Others chalked up the dip to new iPad sales figures that were below some analysts' expectations.
Afterward, though, I think some investors will use any dip on lock-up concerns as a reason to buy.
All that, Computer Shopper says, added up to some "excellent performance for the price, " including some "flat-out great results" in their gaming tests -- results that only took a slight dip when they bumped things up to the DX10 test.
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While there are still risks of a double-dip recession and a freezing up of the credit markets, UBS notes that companies have more cash on hand now than they did when the credit markets were shut in 2008 and early 2009.
If there are further revelations of corporate scandal or abuse or events unfolding in the Middle East, or even possibly another terrorist attack, but all the analysts say that they do think there's going to be a dip before it goes back up.
However, the two most important questions to be answered are: is the export market large enough to make up for the dip in domestic coal demand, and how long will it take for companies in the U.S. to be able to take advantage of the export markets?
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But, what happens to those people if we do end up in a double dip?
He had to dip into other savings and use up an inheritance to pay the mortgage.
However, the bulls stepped up and bought the dip to avoid any significant chart damage.
Stop for a late lunch or pick-me-up and perhaps a dip in the sea.
Because skeptics who were originally resistant to owning stocks finally get up the courage to dip their toes in.
In the run-up to the 1937 dip, many people thought inflation was imminent due to the jump in excess bank reserves.
What will be interesting to see is how many of these cautiously-optimistic bulls actually step up to buy that dip when it comes.
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The ratio of inmates to guards inside Ohio's prisons has crept up again after a dip that followed the 11-day siege at Lucasville's Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in 1993.
More bargain hunters have stepped up to buy the recent dip, while short covering is also seen.
Most economists have now given up on the double-dip scenario, though many are staying out of the markets due to concerns over Greece (and now Italy), as well as the impending deadline for the supercommittee.
Like many economic migrants around the world, those who make for Moscow tend to be aspirational and moderately well-educated, but see their social status dip when they arrive as they take up jobs that native Muscovites balk at.
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This new leg in the housing market, which follows a double-dip in prices, began to pick up steam last summer, Blitzer explained, as the indexes marked two consecutive months of increases and investors began to notice residential real estate could go from a drag to actually supporting economic growth.
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Desperate to show decent returns, hedge funds dip into exotic assets--and dig up trouble.
Flights between the two destinations took a dip when tensions between the two countries flared up in September.
Despite a recent dip from record highs, gold prices are up around 8.4% since the start of the year while many other asset classes have slumped.
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Smart Balance, Inc (SMBL) continues to impress as it had a nice dip down and then reversed itself right back up, consolidating, breaking out on Tuesday, and following through on Wednesday, up 38 cents to 13.67, or 2.9%.
Comprised of palatial villas, a free-form swimming pool, signature Anantara Spa and gourmet dining, I was anxious to experience all the property had to offer and, after a quick dip in the refreshing pool, I signed up for an early morning, sunrise desert trek.
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But all the lessons of Afghanistan are that if you dip your toes in, you are very soon up to your neck.
Gold began its run up in 2006 and other than a brief dip in 2008 had marched steadily higher through 2011.
The most auspicious of these is on 10 February, when up to 35 million people are expected to dip in the sacred waters.
Even if economies do not dip into recession, prolonged below-trend growth would push up unemployment and cause inflation to fall further.
Scottish engineering firms expect export orders to pick up in the next three months despite a recent dip, according to an industry survey.
Its governor Sir Mervyn King said he expected the economy to avoid a double-dip recession and that some businesses had indicated things had picked up at the start of the year.
Nearly 75 percent of those surveyed said that, to come up with the money, they would have to dip into savings, ask friends and family for help or rely on credit cards or a home equity line of credit.
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