Many a private-equity firm has overestimated the profits to be wrung from buy-outs, and the sovereignty market may be no exception.
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All sectors of the market - with the exception of ceramics - witnessed rising prices, with growing precious metal values pushing up the value of silver and jewellery.
No one can consistently forecast future market prices and I am no exception.
Enterprise: Historically, the enterprise has been a difficult market for Apple, with the exception of graphics design departments.
Shares of emerging-market banks, which with the exception of a few places such as Russia are in reasonable shape, have plunged in sympathy with their Western peers.
Over the past two months, economic data in the U.S., with the exception of the housing market, have all come in below the already low consensus expectations.
Besides the U.S., Toyota's vehicle sales improved in Asia, with the exception of the ailing Japanese market.
All along, Pfizer has been an exception, and has recognized the market opportunity in antibiotics.
So, when one sees the seemingly craziness of the market, it is the norm and not the exception.
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The exception to the trend is WHOLE FOODS MARKET (77, WFMI) , the world's largest retailer of pricey organic foods, whose operating margin is 4.9%, double the supermarket average.
The exception is Singapore, which is the one market where some analysts think price declines could hit 30% in the next three years.
The bid is based on France's so-called "cultural exception" policy, which aims to protect culture from market forces and foreign competition.
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His investment funds have been beating the stock market for the last few years and so far 2013 is no exception.
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One exception to the rally Thursday was the technology sector, after market research firm IDC reported world-wide shipments of personal computers fell 13.9% in the first quarter, the biggest decline since the reporting of quarterly numbers started in 1994.
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With the possible exception of agriculture, the energy industry enjoys more outrageous subsidies, market distortions and other forms of disguised aid than any other.
There is an exception: easyJet's German operation aims at the sun-seeker market.
"The market continues to reward those companies which have embraced online business and William Hill is no exception, " said Richard Hunter at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers.
With the exception of a few vocal libertarians (whose opposition in this instance to competition and market-based decision-making seems inexplicable, not to say bizarre), the idea of fuel competition seems to be one upon which we can all agree.
For the moment, Web sites represent an exception, but before much longer the three companies that control 85% of the browser market will likely put up their own app stores.
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But this year's bull market in bonds, especially U.S. Treasury bonds, has been so powerful that it has created an exception to that old rule.
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