As it turns out, audio hardware, particularly on the high end, has been no less hard hit.
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On the high end, there is this excellent app that teaches you to visualize higher dimensions.
Uber has grown quickly in popularity as a convenient alternative to cabs on the high end.
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Demand remains robust in China as incomes continue to rise, especially on the high end of the income ladder.
In comparison, companies that focus on the high end (and execute well) profit from strong consumer demand and loyalty.
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General consensus on China so far this year is hovering between 8.2 and 8.7 percent on the high end.
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Furthermore, price-to-cash earnings of 19.4 is on the high end of their historically normal range of 13.5x to 20.3x.
Six slots is on the high end of things, and many times players will be forced to make tough decisions.
On the high end of the scale, engineers are in hot demand and can command a higher payscale than ever before.
Sun, whose sophisticated Unix servers and data center gear competes with HP on the high end, could be hurt as well.
Geinke believes there is a large gap between the Lululemon on the high end and brands like Champion on the low end.
"Vendors and operators are trying to encourage sales by dropping prices on the high end, " says Carolina Milanesi, Gartner's research director for mobile devices.
Obama himself says it will likely be "on the high end of our estimates, " though not as high as some predictions, due to the size of the deficit.
On the high end, consumers are opting for miniature keyboards.
However, with the iPhone doing well and Network Vision leading to cost savings, the company now sees itself exceeding the OIBDA forecast for the year on the high end.
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Therefore, fuel buyers that rely on manual processes, spreadsheets, and sub-standard industry practices risk buying a load of fuel on the high end of a price swing every other day.
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Meanwhile, the Pentiums rank a touch higher with 3MB of L3 cache, HD graphics and processors that clock at 2.5GHz on the low end to 3.2GHz on the high end.
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The cylindrical speaker features two high-performance drivers, a built-in bass port and digital signal processing software to extend frequency response on the high end while providing tighter low ends for deeper bass response.
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The availability of Android apps and the appeal of the Android new smartphone form factors on the high end make the debate between iPhones and Samsung Galaxies or Motorola RAZRs almost a religious debate.
That Google is rumored to be coming out with a new tablet on Monday, the Nexus 10, outflanking Apple on the high end (in both screen size and pixel density) shows where the battlefield moving.
Motorola continues to struggle amid tough competition from rival Nokia on the low end and BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion on the high end as activist investor CarlIcahnCarl Icahn pushes for a seat on the company's board of directors.
Retail consulting and research firm Customer Growth Partners is on the high end, saying that that holiday retail sales will grow by 4.5% this year. 2009 saw sluggish growth of 1.9%, on the heels of a 3.9% decline in 2008.
As earnings season begins, the expectations are on the high end for Dow components that have exposure to higher energy and commodity prices like Exxon and Chevron, and on derivative plays like Caterpillar, each with an expected 25% in top line growth for the quarter, according to ConvergEx.
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Motorola continues to struggle amid tough competition from rival Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ) on the low end and BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (nasdaq: RIMM - news - people ) on the high end as activist investor Carl Icahn pushes for a seat on the company's board of directors.
With competition increasing on the high-end of the smartphone market, Samsung will probably look to increase traction for its mid-tier smartphones such as the Rex and Galaxy Pop, to keep the momentum going.
The Amazon press release touting its most advanced tablets notes that the company "takes on the high-end" with the products.
It drives short-term interest rates lower allowing banks to borrow low on the short-term end of the yield curve, and lend high on the long end.
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More specifically, Corduro competes with companies like Square on the merchant services side, and Quicken on the high-end enterprise side, he said.
Michael, his girlfriend and about 350 others waited on the high-end shopping street in Frankfurt where the Apple store is located, although bystanders said the line was shorter than when the previous iPad version was released.
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