Word: segments
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Even as the housing market cools, one segment of it appears to be bucking the trend: garage remodeling. The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University estimates that homeowners spent $2.4 billion on replacing or improving their garages in 2003--more than double the average annual spending over the previous decade. Companies that specialize in this niche, which barely existed a few years ago, say they're expanding exponentially. Garage Envy, the Pasadena, Calif., firm that transformed Cardenas' space, expects 2006 revenues to hit $2.6 million, up from $1.1 million in 2005. GarageTek in Syosset, N.Y., hit $20 million...
...stir inspired Comedy Central’s Daily Show to run a five-minute segment lampooning the concept...
...there were sound reasons why Big Blue disgorged that trademark business--not least of which being that it was a lousy one. With its market share in retreat, the unit had lost nearly $1 billion in 3 1/2 years. Much of IBM's sales were in a slow-moving segment of the PC market--large shipments to major companies--and IBM hadn't fully tapped the more robust small-business and consumer markets. As a result, Lenovo's PC shipments have grown more slowly than the industry average for four of the past five quarters. That lopsided business, says William...
...straddles two purposes: to help students adjust to college work and to counsel students adjusting to college life. Given its dual mission, programs through the BSC can seem like a combination of Positive Psych section and a “How to Live Your Best Life” Oprah segment. But for students looking for understanding adults and a mix of undergraduates and grad students to talk to, the BSC can feel homey. Students needing a tutor can get one through the BSC, but with a $4/hr. fee, they might be better off going more frequently to their TFs (free...
Katie Couric introduced the segment with archival footage of CBS News airing baby snaps of Prince Charles. That self-serving comparison had a kernel of truth: celebrity offspring are like royal heirs. The parents hoist their issue before the throngs to prove, if not their virility, like kings of old, then their humanity...