Oracle's Larry Ellison, in particular, is a well-known supporter of the trend towards Internet computing.
Perhaps even more importantly, these companies are resisting the trend towards sustainable and responsible investing (SRI).
Even within countries, the trend towards unequal rewards puts pressure on employers who cannot be flexible.
More worrisome was the trend towards rising consumer costs outside of a 12.8% increase in energy costs.
Not everybody thinks that the trend towards a handful of huge fund-management firms is a healthy one.
The recent legal moves against Big Tobacco have hastened the trend towards consolidation and expansion in developing markets.
The trend towards bigger, more international firms is partly driven by client demand.
The Metropolitan Police told the BBC the trend towards stealing gadgets was "significant".
Not only does it give yet more impetus to the trend towards indexing.
Even if this new effort from Microsoft is a mediocre success, it will accelerate the trend towards cable TV cord-cutting.
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The trend towards more twin-engined aircraft drives up the cost of engine development, by boosting the need for power and reliability.
So the trend towards losing that coverage is already beginning as well.
The trend towards thrift will not disappear when the economy picks up.
Chiefly, Mr Bush wants to accelerate the trend towards consumer-driven health care.
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The trend towards a healthier school diet is to be reinforced by legislation which which will specify minimum nutritional levels for school meals.
Videotron's new service supports the trend towards content production and distribution by users via social media such as YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and Blogger.
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Instead of reform, this will only accelerate the trend towards what my Tax Policy Center colleague Gene Steuerle likes to call tax deform.
But it is more likely that the trend towards going public is caused by a stockmarket bubble which shrewd financiers want to ride.
And the trend towards concentration of deposits among America's top banks has accelerated as a result of these deals, for example (see chart 3).
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Others such as Splunk, ServiceNow and Palo Alto Networks have done relatively well as investors look for growth in the trend towards cloud computing.
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Since then, the trend towards undermining Israeli democracy and the rights of the Jewish majority has been most pronounced in the leftist-dominated Supreme Court.
Some think that the trend towards post-Panamax ships may slow down.
Moreover, in Britain the shortage of available land in country areas means that the trend towards urban living may increase despite the rising cost of urban housing.
The trend towards bigger yachts is due in part to new technological advances in the yachting industry as well as the changing lifestyles of gigayacht owners, says Becket.
The fall in employee stock-option plans in America is reducing one pressure for buybacks, but the trend towards shorter-term investment horizons is perhaps increasing pressure from another quarter.
On the contrary, most studies suggest that the past 25 years have seen a reversal in the trend towards widening inequalities which had been proceeding for two centuries.
Today's customers will also hate the trend towards price discrimination on and through internet-associated technology, even if some of them enjoy lower prices and are better off as a result.
Licensing reforms will speed the trend towards old-fashioned intoxicants.
The trend towards living at home is growing and, while more common amongst mature students, it is also increasing amongst school-leavers, with 35% of those under-21 applying to universities within 25 miles.
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