If it can attract 30, 000 subscribers, it will be at or near the breakeven point.

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Its current breakeven point is now reduced significantly to 11 million with a market share of about 19%.

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Each of the Detroit Three, for example, he said, has lowered its breakeven point to a 9.5- to 10-million-unit year in overall industry sales.

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Even with dealers taking unneeded cars, the manufacturers are operating at around 65% of capacity when 80% is thought to be the breakeven point.

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This Friday is the breakeven point for many businesses known in the trade as Black Friday, during which many retailers hold massive sales.

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Losses for long calls are limited to the premium paid (if PETM is trading south of the purchased strike), while gains are unlimited above the breakeven point.

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Our restructuring efforts are designed to simplify our product development cycles, reduce our breakeven point and enable us to fund differentiated product roadmaps and strategic breakaway opportunities.

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The ratio has remained above the breakeven point of 1.0 for six straight quarters, suggesting that the labor shortage is becoming more of a structural problem for the Chinese economy.

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