It is even conceivable that some Big Auto company might step up to an initiative like Google Fiber Redux or the Big Venture Play.

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Detroit will always be the engineering center of the American auto industry, but the only way to get in step with technological leaders is to put yourself in their company.

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His next step, naturally, was to become a Land Rover auto mechanic, despite lacking any previous experience working with cars.

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If we had not taken that step, we would have lost a million jobs in the auto industry.

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Auto Mix: automatically mixes each track within a playlist if DJs need to step away from the deck during long sets.

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The next step in my analysis was equally simple and has everything to do with auto sales.

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With the rest of the auto parts industry mired in slow sales and high costs, Manganello has challenged employees to step up the pace of innovation.

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Auto manufacturers wouldsave a bundle on healthcare premiums, and most workers would see HSAs as a positive step up from their current plans: If a worker is blessed with good health, he would build up a nice pile of cash that belonged to him.

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