Ejabat figures he has enough cash for another big buy like Premisys and some smaller ones to fill in technologies that he lacks.

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Maybe they didn't -- maybe they filled unserious ones and didn't fill serious ones.

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Better Place has built a network of battery-switching stations in Israel that lets drivers traverse the entire country, swapping depleted batteries for fresh ones much like they would fill up at a gas station.

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The companies that move to fill the new needs are the ones that will grow and prosper.

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What Gray and other experts do expect to see are more acquisitions of smaller oil companies, particularly the ones with unique reserves or technologies that can fill out the portfolios of the majors.

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Moreover, many colleges and universities lack the funds needed to upgrade current dormitories or build new ones and are relying on the private sector to fill the gap.

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Darryl Sterling, an analyst at the Yankee Group, a telecom consulting firm in Boston, expects the December auction to draw some interest from big carriers seeking to fill in gaps in national coverage or lesser ones trying to expand in small markets.

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Thirteen hundred workers buzz around the holes, preparing to fill them with a pair of nuclear reactors, the first ones planned in the U.S. since 1977.

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Having a high market share helps this strategy because it provides a financial incentive for third-parties to fill in features that might draw customers to competitors or add new ones (like car stereo integration) that are difficult for competitors to match.

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