Gilt Groupe competition in the space of flash sales has grown rapidly in the past few years.

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In the past year, Ruiz said, AMD's share of flash memory chips in high-performance cell phones has doubled to 20%, a trend he expected would continue.

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Shares of SanDisk have been ablaze in the past year, gaining 125% in value as the maker of NAND-based flash memory chips basks in the sweet spot of semiconductors for mobile electronics.

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Unlike in offline retail, promotional activity online has been more aggressive this year than in years past, with broader free shipping and flash sales offerings, among others.

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Chrysler's turnaround in the U.S., under the enormously able Dieter Zetsche--who may some day head up all of DaimlerChrysler--is no flash in the pan and is unlike past comebacks that were inevitably followed by company-threatening crashes.

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Boyd clipped the ball through the centre of the Celtic defence and Miller was onto it in a flash and showed great composure to roll it past the despairing Boruc.

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The company has struggled with falling flash memory and semiconductor prices in its core business for the past year, prompting a string of poor performances in the earnings confessional.

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He slalomed in from the right flank, twisting and turning past three Porto defenders to flash a finish across Helton into the far corner, and Eboue was able to put further polish on Arsenal's performance when he added the fourth three minutes later.

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In the past, Apple has relied on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chips from Broadcom, flash memory from Toshiba, and gyroscopes and accelerometers from ST Micro.

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