"They have blown hot and cold on it for years, " says Ray Soifer, a bank industry consultant in Ridgewood, N.

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"A progression of price declines during 2007 has led up to this, " says Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis for Port Washington, N.

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Even though big-box centers across the U.S. still are struggling with vacancies lingering from the liquidation of retailers such as Borders, Circuit City and Linens N' Things, the industry's average vacancy rate has declined in recent years.

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Killer Wireless-N 1103 and 1102 adapters deliver industry-leading data rates of up to 450 Mbps and 300 Mbps, respectively, using range-enhancing 802.11n technologies that yield higher data throughput rates over longer distances.

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Elsewhere in the semiconductor industry at the market's close, shares of STMicroelectronics N.

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He spent almost two decades out of the spotlight, although the US music industry honoured him in 1989, inducting him into its Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

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Ecomagination was a couple of years in the making, the result of "dreaming sessions" with heads of energy and heavy-industry companies at GE's executive training center in Crotonville, N.

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"Water is the nuclear industry's Achilles heel, " Jim Warren, executive director of N.

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Red Hat may have been targeted by the software industry's answer to Attila the Hun, but the Raleigh, N.

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Similarly, In-N-Out Burger and Fuddruckers have also raised the bar for the burger industry, winning legions of loyal customers with their premium, gourmet offerings.

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