Citi's Benson believes the German company Wacker Chemie should be least affected by the feed-in tariffs because of its low-cost position in polysilicon, a material used to make solar panels.
And archrival Albemarle Corp. just opened a 15, 000-metric-ton-a-year bromine plant in Magnolia, Ark. that it claims gives it the low-cost position in the U.S. Prices don't look to improve anytime soon.
That said, Wu notes that he remains concerned that the company is in a tough position fundamentally in the PC business, with low-cost players Lenovo and Acer encroaching on one one side, and Apple gaining ground on the other.
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But there should be frustration that the Knicks are in this low-seed, uphill position.
Our conclusion is that large cap banks are not currently priced for sustained earnings growth, and that those banks that can create operating leverage and deploy capital are in a position to achieve low double digit EPS growth even with modest top line growth.
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Russia is in the lucky position of having relatively low debts and a big current-account surplus.
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Germany's new tax cut will not put it in a position to compete with such low rates.
Not a great position to be in, since low oil prices are taking their toll on the Houston economy and more companies are cutting, not increasing, staff.
Jamila has spent the better part of the last year in New York, away from her family, working at a Brooklyn hospital as a house physician -- a low-paying and demanding position open to doctors in her situation -- in hopes it would help her land a residency this spring.
Big deal, you might reply, knowing that we already find ourselves in a position where we have the highest water bills in the country, and in a low-wage region.
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It remains highly fragmented, under-capitalised, labour intensive and predominantly low-skilled: not the ideal position to be in as the business heads south.
Intel plays the injured party and tries to come up with a competitive product in the low-power space to shore up its position.
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Only slightly more brilliant than the position the low-key investors found themselves in last year, when they led an overhaul at Chesapeake Energy.
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The young careerists in creative fields in a full-time, but low pay, position who can make a little extra money with a part-time job at night.
IFS. One is simply that many non-savers, such as single parents and young couples with children, have low incomes and high outgoings, and therefore are in no position to save.
It was St Mirren who found the net shortly afterwards, however, Mehmet opening the scoring after 29 minutes by collecting another Robb cross from the left flank and checking into a better position in the box before coolly firing low into Smith's net.
There are few things more terrifying than searching a building in the dark with your gun drawn at the low ready position, and watching your flashlight fade to black.
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Northern Ireland Water's interim chairman, Padraic White, said that reservoirs in the region were "gradually refilling", but that they were still at a low level and that Belfast reservoirs were in the "most precarious position".
Of course, the Fed could potentially buy all of the auctioned Treasury debt in order to keep rates low as uncomfortable a position as that may be but still all other interest rates, from bank loans to municipal debt, would skyrocket.
"Given that Reliance has a strong credit profile and has been a regular issuer of senior dated bonds, they are in a position to issue perpetual bonds and capture low borrowing costs for the long term, " Mr. Thakur said.
And Globalfoundries and its customers have the pole position in high mobility, offering an ultra-low power mobile SoC with a whole ecosystem around it rather than just a processor.
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Apple is increasingly pushing its AppleTV through a low-cost device strategy, while Microsoft is leveraging its position in the gaming market with the Xbox to become more a full fledged player in digital distribution.
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Medicare is in the paradoxical position of having unsustainable growth and too-low fees to attract providers.
Kirk Broadfoot, operating at left-back with Sasa Papac suspended, was in an advanced position when he cut inside to play a low ball into the Scotland striker on the edge of the box.
Long-term low-interest loans help the banks themselves as well as put them in a position to buy European sovereign debt, an excess of which is the main problem.
In effect, advertisers have efficiency-ed themselves into a low-growth position.
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"Operating towards the value end of the market should have placed the retailer in a strong position to take advantage of the consumer trend towards low-cost fashion, " said Anusha Couttigane, from retail consultancy Conlumino.
Furthermore Nokia sales in the U.S. have collapsed, sales in China are problematic, and while historically Nokia has had a very strong position in developing nations, the company faces a strong threat from low-end, cheap, Chinese Android devices.
With Europe in a more stable position and strong demand for credit risk amid the continuing low interest rate environment, inflows are set to continue, driving spreads tighter again, sources suggest.
"If there's no health risk, or the risk is low then we should allow athletes to use it, in fact we put athletes in a position where they have to use technology to go beyond their predecessors, " he explains.
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