But Apple or no Apple, Google or no Google, CES still has a firm grip on driving the year's consumer technology trends and is worth the attention it gets, said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst at Parks Associates, a research group.

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"Powerline networking between modems and set-top boxes is being used today by many broadband service providers to reduce capital expenses and support costs associated with delivering new triple play and IPTV services, " said Kurt Scherf, vice president, principal analyst, Parks Associates.

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And I spoke to Kurt Campbell, who's a top Pentagon official during the 1990s, and he said there are actually ways around that as well.

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' and my brother said, 'Yes, Kurt, how are you?

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John and Kurt Epprecht serve as vice-presidents, Eller said.

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"While our results are still very new, our thinking is that the mercury detected by Lamp from the Grail site might be related to an enhancement at the poles caused by mercury atoms generally hopping across the surface and eventually migrating toward the cold polar regions, " said Kurt Retherford, the chief scientist for Lamp.

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"It was pretty obvious that the intent was to take Brett out of the game, and it happened the week before with Kurt Warner, too, " Cook said.

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"The last couple of years we've begun seeing this phenomenon where there's continued buying after Christmas, and it really peaked this year into the second week of January, " Chief Financial Officer Kurt Kuehn said in an interview.

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"GM's strong finish in 2012, the industry's momentum and the overall health of the US economy make us optimistic about 2013, " said sales chief at GM Kurt McNeil.

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