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The BBC and others noted, for example, when a flat region was hidden under a "carpet", when the carpet hid a 3D object, and when the carpet was dispensed with and a 3D object was hidden in "free space".
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Although some of its rivals, notably Volkswagen of Germany and Hyundai of South Korea, have come through the terrible past year relatively unscathed, Toyota's market-share has either fallen or been flat in every region in which it operates except Japan a market that was shrinking well before the crisis struck.
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For 2013, management expects the same-store sales to be in the region of flat to low single-digit, excluding the impact of rise in menu price.
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Revenue and earnings for consumer and merchant banking in the EMEA region were flat to down in the first half of this year, while Asia grew.
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In this desert region of flat-topped mountains, russet hills, gravel plains and swathes of scrubland, the black rhino are not tagged or tracked by satellite, nor are their movements restricted by the boundaries of a huge game reserve.
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In the rest of the central region, prices were flat after falling 0.6% in the previous three months.
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And Volkwagen AG, one of the last mass-market car makers still earning money in the region, warned of flat operating profit compared with 2012 on intense competition this year.
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If recent developments in Slovakia and Slovenia are any guide, it seems that as the economies of east-central Europe converge with the EU15, so too will the transition region's attitude towards flat-rate taxation.
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Elsewhere in the region India's Sensex was flat, the Philippines' PSE Composite rose 0.4%, Indonesia's JSX advanced 0.4% and Thailand's SET index gained 0.2%.
WSJ: Australia Shares Slightly Lower
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Latin America, with a 17.9% share, fell even harder (10%), while the Asia Pacific region (14.4% of revenues) saw sales come in flat.
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