We currently forecast flat market share for Cisco in the set-top box business through the Trefis forecast period.
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We estimate a near flat market share for Norfolk in both divisions going forward because of the presence of strong competitor CSX Corp.
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It has only been over the past six years that the percentage of individual investors expecting a flat market has stayed at lower levels.
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"Normally we would expect to be able to grow our biscuit sales - albeit in a pretty flat market - but we have come under some pressure, " said chief executive Jo Stewart.
What we are seeing now is that executives think the most pernicious conditions of a year ago have improved, and they have shifted their focus to more strategic acquisitions, their goal being to drive growth in an otherwise flat market.
Over the past five years Sallie stock has doubled in a flat stock market.
In an otherwise flat stock market, Smith says, the best opportunities are in energy and raw materials.
When a flat jobs market was added to this mix, it became combustible.
If Windows 7 can run better on older machines, it will goose sales of its software even in a flat PC market.
Its new 2, 000-acre factory in San Antonio will allow Toyota to build an additional 175, 000 Tundras each year, and this in a flat truck market.
Not entirely outside the realm of possibility, but given how flat the market for PDAs is these days it seems like a really odd time for Apple to be diving in.
The market has been flat since the beginning of this bear market.
Also, in a flat basic food market, clothing sales increased 10%, and small electricals were up 24%.
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Munster estimates that the flat panel TV market will be 220 million units in 2012, and that 48% of those, or about 106 million, will be Internet connected.
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In a flat or down market, one of the keys to making money is to invest in companies that are creating wealth and avoid the ones that are heading to bankruptcy.
With EMC pushing into the SME market aggressively, NetApp may witness flat or even a decline in market share depending on the growth of this market and competition.
Seven districts noted commercial real estate activity improved slightly while five said the market was flat.
Upshot: The stock market was flat last last year and is up 5.8% thus far in 2012.
The domestic beer market, flat for the past 25 years, has remained so only because of a growing population.
U.S. stocks were looking flat, as the market digests this morning's economic reports.
Samsung's shipments of flat panel TVs outstripped market growth of more than 10 percent on-quarter, which was led by demand in emerging markets.
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Lenovo's PC shipments in China grew eight percent year-over-year in the quarter, a significant result given that the overall China PC market was flat.
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Despite a credit boom, which has seen a big increase in low earners' unsecured debt relative to their income, the doorstep lending market is flat.
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Novelis, which had been spun off from Alcan in 2005, had nearly a one-fifth share of the world market for flat-rolled aluminum, used for making beverage cans and auto parts.
However, in contrast, the North America market remained flat.
Granted, 2011 was an exception to the First Five Days rule, after an increase of 1.1% at the start of the year, the stock market recorded flat performance for the year in total.
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