Although it is part of a big group—its parent, Iveco, is in turn owned by Fiat it is a small player in its industry, making 1,000 vehicles a year and with revenues of around £60m.
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— Henri Cole In the casinos of Macau, the narrator of the novel "The Ballad of a Small Player," by Lawrence Osborne, is known as Lord Doyle, a wealthy British aristocrat.
—Henri Cole In the casinos of Macau, the narrator of the novel "The Ballad of a Small Player," by Lawrence Osborne**,** is known as Lord Doyle, a wealthy British aristocrat.
But the unspoken fact is that Channel 4, for all the rosy glow and affection many feel for it, is a small player, supported by advertising revenue, and left in an awkward position without a safety net or a protective big brother as the media converge.
A small ego makes a small player, he said, and by that logic, there were very few small players around the Coney Island courts on Friday, where the boardwalk and sand and scrubby pines edge right up to the courts.
In Evolution Fresh, Starbucks is buying a smaller player, though one led by an industry veteran.
Fleet's Argentine headache is emblematic of the disadvantages the bank faces by being a relatively small player, according to Craig Woker, an analyst at Chicago-based Morningstar.
Having occupied a commanding position in the Chinese e-commerce market as recently as 2004, eBay is now in the position of being a global Internet giant reaching out for local help to what is, by comparison, a small Internet player.
"This internet is dominated by a small number of players that restrict customers' choice," said Alierta.
