In addition, as part of its insurance services Costco also offers special value on auto and home insurance.

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The consumer-loan uptick is most pronounced in the auto sector, where the dollar value of loans originated last year topped the 2009 total, Equifax estimates.

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Our organization is keenly focused on the scheduled April 29th launch of "Grand Theft Auto IV, " and on maximizing the value of the game to the Company and, in turn, our stockholders.

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Once initiated, they run on auto-pilot without any effort to optimize the value received for the dollars expended.

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Other auto makers are more confident about Facebook's value as an ad outlet.

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These premium players may figure out that those sponsoring financial firms, real estate moguls, auto dealers, etc, are companies that already appreciate brand value connectivity with the Philyanksox franchises.

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As an example, a potential application for an auto manufacturer pushing test drives on its website could be able to measure the value of all test drives booked on the site, and the value of those booked after being referred from social media sites.

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Fearful of prosecutors and trial lawyers, the accounting profession is already aggressively pressuring companies to massively write down the value of securities with subprime mortgages or other consumer receivables, such as auto loans and credit cards.

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The 2012 data show that traditional labor-intensive products such as textiles, suitcases and toys grew by 1.2 percent year over year, 5.7 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively, while higher-value added products such as mechanical products grew 8.7 percent, and auto exports were up 20 percent.

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