's transformation from a staid manufacturer to a high-margin services company.
It's taken six years, but with the pending sale of his company's plastics business, CEO JeffreyImmeltJeffrey Immelt has essentially completed what he sees as General Electric's transformation from a staid manufacturer to a high-margin services company.
The hottest market is India, where the combination of a staid state broadcaster with a free-to-air monopoly and fierce competition among cable and satellite companies has boosted pay-TV.
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His witty posters and commercials transformed the Toshimaen, an amusement park with a decidedly staid image, into a popular spot for dating couples.
Sure, comparing a cyclical growth company with staid utilities is a bit of apples-to-oranges.
Editors had narrowed the choices: a staid collage of newsy images or an edgy shot of a woman shouldering into a sandstorm, her face shrouded in a scarf.
Detroit is still suffering from the collapse of the auto industry, and Washington DC is trying to shake off its reputation as a staid government town - especially with the looming threat of a federal shutdown caused by the ongoing US budget crisis.
Yet, online twice as many people were still searching for a supposedly staid, five year old smartphone from a producer called Apple than for Playstation 4.
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While a staid sedan may not have the same sex appeal as an open-top convertible, the market will reward a vintage automobile in top-notch condition, like the car sold at Cowan's.
But some young workers may be turning towards a staid financial life out of necessity.
The central reason for such a staid online presence is the need to protect his image.
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The room where we meet, for instance, was once a staid ballroom.
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The Spiral building was financed by Wacoal, a staid old Kyoto lingerie maker that also raised eyebrows with its Tokyo branch office, on prime land near the Imperial Palace.
But though he makes a point of featuring Jewish artists, he never plays the only Hanukkah CD he owns, a staid affair called the "Chanukah Story" by the Western Wind Vocal Ensemble with Theodore Bickel narrating.
My thesis specifically does not apply to other sorts of entrepreneur: the kind who start risky but non-innovative businesses of the coffee-shop variety, or the kind who steer a staid old family business onto an aggressive growth path.
He tears up staid old Moscow in a car chase and turns routine C.
Ministers admit that treating lap-dancing clubs like staid coffee shops is a loophole, says the Local Government Association.
On the surface Dennis Masellis, 40, led a rather staid life.
"In a tablet market defined by staid black and white tablets, the new colorful MediaPad offers a personalized look without the need for an external case, " said Richard Yu, Chairman, Huawei Device.
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Even Wedgwood, a byword for staid conservatism, has just launched two new ceramics ranges by contemporary artists.
Crew men looked a bit more staid, despite the pair of pastel purple pants that popped up halfway down the line.
Obama and Romney, which offered a contrast to the staid, button-down appearance China's leaders strike at home.
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He also wants to build a bridge between the staid old campaigners and the rest of black America.
Even without punky hardware, low heels despite their associations with more staid looks have developed a cool cachet, simply by zigging while other shoes zag.
Some analysts praised his speech Thursday for using folksy language, a rarity in India's staid political scene.
Friedman reported his results had missed analyst expectations by 10 cents, a shocking gap in the usually staid and predictable world of real estate securities.
For a company whose image has grown staid in recent years--its mainstay is still printers and computers and the company largely missed out on the first big Internet wave--HP is trying to get back on the cutting edge track.
The contrast between the staid exteriors and the vibrant interiors of homes is a metaphor for the city, says Val Nehez, an interior designer who works both out of Philadelphia and New York.
Our expertise lies in developing communications strategies that straddle public relations, blog outreach and social media with what I like to think is a bit more creative punch than typically staid public relations circles.
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