the small to mid-size capital segment of the market. Given that our focus and future lies in the US market, we feel that the addition of Dan to the Board, as we prepare for our G-2 HGS product launch, is a key aspect of our going forward strategy.

It's realistic to assume the segment won't grow, but we will be taking share.

Consumers are driving the sugar-free segment and we are giving them the choice. But our brands are still treats, it is not about having a bar of chocolate for dinner.

It's our view that companies in this segment are poorly served.

Execution at this business segment was simply not satisfactory,

At this point, we will await further information from them. We believe that the risk related to this segment of the wall is very, very low.

at the right price, we would always consider the disposition of a segment of our business.

The mid-sized SUV segment is probably not going to grow, but will become even more fragmented. To survive in the segment, automakers are going to have to make a real difference.

The Internet gives them direct access. It even allows them to segment their audiences so they can communicate with potential recruits, with those who are already in the organization, and with broader sympathetic audiences as well as their enemy. They can do ... modern marketing and these communications have enabled them to be very, very effective and they've been increasingly adept in exploiting this. I don't think we have yet fully fathomed the sophistication of their communication strategy.

Their focus on the enterprise computing and global services segment produced 51 percent of total revenue and 90 percent of total profits in the fourth quarter. A continuing improvement in the mix is expected to drive gross margins to almost 25 percent next year from 23.5 percent this year.

That's an incredibly important segment for us. They are heavy users of wireless services and data services, particularly mail and ultimately things that we are promoting -- like music downloads and live TV.

That segment of the market has been experiencing strong residential growth, which should be able to support all the new retail.

It's humbling to see this segment call out the importance of how dealers treat them since so many first-time buyers continue to feel their first vehicle purchase is all about getting what they want for an affordable price. The results are a reaffirmation that buyers in this stage in their life walk into showrooms with similar expectations as more seasoned vehicle buyers.

I think a large segment of White Sox fans believe that they don't get enough attention, that their team doesn't get enough attention, for them. I think that has got to be a great satisfaction.

Church's new 'Spicy Chicken' campaign is a case in point. Taking first-hand insights from Church's multicultural customer base, we found that the kind of 'spicy' this segment was longing for was not an outright 'burn-your-mouth' hot fare. They were looking for something flavorful, with a kick.

Clearly Saturn has challenges given that they produce a product that is very old, in a segment that is shrinking and very competitive.

I guess the last time I was in the Budweiser Shootout was 1992. I finished third in the first segment and eighth in the second. It's just a chance for your team to have some fun. It's a lot like the All-Star race where you get the chance to take the gloves off and fight for first. I'm real proud that I was able to win a pole last year and get my new NAPA team into the Shootout. And now we get to go out and try to win it.

In the Marine Corps, you meet this really broad segment of the country; you're working with people from all kinds of backgrounds. And it exposes you to the American military, particularly the American military at war.

Inventory has become a life and death issue for our industry. The lesson of the last two quarters is that inventory has moved from being a concern of the purchasing segment to a concern of the industry itself.

Investors should be excited about teen apparel stocks because most of the merchants in that space are competing for a huge $70 billion pie. Whereas the overall retail apparel space is suffering from overcapacity and increasing competition, the teen space is really a niche segment of that pie and has a lot more room to grow.

Investing in residential properties is the right entry strategy, because it is the most robust and liquid commercial real estate segment in China. The value of this partnership exists in learning this market and establishing a confident presence in multiple business centers throughout China. Also, as the sole strategic investor we have a right to further co-investment, giving us the potential to scale up the portfolio managed by this partnership significantly.

But I also think what you see is a larger segment of society excluded from the mainstream, in effect, an underclass.

Choice brings a powerful and diverse portfolio to the table for minority entrepreneurs who are interested in nearly any segment of the lodging industry. With brand offerings from economy to upscale, we are able to provide the right product for the right owner in the right market. This is reflected in the fact that minority franchise agreements executed in 2005 spanned seven Choice brands.

By far the biggest RFID segment in coming years will be Supply Chain Management. This segment will account for the largest number of tags/labels from 2005 through 2010. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has spurred this projected growth by mandating that its top 100 (and, later its top 300) suppliers begin to use RFID.

Hopefully, we'll have a 15- to 20-minute segment on an existing TV show, and we also hope to get a radio show where people can call in and ask the coaches questions.

How big the segment will be, that's going to depend on what happens with fuel prices and customer preferences.

Generally speaking, there is a certain business segment that absolutely follows population growth.

The TV segment should be pretty good, and they had a really solid upfront, which is going to govern much of next year. They start out with a nice lead.

They called him because they were doing a segment on Eric on some kids show in London. They set it up so this American high school coach would come over and evaluate whether this British kid was good enough to come over and play in the States. That's how it got started. I don't think that will happen again.

It was an in-line quarter; there was not a whole lot of surprise. Revenues were a tad light, but only a hair. One positive is the semiconductor segment did very well in general.

It'll make things a little faster, more flexible the next time there's a hot new segment of the limousine industry.

It's an attractive segment of the market. They tend to stay longer and spend more. And currently, the exchange rates are in their favor so it's a real bargain.

It's clear there is a segment of the consumer market that is price insensitive and more interested in advanced features than concerned about getting the lowest possible price, ... That's a segment Apple does very well in; so does Hewlett-Packard. Dell has to try to sell to that customer.

In 2005, we also faced challenges in both our segments. Results in our Senior Segment were impacted by a higher-than-anticipated Medicare supplement loss ratio. Our Medical Segment was affected by increased severity of larger dollar claims. In 2006, we continue to actively address these issues as we remain focused on our ongoing business strategy of growth in our Senior Segment and stability in our Medical Segment.

A play-it-safe-redesign of the Camry was out of the question. The market, and the segment in which Camry competes, is just too competitive.

APS is an industry leader in creating innovative technology solutions specifically designed for the public safety industry. The company has demonstrated profitable revenue growth and has built a strong market position. The APS acquisition opens up a new vertical segment in which Trimble can offer public safety agencies complete mobile computing and resource management solutions.

A segment of the population would pay to watch a premiere movie in the comfort of their home while it's in theaters.

The full-size car segment is fairly staid, with no new model introductions, according to J.D. Power segmentation. Although retained value improved year-over-year in December, the segment still lags all others. One driver of the increase in retained value is that incentives were higher in December 2005 than December 2004. Higher gas prices may also make these vehicles more appealing to consumers needing more space but also looking for fuel economy.

The EFI four-stroke segment is still the benchmark of the outboard industry in terms of quality and satisfaction. From top to bottom, there are some outstanding engines being produced in this segment. However, the brands in the DI two-stroke segment have made some substantial improvements in 2005 and they are clearly producing some of the best engines in the industry. We also see a change in that carbureted four-strokes no longer outperform EFI two-stroke outboards as a result of EFI two-strokes improving and carbureted four-stroke engines declining. The gap between the two four-stroke technologies is now the widest we have seen.

All in all it is a reasonably good story. The whole appliances, computers, electrical segment has been pretty resilient, and the franchise model they have got is a pretty robust one.

The empties have the resources. They want to own and they want convenience as the downtown redevelops. We had nothing condo until Grant Telegraph. It was very high-end, and it sold out, proving the market for that segment of empty nesters.

The events of September 11th have devastated the travel industry more than any other segment of the economy, and the situation will worsen until Americans resume travel, ... As one of the country's largest employers, the travel and tourism industry's health closely connects to the state of the overall national economy.

The main thing is we want to provide access to all people to programs that maybe a segment of our community doesn't have access to, and we were also looking at programs that were mission-aligned with the Salvation Army.

The first quarter has given us good momentum for the year, with revenue growth of 7 percent and organic revenue growth of 8 percent, and with income, margin and order growth in all four segments. Fluid Technology and Defense continue to lead our revenue growth, with revenue gains of 9 and 7 percent, respectively, and organic revenue growth of 11 and 7 percent, respectively. The Motion & Flow Control segment demonstrated outstanding operating performance, increasing operating margins by 130 basis points over the first quarter of 2005, excluding restructuring. Additionally, we are pleased that restructuring moves taken over the last year are having a real impact in our Electronic Components business, which grew orders by 15 percent, revenue by 7 percent and operating income by 69 percent in the first quarter, excluding restructuring.

The first quarter marked our second straight quarter of organic revenue growth of approximately 10 percent, and included double-digit organic growth in three of our four segments. Segment margins expanded 60 points to 8.2 percent, positioning us well to meet our full-year target improvement. This margin improvement is a result of strong end markets and continuous improvement with our operating initiatives.

The coffee market in the United States is the fastest-growing segment within fast food. McDonald's recognizes this and wants to capitalize on it. It's surprising it's taken the company this long.

The common theme here is that as the low-cost segment has moved toward improving their product and offering more amenities, the major carriers as a whole have moved toward reducing these amenities. The products look almost the same.

The commercial market for auto parts is still growing. This segment is still really in the early stages of its life cycle.

These processors are the first of many new low-cost PC desktop and mobile products from Intel in 1999, and they help reinforce Intel's leadership in this market segment worldwide.

The segment is always going to be important. But come on. Baby boomers won't want to be driving the same vehicle when they're 70 that they did when they were 55.

A car manufacturer might be willing to pay $100,000 to $150,000 to show the mirror turns upside down. Going in and completely crafting a whole segment from scratch where the brand is a key player could be a million bucks. If it's subliminal, it's not worth quite as much.

It's one of the, if not the most competitive segments. You have high-volume brands, and a lot of their entries in that segment are flagship models.

For me, like any person who wants to be a filmmaker, the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with Steven Spielberg is a dream come true. With the help of our partners at Fox...we're going to make an incredible show about looking for the next great filmmaker by mining the growing segment of the public making their own content and giving them the chance.

It's no longer the default segment that everybody just falls into. You have to have a product that's that much better to pull people in -- or depend on fleet sales.

It's no one segment of our football team. We're a good football team. But we still haven't been able to understand how to finish the deal.

This particular market segment has money and knows how to spend it.

This partnership will empower AP members to compete in an emerging segment of Web content.

This positions Sky very well to take a leading position in what we think is a very attractive and fast growing segment of the market,

The year is off to a robust start. Revenues are up 60 percent and every business segment is showing strong year-over-year gains in profitability.

They have clearly regained the profits from the refining segment which had dropped in the third quarter.

They had a really impressive quarter, across the board. Just about every segment was at or above record levels -- mergers and acquisitions, stocks and bonds, fixed-income, merchant banking. It was really just a phenomenal quarter.

It's exciting to see that educators are actually helping a bigger segment of a bigger population learn at the college level, We cannot rest in our quest to expand these opportunities until students ... are equitably represented.

It sends the wrong message. Our concern is that this vaccine will be marketed to a segment of the population that should be getting a message about abstinence.

It's a small truncated segment of the electorate, voters who are reasonably informed of the issues. I don't think the candidates have to do very much to win votes from those who share their views.

It's a segment that's going to have a tougher time selling. But it still justifies the investment because the margins are so high.

We sold OkCupid to Match in January of 2011. In September of 2012, I became CEO of all of Match, which is the operating segment of IAC that contains all of the dating properties.

We might not be first to the hybrid game, but we're in it now. We will cover every major vehicle segment with hybrid models.

We certainly segment the cameras and design them based on the buyers.

We expect GM to take notable share from Ford in the full-size pickup segment in 2006 and, particularly, in 2007.

We expect our U.S. Books, Music and DVD/Video segment to be profitable on a pro forma operating basis for the full year 2000,

We hit that dry spell to start the third quarter. That's happened to us before. We always talk about that being the most important segment of the game. It seemed like we went 41/2 to 51/2 minutes there with two points. You can't do that against a good team.

We felt the show was too slow and wouldn't resonate with any segment of the audience. Even our choice of music was questionable at the time.

It is realistic to assume the segment won't grow.

It's a way to go after another segment of the population that wants to sign up for satellite-TV service but hasn't had a way to do it.

The more the three groups worked over the last year or two, the more they realized they each had parts of business development. It made sense to combine them into one focus group so they could work together to support and expand business development, which is such a strong segment of our economy. I think it will pay a lot of dividends down the road.

It's another opportunity to reach a new segment for us and get people acquainted with the Windows Live search brand.

It is the least understood segment because they are the least outspoken. I have no handle on that, and I don't think any researchers do. It is a silent part of the movement.

It's a positive indication, because there haven't been any signs of a pickup in the past two years. What they're seeing is a division of a company saying 'let's get 10 of these for our group,' and that's a small segment of their business.

There's a lot of unique software providers and solutions providers within the retail segment that solve very specific niches in the retail market place.

There's always a segment of the audience that wants to see all five films nominated for best picture. It's our American version of the running of the bulls at Pamplona.

There's a large segment of the population that doesn't know what's allowed and what isn't.

There's a large segment of the population that doesn't realize what an influence Folkways had on a number of bands that they listen to. And from the Folkways point of view, this really carries on the folk tradition -- the idea that it's an oral history and everything is passed from generation to generation.

There's a lot of potential for it in the upper end of the consumer segment and even the broader consumer market. For this to get the most attention, they've got to get it to a price point of under $500.

I am pleased to appoint these extremely qualified and capable leaders to their new roles as heads of our Embassy Suites Hotels and Homewood Suites by Hilton brands. I am confident in their ability to enhance the reputations of these brands as segment leaders in guest satisfaction and to successfully position them for continued and rapid development growth.

I am pleased with our strong growth in the quarter across our carrier segment in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

I don't want to come across like we're Internet-bashing here, ... There are countless benefits that the Internet provides. It's educational, and it (aids) in the exchange of information. Unfortunately, there's a segment of our society that is going to use it for illegal activities.

If I had to pick, I'd say that our upper weights are our strong suit. There's no doubt that this is the strongest segment of our team.

If fashion is for everyone, is it fashion? The answer goes far beyond the collections and relates to the speed of fast fashion. There is no longer a time gap between when a small segment of fashion-conscious people pick up a trend and when it is all over the sidewalks.

I don't see it turning into Major League Baseball or NFL football. But it's still a growing segment of televised sports that works well as an economic unit.

I don't think the segment is growing fast enough for everyone to win. The Koreans are going to take the biggest hit. But I think only two of the three Japanese offerings will be a success. Or one will be a success and the other two will see average sales." ()

I don't think the SUV will be a huge success. It'll be arriving in a very glutted market. While the midsize segment is not glamorous, that's a good place for Saturn to be.