His ability to say no and keep things from shipping.

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But each day its 226 offices in 70 countries keep track of 3, 000 shipping containers and 2 million pounds of airfreight as it moves jeans for Gap, laptops for Hewlett-Packard and phones for Motorola.

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But they have less chance of becoming big exporters of finished products, because the end users, such as car makers, may prefer having their sheets, plates and tubes knocked up locally, thus making it easier to change specifications rapidly, and reducing the need to keep big stockpiles in case of shipping delays.

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And so we can keep giving tax breaks to companies that are shipping jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that are opening new plants and training new workers right here in Wisconsin, right here in the United States of America.

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Greek shipping tycoon George Embiricos preferred to keep the painting mostly private and reportedly turned down nine-figure offers to buy.

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The NYC-based e-commerce lingerie startup is taking a novel approach to selling its (under)wares by shipping customers multiple sizes of their chosen garment and allowing them to keep only the one that fits.

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It is famous for shipping outrageous ingredients across great distances, at enormous cost, to keep both millionaire whales and on-a-budget buffet hogs happy.

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