By the end of 2010, Italy had passed Spain to become the second largest market for solar power in the EU (Germany remains number one).
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However, confirming what Venture Capitalists know well, Japan still is the second-largest mobile market in terms of revenues, plus the second-largest advertising market with an accelerating pick-up in e-commerce, especially among high-spending young adults (even Rakuten, a high-flying Japanese domestic e-commerce site, is flush with cash and looking to expand to foreign markets).
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They've done a spectacular job for their clients and we continue--we're very excited about, one, we're excited about the region and two, we're excited to have a team of that quality doing real, on the ground research throughout China, which is, now, if you sort of look at the larger Chinese market, it's the second-largest market in the world, and there just aren't--there are many more world-class U.S. teams than there are world-class Chinese teams.
In my opinion, Los Angeles is a more valuable property without a team than with a team, as existing teams having stadium issues can always point to the West and the second-largest market in the country sitting without an NFL tenant.
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China is the second-largest market in the world for PCs and by 2012 will be number one.
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That makes China the second-largest market in Asia after Japan (which is still about twice as big).
About 55% of Tango users are in the U.S. Korea is the second-largest market, with 2 million users.
Thus Los Angeles, the second-largest market in the U.S., has been without an NFL team for a decade.
China is the second largest apparel market in the world, and luxury spending in the region is on a rise.
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China, the second largest apparel market in the world, has proved to be an important market for some western apparel retailers.
That should rise to 250m by 2004, says Scott Stevens, a director of Motorola, making China the second-largest market in the world.
The outlook for the U.S., the second-largest market, is uncertain, analysts said.
Japanese bonds, the second largest bond market, has near zero yield.
The United Kingdom, which is expected to have about 60 BD3D titles available by the end of 2011, will be the second-largest BD3D market of the four Western territories this year.
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Stanford professor Michael Spence, Nobel laureate in economics, and Shaun Rein, founder and managing director of China Market Research Group (CMR), both told me that China might very well exceed Japan to become the second-largest consumer market in the world.
The year 2010, in which China overtook Europe to become the second-largest art market after the United States, has been described as an annus mirabilis for Chinese art collecting as wealthy Chinese from all levels of the new society chose art and objects as tangible assets, suitable for investment, trading and bragging rights beyond simple display.
Japan is the world's second largest wireless market after the United States, with 58 million mobile phone users by the end of last year.
China is currently the fastest-growing and second-largest luxury goods market in the world, second only to Japan.
Nasdaq, which is the second largest US stock market, has been seeking several international alliances.
The total is expected to nearly double next year, leap-frogging Indonesia for the title of second largest market.
India, after China, is the second largest mobile phone market in the world.
China is set to pass Japan by the end of the year, and become the second largest global ad market.
Pennsylvania saw a 4.6 percent increase, and surpassed New Jersey to become the second-largest casino market in the nation after Nevada.
Los Angeles, as we all know by now, is the second-largest media market in the US. The city has not had an NFL team since 1995, when the Rams reverse-migrated to St.
Cognac is also a popular libation in Asia: Singapore is the second-largest export market for the drink after the U.S., with sales of 13.8 million bottles last year, while China exports rose 42%, to 5.2 million bottles.
And while the company is now the second-largest company in the world by market cap, it nonetheless looks statistically cheap by any standard metric.
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The transaction will make Sky the second-largest provider in the UK broadband market, building on its existing position as the UK's fastest-growing broadband and telephony business.
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But buying the Dodgers now comes with a unique opportunity to launch a potentially lucrative regional sports network in the country's second-largest market, or sign a new local broadcast deal with the current broadcaster, News Corp.
China Construction Bank, the country's second largest bank by market value, will be the club's first deal with a Chinese financial institution.
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The growth means IBM is now the second largest technology company by market value.
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