In 1979, he started manufacturing uniforms, the most lucrative segment of the business, generally accounting for about 60 percent of revenues.

Biocon soon ventured into the lucrative biopharmaceutical segment.

Analysts said the settlement indicated that Creative was looking at expanding its accessory business, a lucrative segment of the portable music industry.

Many software companies have arisen to provide medical billing software to this particularly lucrative segment of the market.

Critics also claim that Yahoo has failed to make significant strides in two of the most lucrative segments of the market - search and social networking.

They are by far the most lucrative segment of the local telephone market.

Yet these 500 birders represent the most visible and most lucrative segment of the state's growing ecotourism industry.

Their efforts are beginning to force changes in this sleepy but lucrative segment of the financial services industry.

Experts say an all-out ban on carry-on luggage is unlikely because it could cause a major backlash from the lucrative business-travel segment.

"This is an important acceleration of our strategy to penetrate the lucrative segments of the international market," he added, "but it is only a step."