But taking the long view, the listings business is in decline.

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Before the boom, the junior mining companies that include most of the Toronto listings had suffered a long dry spell.

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In the listings below, I have calculated the final tallies of each long and short.

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In the long run, both the above initiatives can provide a strong upside to job listings as well as the number of corporate customers on LinkedIn.

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And its big companies, long confined by apartheid's isolation, are now anxious to seek stock-exchange listings abroad.

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Excellent map of Long Island City and Astoria neighborhoods in New York City borough of Queens, plus attraction listings.

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