In the first quarter of Fiscal 2013, Dell made certain segment realignments in order to conform to the way Dell internally manages segment performance.

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More broadly, information collection and transparency are required in order to accurately size and segment specific market opportunities and inform the appropriate pathways.

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Already counting for a little more than a third of sales, CEO John Donahoe believes Paypal will exceed their marketplace segment in short order.

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The risk here is that as Huawei and ZTE continue their assault on low-end smartphone market, the arrival of iPhone 4S will suck the oxygen out of the high-end smartphone segment, triggering order cancellations from Samsung, Nokia, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC.

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Further, the self-interest of every audience segment will be examined in order to drum up interest.

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Now it seems that Cablevision recognizes that, in order to extricate itself from yet another noncore segment, it must create a viable business.

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Companies often segment employees according to education, experience and visa or residency status in order to rule out candidates for certain job roles.

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