The third big industry trend is arguably the most promising of them all.
That points to the third big industry-wide trend: global integration.
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Toshiba, the third largest player in the industry, announced its margins on its disk drive business will be cut in half this year.
Exxon Mobil, Chevon and ConocoPhillips are the second-, third- and fourth-largest companies in the Fortune 500, respectively, and the energy industry as a whole is the third-largest in the United States.
The 10% employee attrition rate is a third of the industry average.
Cott's gross margin of 12.4% last year was about a third the industry average, while Coke and Pepsi both registered over 50%.
The EU's fishing industry is the third largest in the world, and quotas have been in place to ensure sustainability.
Among the options most favoured by the industry are a third runway at Heathrow, a new runway at Stansted or the so called Boris Island hub airport off the Essex coast.
June may well close as the third-highest volume month the industry has seen since 2008.
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During the third quarter, Apple dominated the industry with a 70 percent share of the Chinese market.
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And now, according to published reports, the company may be about to make its most ambitious play yet: merging with rival Sprint (nyse: FON - news - people - news - people ) to form the third-largest company in the industry.
The heart of the industry is in the third-floor numbered boxes: sections 316 to 318 are closest to the finish line.
The card loan portfolio came with a large number of private label deals and catapulted the bank to the third position in the private label card industry after GE and Citigroup.
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"One-third of the industry is gone, and it's gone forever, " says Jay Baron of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor.
"One-third of the industry is gone, and it's gone forever, " says Jay Baron of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Third, the industry does not generally offer value-for-money products, but rather an array of proliferating instruments that are difficult to compare and understand.
Sprint is third in the industry with about 53 million subscribers vs. more than 100 million each for the dominant two, T and VZ.
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Third, the industry can handle variations within 5% of supply or even the 10% (from all renewable sources) that is the government's target for 2010.
Third, the industry will have to win over utilities and communities.
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There are many ways we could have helped the poor secure basic health coverage (e.g. through vouchers) without destroying the entire industry with third-party payer systems.
In this summer's World Cup, around a third of the industry's turnover came from foreign punters placing bets with British bookies, with much of this coming from rich Asian football fans.
Third, the industry should carefully evaluate its business model.
Third, the industry needs to continue to make good faith efforts to reduce adverse impacts across the board, in terms of water pollution, health and safety, noise, erosion, road damage and so on.
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Third, the financial industry, and the major investment houses, in particular, are facing reputation issues that take time to repair, especially in the face new issues like the LIBOR scandal just take a look at Nomura Holdings (NYSE:NMR) and Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU), which trade at a fraction of their 1989 all time highs.
Regulators are trying to restore confidence in the British life industry, the world's third-largest.
He pointed to the second and third quarters of 2005, when the industry was able to grit out a softening market for steel because prior consolidation meant firms were able to cut down on production and allow inventories to run down.
Speaking at an aviation conference in London, Ms Eagle said the answer for south east England was not going to be "to fall back" on the proposed third runway despite many calls from the airline industry to hold onto their election position.
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But once we have a stronger economy, you'll see occupancies go up and rental rates go up and that will be the third phase of really positive news for the REIT industry.
Interest rates hit 21.5%, a deep recession ensued with unemployment reaching 11%, the agricultural sector slid into depression, a bubble burst in the energy sector, the real estate industry collapsed, and third-world debt burdens nearly brought down the mega banks.
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