Their collective power and influence was recently recognized in the publication of FTC rules governing their behavior, adding in effect a set of standards to be followed by the amateurs.
Television makers, including the TCL Corporation, have demonstrated this effect by adding a lens of sorts to the front of their TV screens.
Adding up the net effect of job destruction and creation, Messrs Caballero and Hammour conclude that the pace of restructuring actually falls during a recession.
For example, Drevna noted that expansion projects at the nation's existing refineries have had the effect of adding the equivalent of a brand new refinery every year.
That means Apple could effectively lower the U.S. unemployment rate by a tenth of a percentage point, not counting the economic effect of adding those jobs back into the U.S. economy.
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The latest development allows geophysicists to tweak algorithms on the fly--in effect, adding a little more salt here or more sandstone there to see if it helps to smooth out the image.
As new regulations clean up shipping fuels in order to improve air quality in coastal regions, that brightening effect will be reduced, adding to the world's warming in a sort of inadvertent reverse geoengineering.
Ms. Potiwat uses the red and yellow flowers for their astringent flavor, adding that the red ones have a relaxing effect when eaten.
Access to price information shifts the balance of power to the buyers: they can buy as little or as much as they need, treating the order form as if it were a spreadsheet, to see the effect of volume discounts or of adding or removing features.
Executive favorites, like adding more salespeople to help customers, had no effect on revenues.
Miffed, they continued to buy tires before the new prices went into effect, then cut back sharply, adding other brands.
Pollster Mark DiCamillo said Nader's even support ratings indicated that while he might not be winning new supporters for his own candidacy, he could still be having an indirect effect on Gore's campaign by adding to the negative publicity surrounding the Democratic candidate.
"We don't seem to be getting the peripheral knock-on effect" from Olympics tourists, he said, adding that tourists who have already shelled out for expensive Olympics tickets can't necessarily afford theater tickets as well.
In the legacy report, non-commercial traders added exposure on both sides of silver, adding 133 gross longs and 657 gross shorts, which had the effect of lowering their net-long to 22, 825 contracts.
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Adding wind power to the existing electric grid may not have the effect of reducing carbon emissions as much as expected, according to a new study published by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory.
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"It's very, very important both from a realistic standpoint and also from perception that this is a stock, this is a company that is a leader, " Mr Kessler says, adding that when a leader falls, it has a definite domino effect.
In other words, if the price of Chinese goods to American consumers increased by 21 percent (on average) and Americans reduced their consumption of Chinese goods by less than 21 percent, then demand would be considered inelastic, the price effect would dominate, and total import value would rise (adding to the trade deficit).
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In effect, you constantly risk becoming a part of, and only adding, to the noise.
Mr Wilson said the effect of such a policy would be to deflate the economy, adding that it would not be a good idea for the private sector.
Clearly, the direct effect of the health reform law is it will increase health-related costs of adding more employees.
It "would have a profoundly negative effect on the Postal Service and on millions of customers", he said, adding that businesses, rural communities, the elderly and disabled were just some of the groups that depended on Saturday service for work and communication.
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