Notably it got the go-ahead in 1993 for what has turned out to be the biggest potential market: treating chemotherapy-associated anemia in cancer patients.
When positions and exposures cannot be determined rapidly--as was the case, for example, when program trades overwhelmed the system during the 1987 stock market crash--potential outcomes include highly risk-averse behavior by market participants, sharp declines in market liquidity, and high volatility in asset prices.
Moreover, unlike in 2010, a back-up in core market yields after potential announcements of further quantitative easing measures could be limited as investors may be sceptical of the positive growth effects of such measures.
While the short-term growth remains sluggish, we remain optimistic of the long-term potential in the LED market.
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Concerned about the potential loss of market share in the core PC microprocessor market to ARM-based parts, Sterne Agee analyst Vijay Rakesh this morning cut his rating on Intel shares to Neutral from Buy.
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Conscious, no doubt, of the economic crisis in Argentina and its potential to damage other emerging-market economies, the ministers welcomed the measures recently taken by the new government in Buenos Aires.
Reliance Industries is working on a plan to launch telecom operations complete with voice and data services by September, a potential game-changer in India's telecom market.
We also see potential for Coca-Cola to gain market share in North America.
We believe that exclusively distributing in Blu-ray will further the potential for mass market success and ultimately benefit retailers, producers, and most importantly, consumers.
Nook Tablet has potential to fill a profitable niche in a still-fast-growing market.
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Although demand for LED technology was growing globally, we found that market potential in Russia was next to zero because out-dated sanitary regulations and construction codes prohibited the installation of LED lighting in houses, offices and other places of residence.
Each of these opportunities offers significant growth potential, and Adobe is well-positioned to be the market leader in both.
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Although Vodafone would have no immediate answer to AirTouch's home-market difficulties, its rival bid offers bags of potential in faster-growing Europe, where both firms have invested keenly, often bidding for licences against each other.
As for Enerplus, it may never reach a 14% yield, simply because the trust is so deep in proven reserve life (about 10 years) and in undeveloped potential reserves, including oils sands, which carry a stock-market-type premium these days.
This will give BlackBerry the potential to develop innovative in-car experiences that could be highly attractive to the prosumer market.
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Such proclamations by the Federal Reserve have given the market great comfort in knowing that the fear of a potential double-dip recession has been reduced due to this level of support.
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This power of the pocketbook has the potential to invigorate the free market by investing more people in its outcome and to crowd-source our cultural norms by reflecting the values of a diverse country.
Sharing spectrum removes a major barrier to entry for new wireless applications and services, with the potential for opening the market to non-traditional providers that have a vested interest in ensuring access to their services.
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The next chart shows that global markets as a whole topped out with the U.S. market a couple of weeks ago (leaving a potential double-top in place).
So, analysts are probably justified in watching to see if the market can recover and break out above the potential resistance at short-term 21-day moving averages again.
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Statins are among the safest drugs on the market, but in patients at very low risk of heart attack, their potential muscle- and liver-damaging side effects become more worrisome.
Economist Fort likens the potential expansion of Major League Baseball to the Asia-Pacific market to its move to the West Coast in the 1950s.
Wal-Mart sees more opportunity in emerging markets than in Europe, and with its potential stake in Massmart, Wal-Mart can gain a strong foothold in South Africa and the sub-Saharan market.
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While Tesla will help Nvidia to fend off market share losses, the general growth in high-end computing may end up stimulating market growth higher than we forecast leading to potential upside to our price estimate.
For his 2010 recommendation, Validea.com's John Reese relied on his guru strategies--computer models run based off 12 legendary investors, including Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch--to help uncover a stock that holds good potential regardless of what happens to the market in the short term.
Coca-Cola has long been envied for its global diversity, with three-quarters of sales coming abroad, is now looking more positively on its potential for growth in its home market.
Further, some observers suggested that the market already factored in an Obama win on Tuesday when prices surged strongly, meaning potential for profit-taking Wednesday on a buy-the-rumor, sell-the-fact move.
As many businessmen pointed out to me during my trip, Brazil's size also gives it another built-in advantage that those other countries lack: a big internal market of nearly 200 million potential consumers.
Some of the bulls listed the likelihood of further loosening of monetary policy by the European Central Bank down the road and potential for the Federal Open Market Committee to hint at more possible easing in the U.S. when policy-makers meet next week.
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After six months of negotiations with the British government, The Economist Group can confirm that Econoland will be built on a former industrial estate in East London, close to the beating heart of the City and thus to a large potential market of financial-sector employees.
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