Word: shrunk
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...Communications filed for bankruptcy. Then in August a launch disaster in Brazil killed 21 technicians and jeopardized that country's program. "Unquestionably, the commercial-satellite market is depressed right now," says Chris Mecray, an analyst at Deutsche Bank. From 1996 to 1998, satellite sales grew 49.4%, but they have shrunk 2.4% in the past four years. Worse, hurt by the telecom bust and tough export rules, U.S. market share has plummeted from 64% in 1998 to 36% in 2002. How long will the industry be lost in space? Says Mecray: "It's fair to say that there's no rebound...
...Montana?s tax base also has shrunk, which has forced deep cuts in education, health and welfare programs. And the biggest blow for Martz came from what ended up being an ill-advised utility deregulation approved by her predecessor, Gov. Marc Racicot, who went on to chair the Republican National Committee, then Bush?s reelection committee. Before deregulation, the state?s residents enjoyed the nation?s fifth lowest utility rates from Montana Power Company. But then the unregulated company sold off its generation and transmission equipment and plowed the $2 billion in profits into a telecom subsidiary that went bankrupt...
...early 1990s to 120 now," says Sailer. "I figure it will hit 100 in the next 10 years." This takes its toll on the brewers. The German Federation of Brewers says the number of mid-sized breweries - those generating between 500,000 and 100 million liters per year - has shrunk from 610 in 1995 to 466 today, mostly through closure. Analysts see the next decade being dominated by even more mergers, closures and acquisitions. Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Ian Shackleton sees 70% of Germany's beer flow ending up in the hands of just a few global players...
...campaign comes as instability in the national economy has shrunk the law school’s endowment to $840 million...
...easy to forget, sitting cramped in coach as your pilot joins a line of 12 planes waiting for takeoff, that human beings have been flying for only 100 years. TIME Online presents an interactive tribute to the century's magnificent flying men, women and machines that have shrunk our world. See www.time.com/2003/flight/...