1.   And China and Singapore are prime examples of how free markets can thrive under authoritarian rule.

2.   But customers have not come flocking to Sybase, even though the data-base market is thriving.

3.   By contrast, bear markets thrive when the prevailing mood is hope, and do not end until dejection and despair displace it.

4.   Ethnic and specialty markets still thrive in the Atlanta metropolitan area, particularly in the immigrant-rich neighborhoods around Buford Highway and northeast suburban Chamblee.

5.   Houston-based Southdown based its decision on the premise that the U.S. market is thriving and cement imported below price is no longer a threat.

6.   Markets thrive on confidence born of certainty.

7.   The Houston-based Southdown based its decision on the premise that the U.S. market is thriving and cement imported below price is no longer a threat.

8.   When the economy soars and corporations bring phalanxes of executives, consultants, associates and trainees to New York, the corporate apartment market thrives.

9.   For now, traders have begun opening shops and roadside stalls again, and the Saturday market is thriving.