But what really moves the needle on economic growth are 100 or so companies each year that launch, find a market, execute, scale, learn, adjust and sail past the billion-dollar annual revenue mark within two decades.

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At the annual meeting, Mark Zuercher, a retired transportation executive from Orinda, Calif.

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Thousands of Scots switched off their lights for an hour to mark an annual climate change campaign.

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For two decades EDS thrived, passing the billion-dollar mark in annual revenue.

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If the mark of a successful annual meeting is to provide reporters with basically nothing to write about, then this one was obviously a home run.

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He wants to raise the pass mark on the police entrance exam, introduce annual testing and a requirement that all new recruits have three A-levels.

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It also called for a "traffic light" system in stores to mark out healthy and unhealthy foods, and for annual fat tests for children.

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Prior to the Hagan amendment, the Senate approved another amendment, offered by Senator Mark Udall of Colorado, to repeal section 313 of the annual Defense appropriations bill.

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Kyle Traynor, flanker Alan MacDonald and winger Mark Robertson also came in, while Glasgow were unchanged for the second leg of the annual inter-city contest.

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