Just as HBO has made a name for itself with original content, so too does Sony aspire to make its online PlayStation Network more than just a videogame hub.
Online sales account for just a tenth of its Asia gross so far, but it is expected to grow fast as the market matures.
What made the warning so troubling was not just that its subject -- a political influence operation being mounted during wartime by Islamist organizations against the Bush Administration and U.S. government.
Alleghany just completed a merger with Transatlantic Holdings on March 6, so its first-quarter results include 25 days of operations with Transatlantic.
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Wanelo also just made a much-needed update to its trending section so that you can choose to focus it for men or women.
But Frito-Lay didn't want its Doritos name on just any taco shell, so it created a special, crunchier shell for the Doritos Locos Tacos.
Clearwire's far too young of a company to be dealing with a mid-life crisis, but just a year or so after it really began rolling out its Clear WiMAX services in select portions of America, it appears that the outfit is changing names.
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The Salton Sea is shallow just 50 feet (15 metres) at its deepest point so a small drop in volume exposes a lot of silt.
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Even so, were China to allocate to the problem just a tenth of its trade surplus with America, many of its water problems could be solved.
Fiat so dominates the Italian market that its competitors will happily slash prices just to win a few sales.
So, just as a company's need for cash was growing, and its sources were drying up, there was a threat of being forced to repay the bonds.
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Still, PC Mag's Sascha makes a good point when he compares the VK2020 to a hot date, in that you're a lot more likely to accept its faults just because it looks so damn good.
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Just as the benefits of a new technology can be hard to predict, so too are its unexpected drawbacks.
This revealed the four-stranded DNA arose most frequently during the so-called "s-phase" when a cell copies its DNA just prior to dividing.
Just as South Korea's economy is something of a half-way house, so is its democracy.
And so it's not just me and its not just Craig, it's at least a bunch of us who've had these experiences.
Like so many other web giants, Facebook just wants to be seen as a technology platform enabling its users to do all sorts of cool stuff without any interference.
So when Turkey does not even treat its own minority citizens in a humane and just manner, how do you expect it to change its modus operandi and treat the Iraqi Kurds justly?
So just like other companies, a REIT's success can be measured by looking at its earnings growth, return on invested capital and whatever else you'd consider if you were picking a stock in any other business.
The ball may disintegrate into a powder, or break in half, or hit up against its earlier self at just such an angle so as to enter the wormhole in just such a way that even more peculiar events occur.
It keeps the social element at its core, adding a IM-esque integration so you can chat with just friends as well as a broader platform to dish with other TV fanatics the way 3 Million GetGlue users already do.
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It seemed inconceivable at that time that the print book business with its half-millennium history would become worthless in just a few years time, so the predictions by industry leaders were that the venerable print book business would coexist happily with the augmentation of e-books that would allow people to travel easily with their favorite book.
Its argument: Horses were just a hobby, not a business, for Loggans, so her losses were not deductible.
Just as Brazil competently handled its devaluation in January 1999, so, they reckon, it could pull off a controlled debt-restructuring.
Clark pointed out in 1999, cyberwarfare may one day give us a more humane way to fight wars (why, for example, bomb a train depot if you can just temporarily disable its computer networks?), so we shouldn't reject it out of hand.
Even so, this business about Mexico on its way to being a "failed state" is just a lot of hot air.
Just as it would be a mistake to underestimate the new Brazil, so it would be to gloss over its weaknesses.
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And so the curtain goes up on a race that may just be beginning, or may already be in its last act.
Its arms sales to Taiwan continue, but it could just about live with a single China so long as unification came about peacefully.
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