Up in Boston, Andy Husbands dominates the world of competition barbecue with straight-up ribs and pork butt.

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Thanks partly to these efforts, the firm now dominates the world market for cholesterol pills, with a 40-45% share.

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People who grew up in America and western Europe have become used to the idea that the West dominates the world economy.

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However, while Apple may always remain a third place player in China, iPhone sales will undoubtedly increase as China dominates the world smartphone market.

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ITunes already dominates the world of movie downloads.

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There are few skilled workers, the scale of production is small and wage costs are roughly ten times that of India, which dominates the world market and where 900, 000 people work as basic polishers.

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Absolutely dominates the world of shariah compliant finance.

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The competitor they most fear is Cisco Systems, the company that dominates the corporate-data world, supplies more than 80% of the equipment that powers the Internet and is now increasingly selling equipment to telecoms carriers too.

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Thanks to its grassroots sports clubs, Jamaica also dominates the sprint events in world athletics.

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GM, Mr Lutz will have to stir up the world's most monolithic corporate bureaucracy, and challenge the timid, conformist thinking that dominates so much of its decision-making, especially on product development.

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As things stand, Russia dominates the region's gas and oil exports, which reach the outside world through its pipelines.

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