But has developed a reputation for shrinking on the biggest stages.
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Either way, Beijing is shrinking on purpose.
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Inventory is shrinking and on the mainland, some new development is taking place, such as Hamptons Hall.
Asian consumers on shrinking budgets are opting for cheaper traditional remedies over expensive modern treatments.
It may be the only way for farmers and ranchers to survive as profit margins go on shrinking.
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BAE, which generates over 40% of its sales in America, needs to reduce its dependence on shrinking defence budgets.
He also appointed Fred Malek, a prominent Washington fixer and fund-raiser, to head a study on shrinking state government.
Particularly in the private sector there are those who say that Greece's future prosperity depends on shrinking a bloated public sector.
But the News still retains a significant, albeit shrinking, edge on Sundays.
Then, Intel plans to turn the screw, yet again, by shrinking the features on its new processors down to 32 nanometers by 2009.
During its monthly sales calls, GM has said it has found no evidence that gas prices had any effect whatsoever on shrinking large SUV sales.
Price-slashing failed to rescue a bleak holiday season for beleaguered retailers, as sales plunged across most categories on shrinking consumer spending, according to new data released Thursday.
On the technology side, TI has been focusing on shrinking its pico chipsets, which boast a miniature version of the technology TI provides to cinemas and overhead projectors.
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The best thing about CMOS is that, unlike CCD, chipmakers have poured billions into shrinking the components on such devices and making them run faster, cooler and smarter.
No doubt, the year ahead will see a heavier emphasis placed not only on these smaller-sized tabs (hello, potential Galaxy Note 7), but also on shrinking silhouettes and MSRPs.
It has outperformed its Big Pharma brethren over the past couple years, has a solid strategy of shrinking to focus on niche markets and has a 6% dividend yield.
Apart from attracting more traffic at drugstores, selling general merchandise generates more sales, which then absorb the rising rental rates and shrinking gross margins on pharmaceutical drugs in general.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has repeatedly indicated that he believes the United States must focus its shrinking defense resources on fighting counter-insurgency operations like today's conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. (The latter, of course, continues, even though Mr. Obama has unilaterally declared an "end to combat operations" there - the triumph of a campaign promise over conditions-on-the-ground-based considerations or national interests).
Businesses are building or shrinking marketing budgets based on limited information, and often the wrong information.
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So what are the market implications for Russia on a shrinking trade balance?
Rather than going global, electricity bosses should perhaps concentrate on efficiently shrinking their domestic business and returning cash to shareholders.
With a growing number of elderly relying on a shrinking workforce, the existing system of care inside the family appears untenable.
They will be tired of having billions of dollars of defaulted college loans dumped on a shrinking base of taxpayers, whose real wages keep falling.
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With global consumption expected to rise to 87 million barrels a day next year and the universe of privately controlled reserves shrinking the hunt is on.
Already some reckon the two will have to drop out of financing earlier rescues of Greece, Ireland and Portugal, placing even greater burdens on a shrinking number of creditors.
The larger question occurs: Mustn't the first call on our shrinking armed forces be to fulfill our government's responsibility to protect innocent civilians who happen to be Americans and their country?
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Someone should inform the White House that tax hikes on a shrinking group of smokers to finance payments to a growing number of beneficiaries is not a healthy fiscal strategy, as the states have found out by spending the proceeds of the Medicaid tobacco settlement.
On days of shrinking investor risk appetite (lower stocks) gold will likely see more buying interest.
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