Casual and inexperienced investors should know by now that a home is too major a purchase to treat like a portfolio item.
It changes the equation, however, if she thinks she might want to buy a big-ticket item like a house in the not-too-distant future.
For him, it seems like a resume item, a curio to be collected and recounted on cue in a stylized video spot.
Parents can make their own cases for special treatment but usually hire lawyers if they are going after a big-ticket item like private school tuition.
By following this approach, if an item looks like a winner, Zara can quickly ramp up manufacturing and get items to their stores in a matter of days.
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Meanwhile, and this one is only beginning to return to the sights of the wider world, mass contagion remains a regular agenda item for organizations like ASEAN, the Southeast Asian official grouping.
Imagine a week before your birthday all your friends start seeing personalized display ads all over the internet with a picture of you and a picture of the item you desire as a gift on your birthday (much like a wedding registry).
Asking a mechanic for a tune up is like going to a restaurant and ordering dinner but not specifying a menu item.
"If they tell you how much they like an item, and take a picture of it and then leave the store and you never hear from them again, it's a pretty good indication that they may be going home and looking for a better price online, " she said.
Sounds like the makings of a real collector's item, if you ask us.
Nothing makes less sense than placing a potentially distracting item on the wrist of someone like Rafael Nadal while he is competing.
Online shopping seems like a straightforward process: hunt down the perfect item, trudge through the checkout pipeline and await a package's inevitable arrival.
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Harder to justify is any public entanglement in a course like Video Games as Gendered Spaces, an item in the current University of Utah catalog.
Neither the California engineers nor the uncertain promise of semiconductors (then a rather exotic item) inspired Rock's colleagues, but he thought the eight seemed like smart people with a good idea.
And these consumers often visit a retail store like Wal-Mart to find the specific item they want, then search online to find the site with the best price.
The twist is that the recipients are notified of the gift before it ships, and they can then specify preferences like size and color, or even select a different item.
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One trendier item in greenery this year looks something like a sea urchin.
Again and again, doomsayers like Grantham hold one item constant, and draw a straight line to chaos, doom, starvation and war.
When a customer buys an item the tag can be removed, just like the anti-theft devices attached to existing products.
Under the law, you would walk into a place like McDonald's and see calories listed under every menu item -- Big Mac (540 calories), McNuggets (10 pieces- 470 calories) and medium fries (380 calories).
Certain items in Houzz images are labeled with tags that show how much an item costs, though Houzz doesn't offer a feature like Digs Estimates.
Projects like the square kilometre array discussed in this BBC news item are just a start.
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Something like that used on an in-demand item during holiday season could put a serious dent in sales.
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But I have to say, I like living in a world where so conspicuously useless, conceptually flawed and commercially unlikely an item as the Stealth-X can prosper.
And like a Coinstar for spent bottles and cans, Reimagine tallies up and rewards you for each item recycled, thanks a conveyor belt and optical scanner system that also sorts and crushes items.
But like with most successful businesses, the success of a major league baseball franchise is not based on just one item.
Just as the brief season defines a moment to view intricate Savoir Faire via houses like Chanel, Dior, Giambattista Valli and Valentino, it also marks a terrific moment to launch a high quality item.
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