That segment saw about a 9% revenue increase thanks to improved fortunes for its regional affiliates.
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The fast-growing Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) segment saw sales jump 8.1%, well above the 4.9% estimate.
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The sports segment saw revenue drop 31% and its operating loss widened.
This segment saw 16% growth in revenues in the recent quarter thanks to 16% and 25% growth in affiliate revenues for domestic and international operations, respectively.
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The core Marketplaces segment saw revenue grow 16%.
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The wireless segment saw operating margins tumble to 23.7% from 30.1% a year ago, as costs of sales and service soared 39% as the company absorbed the costs of launching sales of the Apple iPhone.
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The Mission Systems and Training segment also saw decreased sales, shrinking a modest 0.4%.
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West, a consultant now with the Warriors, was watching a national news program recently and saw a segment about the Heat's streak.
And again, on a price per square foot basis, the distressed only segment across all price tiers saw healthy price increases of 4.9% through the year.
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We saw the opportunity of that segment: A classic example where the macro trends are extremely good.
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The third quarter saw PayPal reinforcing its mobile payments segment with strategic acquisitions such as Zong.
Beverage volumes decreased 1% in the Americas, and the company saw only slight gains in its foods segment, led by products like Quaker oatmeal and Tropicana orange juice.
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All categories except coins saw losses, and if this investment segment were to be removed, then total fabrication demand would have been down by a steeper 4.1%, the report said.
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Wal-Mart, which posted on Tuesday, saw profit fall as its U.S. segment underperformed, despite a solid performance internationally.
While operating profit for the Display Panel segment registered an on-year increase, the Semiconductor Business saw profits drop by 38 percent compared with the same period last year, despite outperforming the previous quarter.
Specifically, CSX saw revenue per unit for the food and consumer segment (within agricultural) and for the automotive segment (within industrial) grow by 10% and 12% respectively, while coal revenues per it expanded by 19% while intermodal grew15%.
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The bookseller said it saw rapid growth in content sales from its Nook e-reader segment and unexpected strength in its bookstores thanks to the strong sales of the trilogy by E.
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Hutchison Managing Director Canning Fok liked that idea but also saw an opportunity to get in on sales of traditional Chinese medicine in China, a segment of the pharma business that had not yet opened up to foreign investment.
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