Such networks provide the best utility to the user and the best potential value for the organizer.
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Under the best-case scenario, the utility would simply push a firmware update across the standard wireless network to all the affected meters, overwrite the worm, and return the meters to normal operation.
"However, I am confident that the Utility Regulator will act in the best interest of consumers and pass on any electricity price reductions as quickly as possible, " she said.
Thus far, the releases that have best succeeded in making money have typically been utility apps often used for business purposes, or iOS games monetized through strings of in-app purchases.
Duke wasn't the best place to be thinking such thoughts: The regulated utility still generates almost all its electricity with coal or nuclear fuel.
One could not attain extra utility, so why adjust what was already the best portfolio composition?
Apple presented its case first and called its last witness earlier this week, arguing that Samsung has infringed on both design and utility patents that cover the look and feel of its best-selling products and how they work.
Only then did we look at the supply-side options, evaluating utility programs, potential state support, and what would work best with our building design.
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Big companies have the lawyers and the money to build ring fences of utility and design patents around their products so only the largest and best-financed competitors can even think of entering their markets, he said.
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More practically it is a coarse figure, unlikely to have much utility in predicting future risks, or determining where the remaining resources are best allocated.
Rather than being misled by our instincts on a first date, we can calmly sort through the alternatives and find the best possible spouse, the would-be soul mate who will maximize our romantic utility.
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Brasil Foods ( BRFS) is actually one of best performers, up 4.6 percent over the last 12 months, while defensive utility Cemig ( CIG) is down 32.65 percent.
Granted, the energy sector is highly diverse--utility companies, oil and natural gas businesses and ethanol producers are distant cousins at best.
If both parties to the relationship are utility maximizers, there is good reason to believe that the agent will not always act in the best interests of the principal.
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Honda still had three of the 10 best-selling U.S. cars in April, including the Accord, Civic and CR-V sport utility.
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