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  • The spectrum and $3 billion in cash promised by AT&T won't solve Deutsche Telekom's network shortcomings, and reversing course after spending a year explaining why its needs to leave the slow-growing U.S. market would be tricky.

    If Deal Fails, It's Back to Start at German Firm Anton Troianovski 2011

  • "A slow-growing supply set against expected high demand underlies the projection of high and more volatile agricultural commodity prices," said the report.

    Agencies See Decade of High Food Prices Caroline Henshaw 2011

  • Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. agreed to buy urology-products company American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. for about $2.6 billion, continuing Endo's rapid growth through acquisitions while lessening its reliance on a slow-growing drug product.

    Endo Diversifies in Urology Deal Jon Kamp 2011

  • The company has been restructuring its operations as it buys and sheds businesses to reshape its portfolio and lessen its dependence on slow-growing markets for heart devices.

    Boston Scientific Swings to a Profit John Kell 2011

  • In most cases, the tumors are slow-growing and patients can live for many years.

    Two Drugs for Cancer Get Boost Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011

  • Came the duration of darkness, and the slow-growing awareness of other things and of another self.

    Chapter 12 2010

  • Chief Executive Jose Garcia Cantera said there's a "clear lack of demand" for credit in Spain, due to a "lethargic and slow-growing economy."

    Bad Loans Burden Banesto Christopher Bjork 2011

  • Executive chef Andy Needham shows me the ingredients they use: slow-growing British carpet (palourde) clams which are much sweeter than their Ligurian counterparts, Ligurian olive oil and Voiello dried linguine.

    Cooking up holiday memories Tim Hayward 2010

  • CME has also seen traction in slow-growing efforts to expand its clearinghouse services to the swaps market.

    Busy Trading Boosts CME Mia Lamar 2011

  • I was pleased to see a fine specimen of Baptisia minor, a dwarf and very slow-growing Baptisia with more of a cascading growth habit than the usual B. australis.

    K-State Gardens « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009

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