Open-source software gained ground during the dotcom boom and even more so afterwards, as a way to cut costs.
Over the past decade, the stock has consistently gained ground during the post-Black Friday week .
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Performance-based ads, those seeking to elicit an immediate purchase or other action, remain dominant, and even gained ground over more brand-oriented ads.
Anti-immigration parties have gained ground in a swathe of EU countries, including France and the Netherlands, making the issue politically sensitive for EU leaders.
In Croatia self-regulation has never really gained ground, despite the decision of the Annual Assembly of the Croatian Journalists' Association in 2006 to establish a media council.
This is where competitors such as China, which makes machine-stitched balls, and India have gained ground at Sialkot's expense.
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They have gained ground against the Shabab since invading in mid-December, though the Kenyans have got bogged down on nigh-impassable roads.
Assets seen as havens, such as U.S. 10-year Treasury bonds, gold and the yen, all gained ground.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.5 percent to close at 10, 747.74 as the yen gained some ground against the dollar and the Bank of Japan began a two-day policy meeting.
Opinion pollsters say that France's re-elected president, Jacques Chirac , and his alliance of the mainstream right, gained ground after the president stalked out of a football stadium when the Marseillaise, France's national anthem, was booed by supporters of a Corsican team.
Markets have gained ground in recent sessions on the view that the European Central Bank will step in with bond-buying purchases of hard-hit countries like Spain based on the outcome of the last central-bank meeting.
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