Just under a fifth were interested in diversifying into unconventional oil and gas, including fracking.
The port said it was diversifying into renewable energy sources to limit the risk from market fluctuations.
Meitec's board took the unusual step of canning him in July 1996 -- after Sekiguchi proposed diversifying into racehorses.
Blackstone has pioneered the model of buy-out firms diversifying into other business lines.
Alternatively, they might seek to avoid the consequences of a dollar fall, by diversifying into other reserve currencies, such as the euro.
The valley responded by revamping its own manufacturing operations, outsourcing many of them, and by diversifying into other areas, particularly computer software.
Rather than diversifying into dozens of stocks, the firms funds typically hold a paltry 5-7 companies, with no leverage and no short positions.
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The Castro began as a venue for silent movies, and after that featured first-run movies for many years until diversifying into festivals and other events.
Ralph Lauren, shaken by falling earnings, is diversifying into extreme sports-wear.
Australian-educated Kith Meng got his start supplying UN peacekeepers in Cambodia after 1991 and later obtained a wireless telecoms license before diversifying into property and media.
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The love affair with stocks is not over, but they start diversifying into other asset classes that recently provided better returns (real estate, bonds, commodities, gold, etc.).
Trying to put more distance between AmerisourceBergen and rivals Cardinal Health (number two) and McKesson (number three), which have boosted margins by diversifying into medical devices and software.
While investment in UK water is back in boom times, the offshore industry in and around Aberdeen appears to be doing exceptionally well at diversifying into foreign markets.
For those who are prudent, diversifying into gold makes sense.
He began selling off that business, diversifying into other ventures.
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The computer maker has been hit by a consumer move to tablets and is diversifying into more profitable areas of technology, such as business software, data analytics and storage.
The computer maker has been hit by the rising popularity of tablet computers and is diversifying into more profitable areas of technology, such as business software, data analytics and storage.
To help cushion the slowdown, and have customers come back for upgrades, many device makers are diversifying into content and services, such as offering music, games, Internet access, and applications.
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Avalanche did close on 6 January but will reopen on Friday after a refit designed to concentrate further on diversifying into vintage clothing, posters, band showcases with entry fees and its own website.
The conglomerate originated in textile mills that once dotted the shoreline in places like Providence, Fall River and New Bedford, and managed to stay healthy by diversifying into aerospace operations such as Cessna business jets.
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Cisco announced last year that it had decided to scale back its ambitions of diversifying into 30 new businesses and will instead focus on those areas that add value to its core routing and switching businesses.
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By propping up the price, the Fairtrade system encourages farmers to produce more of these commodities rather than diversifying into other crops and so depresses prices thus achieving, for most farmers, exactly the opposite of what the initiative is intended to do.
Teva has also been carefully diversifying, including into developing proprietary drugs, such as its profitable new treatment for multiple sclerosis.
This is a sensible move from oil producing countries, diversifying their investments into the future global energy infrastructure and contributing to lower emissions.
"We've been looking into diversifying for quite a while now so it's an exciting time for us to see the plant taking shape, " he said.
It has been diversifying energetically, moving into citrus production, which now makes up about a quarter of the firm's annual revenues.
"The fact that the group is diversifying away from Malaysia into growth countries is viewed positively, " notes Steven Tan, an analyst with CIMB-GK Research.
The trend to healthier alternatives than carbonated drinks in America has motivated Coke into action, diversifying their product lines and expanding their reach globally.
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