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The company, which supplies major retailers such as Walmart and Gap, is often seen as a bellwether for global consumer sentiment.

If he has any doubt as to which side he ought to be on, he need only ask that bellwether of public opinion, his old friend Oprah Winfrey.

Wealthy Singapore is often a bellwether for Asia.

"The company just isn't the market bellwether, " he said.

The price of copper is seen as a bellwether for the global economy thanks to its widespread use by the manufacturing industry.

Intel Corp, for instance, has traditionally been a bellwether for the semiconductor industry.

A bellwether survey of German firms by Ifo, in Munich, showed confidence dropping in April to its lowest in more than two years.

The style-matching approach proved to be a powerful bellwether of marriages as well.

This day was just like the time's bellwether, which is bringing a large number of days with abundant time to look for me.

Bellwether: A stock or other instrumentconsidered as a key indicator of an overalltrend in a particular market, business sectors economy.

But Florida, like the national bellwether it's become this decade, could also serve as a gauge for HSR's political viability.

Long a bellwether for the U. S. economy, General Electric is now ringing alarm bells for investors.

Investors are now holding their breath to see if these two bellwether cities will witness drops in property prices.

The belt on her belly was so tight that she bellowed like a bellwether.

FOR ALL the woes of the city that hosts it, Detroit's annual motor show is still a bellwether for America's car industry.

The export-dependent economy is closely watched as it is seen as a bellwether for Asia and an important indicator of global demand.

Whether Mr Bennett is a bellwether for other incumbents up for re-election remains to be seen.

As well, Kerkovius said rosy earnings results from U. S. technology bellwether Cisco, released on Wednesday, helped to boost sentiment.

His comments are one of the first from a bellwether company about signs of stabilisation in the economy.

FedEx, a bellwether of the broader economy, is due Wednesday morning to report results for its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended in May.

Colorado and Ohio, seen as bellwether states in the 2008 presidential race, were among the states they picked up.

THE wintry state of Vermont is no bellwether.

a rare-earths producer often considered an industry bellwether. Its New York Stock Exchange-listed shares subsequently tumbled nearly 22%.

Mr Potier's comments carry weight as Air Liquide is an industrial bellwether , supplying virtually every industry with gases .

As the cotton market bellwether weiqiao market recently is the continuous downward adjustment of cotton purchase prices.

The press has been a bellwether.

FedEx is considered a bellwether of U. S. economic activity and the small gain in domestic volume suggested a slow recovery.

"Corporate philanthropy is a bellwether for the economy, " says Lawrence.

But it is a more of a bellwether than Tunisia was.

The effectiveness of CEO succession is a bellwether for good board governance at companies.

The logistics company is considered a bellwether for the global economy.

Other stocks are following the upward trend of the bellwether stock .

The metal is a bellwether for the economy, as it is used in housing and power generation.

They focused on two minerals, magnetite and siderite, that can provide a bellwether of the CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.

Take South Korea, a bellwether for the region because of its trade-dependent economy and strong links to China.

Bellwether companies from NEC to Nissan have slashed jobs and investment.

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Paris remains the bellwether of fashion industry.

So your old bellwether trend-following systems don't work anymore?

In Taiwan, a bellwether of Asia's complex supply chain, first-quarter GDP dropped by a breathtaking 10. 2 per cent.

Its shares have dropped 41 percent over the past year, while shares in another technology bellwether, IBM, have lost 16 percent.

Intel, a Dow component and a bellwether on Nasdaq, climbed 2. 4 percent to $20. 88.

Days after laying off 13, 500 and cutting production, Alcoa, a bellwether for earnings, announced a crushing $1. 2 billion loss.

When bellwether players go public (such as Netscape in 1995), there is a massive rush of capital and companies that follow.

Meanwhile, bellwether telecom company Zain rose 6. 8% to 0. 790 dinar.

Toyota, the bellwether of corporate Japan, last year suffered a 15 per cent drop in US sales.

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