As if selling advanced military equipment to China was not bad enough, EADS is also marketing its wares to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Some doctors have been co-opted into the paradigm by profit opportunity: as normal fees have been driven down by payers, selling advanced technology to patients has been a way to maintain or grow income.
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The Hummer is a civilian variant of the U.S. military's Humvee - the world's most advanced multipurpose and biggest-selling military vehicle of its class.
Nintendo's strategy partly reflected the fact that the original Wii didn't work offer high-definition images and advanced graphics, a typical selling point for action titles.
"We're excited to make the best-selling and most advanced e-readers in the world available to our Amazon.ca customers for the first time, making it easier and more affordable than ever for Canadian readers to own a Kindle, " said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle.
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This fall, it will begin selling three SUV models with advanced diesel engines: the ML320 Bluetec, R320 Bluetec and GL320 Bluetec.
With more than 60 years of design and manufacturing experience, AOC has earned a reputation for selling user-friendly, technologically advanced monitors, TVs and multi-functional displays.
Genentech this morning announced that it has halted enrolling patients in a study testing its Avastin, which is widely forecast to become the best-selling cancer drug ever, in advanced ovarian cancer.
Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) this morning announced that it has halted enrolling patients in a study testing its Avastin, which is widely forecast to become the best-selling cancer drug ever, in advanced ovarian cancer.
The yellow metal traded near steady in early trading and then advanced when the U.S. dollar index came under selling pressure following some fresh, weak U.S. economic data.
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For a nation whose economy is in extremis and whose options for earning hard currency are exceedingly limited, the export value of selling off even a portion of these thousands of pieces of advanced military hardware cannot be ignored.
Already the Russians have been selling weapons on the international market at below construction costs, offering advanced systems for 50 percent or less of the price of comparable Western equipment.
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As more firms lost access to funding, the vicious circle of forced selling, increased volatility, and higher haircuts and margin calls that was already well advanced at the time would likely have intensified.
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