Between them, industry bellwether Waste Management and Republic Services have about 40% of industry revenues.
Barrick is an industry bellwether, the largest gold producer in the world by market cap and annual production.
First Solar, an industry bellwether, saw flat revenues and lower earnings during the first quarter of 2011.
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But if IBM is to serve as an industry bellwether, wary tech companies should watch its revenue, not its profits.
Analysts were hoping for at least 3% growth, and since the company is widely seen as an industry bellwether, they hoped a stronger forecast would indicate a stronger overall recovery in tech spending.
Broadcom is a bellwether in the industry, but the stock is still 16 percent from its 52-week high.
Marriott International, which is often a bellwether for the industry, just raised rates for the first time in July.
Or rather, after an aberrant half century of industrial-scale McDonaldization of the global economy, the local food industry is actually reclaiming the bellwether status it has always had in history.
IBM, another bellwether of the tech industry saw both revenue and profit fall during the quarter, which reflected slower sales, particularly of hardware, to commercial customers.
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Intel, ever a bellwether of the tech industry, still maintains high margins, but growth has clearly slowed, and, given increased competition, particularly from high-mobility devices, margins are likely to decline from this point on.
And there is no sign of the widespread mania in the high-tech world that occurred last time around: the NASDAQ stockmarket index, a bellwether for the tech industry, has been rising but is still far below its peak of March 2000.
Intel has a history of being a bellwether for the computer industry in particular, since its chips are used in 80% of all the PCs made globally, and for technology in general since its chips are used in so many other areas of technology.
That is, until Apple made its entry. iCloud will be a bellwether for the category just as iTunes shook up the music industry.
The leading-edge bellwether of this blossoming revolution, the one that portends a trillion dollar industry?
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