1.   And that posture made the company too vulnerable to economic ups and downs, he said, both in business sectors and in geographic markets.

2.   Apple said it is consolidating its sales and marketing units to focus on certain geographic markets and customers.

3.   Connection consultants such as Barry prospect their geographic markets for business, working from branch offices.

4.   For example, Terminex, the bug exterminator, uses Strategic Weather Services to predict when termites will swarm into individual geographic markets.

5.   Rosner said that after they have been drafted, Integrated would go after other endorsements that fit into the geographic markets where they will be playing.

6.   Rowe said the FTC steps in when competition in a geographic market already is tight and it is difficult for a newcomer to open another outlet.

7.   SGS said its sales gains have been strong in all its major geographic markets, with the Asia Pacific region standing out with the largest increase in net sales.

8.   The cost issue is best addressed, he said, by keeping geographic markets closely circumscribed.

9.   The Internet makes it easier to shop around or expand a geographic market.

10.   The geographic market for Internet browsers is worldwide.