1.   Auto retail is a highly cyclical, capital intensive mature business.

2.   Boeing gets a fistful of mature businesses with good cash flow, bringing in the management focus and the capital to develop those programs for future gains.

3.   But the bad news, analysts said, is that Radio Shack is a mature business.

4.   Distilled spirits is a mature business, with consumption fairly stagnant.

5.   Energy companies typically are mature businesses, with steady earnings and a relatively long track record, Shaughnessy said.

6.   Home shopping, he argued, should not be seen as a mature business, but the vanguard of electronic commerce.

7.   Mature businesses fertilize to branch out.

8.   Now it has to show that the green shoots springing up so effortlessly can grow into mature businesses.

9.   Not surprisingly, the Weather Channel has become a mature business, and the company is looking for new areas for growth.

10.   PAY TV ADVANCING AGAIN Direct broadcast satellite has given a boost to the pay television business, which has been considered a mature business for the last several years.