So has the up and down economy of the last few years affected her business?
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The increase comes at a critical time for many individuals in the down economy.
Additionally, engineer-to-engineer selling protects the company from downward pricing pressures during a down economy.
Because even in a down economy, people will spend money to be a part of history.
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CareerBliss also found that many people appreciate their jobs more in a down economy.
Ballmer said the operating system has helped buoy PC sales in the down economy.
The result: in a down economy, InsideSales (and most of its customers) have grown.
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Cupid is alive and well in the American workplace, according to the survey, despite the down economy.
Licensing is at an all-time high as companies struggle to grow in a down economy and speed time to market.
Business experts have mixed feelings on whether a down economy is a good time to start a small business.
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But it is interesting that in a down economy, Americans are predicted to blow more money on Halloween than ever before.
Meanwhile, almost half of the countries surveyed believed men had more right than women to obtain jobs in a down economy.
Pepsi Bottling Group was fairly flat in the third quarter despite its efforts to shake things up in the down economy.
The so-called trickle-down economy has never worked, despite the protestations of conservatives.
Dollar stores have undergone an extreme makeover in recent years, emerging as the star performers of the retail sector amid a down economy.
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Kessler may or may not be wrong about cord-cutting being a result of a down economy, but he is right about many other things.
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One major effort underway is to make it easier for fans to see races by lowering ticket prices for fans hit by the down economy.
No, we don't need as many immigrant workers in a down economy -- and far fewer want to come to the U.S. when jobs are scarce.
In all cases, the argument against regulation goes something like this: The last thing a down economy needs is new regulation, and the EPA is overstepping its boundaries.
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The city, which oversaw the renovation of the museum, had hoped when it opened that it would help boost the down economy in the heart of downtown Vegas.
But if Mr Assad junior ever comes to power, he might find the greatest threat to his rule coming not from disgruntled apparatchiks, but from Syria's broken-down economy.
Ticket sales have averaged about 2, 800 per game over the past couple of years, respectable in a down economy but not where a league touting several 4, 000-plus seat arenas wants to be.
Dr. Joseph Mason, an economist at Louisiana State University, claims that as many as 20, 000 sorely-needed jobs in this down economy have been lost due to drilling moratoriums in the Gulf of Mexico.
Surfers view the industry as a "lifestyle... a culture and sport defined by passion, it's not a hobby, says Sima's executive director Sean Smith, and that will support the industry "even in a down economy.
So while men might feel the pain of the economy and move to dump someone who talks about increasing government support, women feel the pain and know that everyone needs more help in a down economy.
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These women, whose buying power has been on the upswing, often faring better than their male counterparts in a down economy, will drive retail purchases, says Marshall Cohen, chief industry analyst with market research firm the NPD Group.
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