That would widen their margin of power before returns begin to roll in from the West, where Democrats hope to pick up as many as four seats in California, at least one and maybe two in Washington and one each in Utah and Montana.

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In fact, the only thing they'd probably have to worry about would be the low-margin mini really cannibalizing thes sales of their non-Intel, non-DVR higher-margin iMac and Power Mac products (at least for the time being).

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Power also thinks gross margin concerns are going to remain an issue.

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And it has shed non-core assets and refocused on high-margin sectors, such as transportation, power generation, and healthcare-medical equipment.

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Rather, it will seek to defend and perpetuate the status quo, while expanding bureaucratic power and prerogatives at the margin.

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The Zumwalt has the power, cooling, space and weight margin designed to meet the full spectrum of future threats, both known and unknown.

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We believe that Disney has superior pricing power to News Corp and therefore our margin forecast for News Corp stands at a lower value of around 40%.

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