But with the recent arrival of five-star contemporary favourites such as the St Regis and or the Four Seasons, located along bustling Market Street, the high end has come down to sea level and into buzzy SoMa, the acronym for the once-gritty-now-booming area south of Market Street.
Refurbish stores, don't give up on all high-end merchandise and stick to down market growth overseas.
While Americans have clamped down on high-end lodging expenses, indulgence in luxury air travel is rising.
Equity International began investing four years ago in Gafisa, which began building high-end homes but has expanded down-market.
Equity International began investing four years ago in Gafisa (nyse: GFA - news - people ), which began building high-end homes but has expanded down-market.
Besides a clear disagreement with West Coast rapper Kreayshawn, Harry Winston looks to have decided to ditch the glam-world of high-end jewelry retail and switch to the down-and-dirty realm of the diamond mine.
To send power miles away without huge line losses demanded that electricity be stepped up to a high voltage, then stepped down again at the receiving end.
The French, like the Chadians, are hoping to downscale their presence and have said they hope to have only 1, 000 troops left in Mali by the end of the year, down from a high of 4, 000.
These bumps could have a psychological and economic impact on U.S. consumers as home equity still accounts for over 16% of household net worth according to Federal Reserve data as of the end of the second quarter of 2010 (down from a high of close to 28% in 1980s).
The moves up and down at the end of the days were not nearly as high and dramatic, or as frequent, as they are now.
Car companies often resort to cost-cutting measures such as toning down the exterior or doing away with a swanky dashboard with high-end features for a simple, no frills interior.
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Moving its e-mail sign-up box above the fold (saving users from scrolling down to find it) helped Levenger.com --a high-end retailer of reading accessories like bookmarks and pens--expand its e-mail list 200% in one month, says Lynnette Montgomery , vice president of e-commerce.
Next down is the Snapdragon S4 Pro, which covers the performance end of the high-mobility space, including thin notebooks, tablets, and high-end smartphones.
Combine these offline capabilities with device APIs that allow web apps to access hardware features like cameras, battery level, microphone, etc and Mozilla could effectively break down the barriers not only between HTML5 and native apps, but between high-end mobile devices and low.
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He plunked it all down on three stocks: gold miner Newmont Mining, energy giant ChevronTexaco and high-end home builder TollBrothers.
The Nikkei was 19.1% down from its March peak, and by the end of Monday the Hang Seng Index was 16.3% down from its February high.
Study after study shows that the sooner children begin to learn in these high-quality settings, the better he or she does down the road, and we all end up saving money.
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And why do I want to bring rates down and at the same time lower exemptions and deductions, particularly for people at the high end?
Thomas Frist says he will immediately end doctor-hospital partnerships (and dismantle existing ones), tone down Columbia's high-pressure marketing tactics and limit the firm's expansion into communities where Columbia has met (and often steamrollered) local opposition.
Congress imposed a 10 percent tax on high-end cars, boats, jewelry and private planes during a recession, when sales of those items were already down.
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Similarly, one of the U.K.'s most pre-eminent crime writers, whose Rebus character is a cynical, down-on-his-luck, semi-alcoholic detective, reveals a weakness for high-end Cartier watches.
If it would take concerted effort to shut down complex, international money-laundering operations, catching at least some of India's high-end tax dodgers should be ridiculously simple.
Copper-market analysts believe that Zaire's high-grade ore could help create a world surplus of copper by the end of the decade, and bring prices down heavily.
In addition, and more specific to the sector, any bull market for the sector will come to an end if or when high profile drugs start to fail Phase III clinical trials or the Food and Drug Administration turns down a high profile drug that everyone was certain would be approved.
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