Yet early Chinese OEMs offered only low-tier phones with no attempts at branding or differentiation.
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When an Indian consumer acquired a low-tier model, he was already reviewing the features of the mid-tier model.
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Cash deals in California have become more common in the low-tier housing market, according to First Tuesday, probably due in part to the greater difficulty borrowers have had in getting a mortgage.
Its not exactly a secret that Nokia has a number of challenges, including a struggling mobile infrastructure joint venture and transitioning its device business toward smartphones while its core low-tier mobile phone business is under attack thanks to ZTE, Huawei and others.
The goal is to combine them into a high-growth, low-cost mid-tier silver producer focused in the Americas.
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Much like the PC market, basic and feature mobile phone volumes are falling as consumers migrate not only to smartphones, but smartphones at low- and mid-tier price points.
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So on Tuesday, the companies announced a proposal from McEwen, the chairman, chief executive officer and the largest shareholder of both US Gold and Minera Andes, to combine the companies into a high-growth, low-cost mid-tier silver producer focused in the Americas.
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The search for low to mid-tier jobs could be the sector for online search, while the upscale and high-end employment search could be the focus of social networking organizations.
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Unless you believe recession lurks around the corner along with the double whammy of rising inflation and interest rates, the multiplier for the stock market hangs in the low to mid-teens tier, a good working valuation.
On Feb. 26, the previously low-profile company, which controls more than 400 office properties in second-tier cities and suburbs, was thrust into the limelight when Related Cos. and Corvex Management LP announced they had purchased nearly 10% of the company and offered to buy the remainder.
"The opportunity to acquire tier-one assets in low-risk regions, and ideally geographically suited to the growing Asian market does not come round very often, " he later told reporters, according to Reuters.
While that continues, low-cost PC cameras will become increasingly attractive to consumers, spurring growth of second- and third-tier vendors which are expected to challenge market leaders Logitech and Intel, IDC is forecasting.
Above all, Kent had a vision to build a cable company that operated in second-tier suburban markets and college towns with low population density.
Also key, however, was avoiding cannibalization of the company's low-end and mid-range Digital SLR models, which clearly still have a place in the lineup one tier above this ILC.
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Operators are worried about having ordered too aggressively in May and June, the low-end market has suddenly softened, steep price cuts of many spring models are necessary to move some second-tier merchandise.
After the 2007-09 Recession, the stimulus packages supported by low interest rate tier 1 lending, tax breaks and initiatives were paramount to save the economies from total collapse.
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Its core, tier-one capital, at 6.2%, looks low, but the reduced dividend may help shore it up.
While 60 million households is respectable distribution for a second-tier cable network, Current has long suffered from poor channel placement, low visibility and a diffuse brand identity.
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Williams has been a top-tier NBA point guard for a while, but he has done it for low-fi teams like Utah and Jersey, where attention is not a given, even in good years.
Although unemployment is low, rapid job losses among Japan's army of temporary workers are exposing the unfairness of a two-tier labour market and straining an egalitarian society.
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