"A lot is riding on whether a business can maintain a position as small, " Mr. Spriggs says.
Whoever can balance those goals with an enjoyable user experience is going to maintain a leadership position.
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In its evidence to the Pay Review Body the BMA said doctors should get a pay rise of at least 4.5% to maintain a comparable position with other professions.
Moffett noted in his previous report that there were no specific indications that the companies actually want to merge, but he also said a combination would offer huge cost savings, and give satellite TV a better chance to maintain a competitive position against cable providers.
In dollar terms, investment banks may have more money on the line (and half of their revenues, compared with just a tenth or so of the revenues at more diversified commercial banks), but they are far less willing to maintain a losing position with the hope of recovering it.
The state investment fund also guaranteed it will maintain a controlling shareholder position in 10 other major state-owned financial institutions.
He does not want to be over-dependent on the mood among deputies: although TIM held 120 of the seats in the outgoing assembly, there is no guarantee that it will maintain such a dominant position in the new house.
Since his appointment was announced, sources inside the military have expressed deep concern that the planned budget cuts will render it impossible for the US to maintain its position as a global superpower.
Apple would be in a position of having to continually maintain its position of having the best app for a given function, and ambitious developers would have an incentive to rethink core aspects of the iOS user experience.
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Both denied their had been a leak, a position they maintain to this day.
Thanks to our highly litigious society, the U.S. is expected to maintain its lead position with a 73% share of the of global e-discovery market.
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He later blamed the disaster on 'natural unknown springs' and later ran a media campaign to maintain his position as NCB chairman ahead of the inquiry report.
His elitist aesthetics and patrician diction supported a populist ethos that celebrated excellence in carpentry and art-making alike, and hoped to play down the role of money in ruling everything, a shaky position to maintain at any time and maybe impossible to duplicate by anyone brave enough to emulate his example.
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For his part, Netanyahu this week reiterated his position that Israel must maintain a long-term military presence in the Jordan Valley.
We've put ourselves in a position where we're going to have to work hard to maintain our position and improve it.
Britain is the second biggest defence exporter after the US - a position the industry seeks to maintain.
However, Greek politicians will continue to meet to try to hash out terms of a second bailout package that will maintain their position in the euro zone.
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Prom felt mostly like a job I had to do to maintain my position in the social hierarchy.
The Italian team's lead driver Fernando Alonso is targeting a strong result to maintain his "silver medal position" in the championship.
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Strong capital position and cash flows have enabled the company to maintain a cash dividend payout ratio of an average of 57% of net income for years 2003 through 2012.
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PWC's Richard Parker said social housing was in a "stark position" as additional investment was necessary to maintain the quality of the housing stock and the reputation of the Housing Executive, but there was no convenient source which the Executive could use as funding.
However, we believe that upside exists from spending its additional resources on initiatives to maintain its brand value, especially in the color cosmetics where it possesses a strong market position.
That said, Ariel has been a gem for our clients, subscribers and shareholders and we are happy to maintain our position so long as it maintains leading performance.
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Without a doubt he has the ability to turn around recent results and maintain West Brom's position outside of the bottom three.
The LS3 uses a gyroscopic sensor near the head and force and position sensors on each leg to maintain balance in motion.
Hence, to grow (or even maintain) its substantial advertising revenues, Expedia must sustain its market position in the face of a widespread consumer shift towards one-stop social networks.
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