1.   And Avid itself is expanding into new niches, in some cases through acquisitions.

2.   Another possibility is that a fund could maintain its single-country status, but develop a new niche.

3.   As disco taste grew focused, producers working out of basement studios and selling albums from the trunks of their cars started catering to the new niche.

4.   At the time of his stroke two years ago, he was carving a new niche for himself as a talk radio host.

5.   After a few years, she quit to find a new niche.

6.   But he left when PictureTel decided to promote video on the desktop rather than exploit new niches in the conference room.

7.   But like other working-class communities across the country, Kingston is seeking a new niche in the new economy.

8.   But the technology is promising to create new niche products that could find acceptance.

9.   Carr said Autodesk is developing a second new niche by creating software to allow companies to exchange electronic designs over the Internet.

10.   Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, said that the latest mergers among big oil companies define a new niche in size, ambition and efficiency.