• Jewelers -- big and small -- have reported strong sales of engagement and wedding rings, in sharp contrast to slumping demand for other luxury items.

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  • But in the world of big-and small-money map theft, it's more like taking candy from a baby--or in this case, a library: Simply walk in, slice 'em out of a book and walk out.

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  • The government plans to eliminate the 10% corporate-tax surcharge and reduce the company-tax rate to 33% for big firms and only 15% for small and medium-sized firms.

    ECONOMIST: Stumbling yet again?

  • On social media, we can share -- as Jim so often did -- big and small parts of our life, without worrying that others are too busy or simply not interested in hearing it.

    CNN: When a Facebook friend dies

  • Consumers want a consistent size piece of pork -- not too big or too small --and they want their chops to look the same each time they go to the store.

    CNN: Why the drought affects me -- and you

  • We'd say the big problem -- and not a small problem for game developers, to be sure -- is the fact that true 1-to-1 tennis gameplay would be a major undertaking to simulate.

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  • Digital video has moved beyond DVDs and cable set-top boxes to big cinema screens, small screens like the new iPod's and over the Web in the form of Internet-downloaded movies and TV shows.

    FORBES: Seeing in Dolby

  • But that withholding--with some contractors opting for it and some not--would create a big headache for any small businesses forced to do it, Davis says.

    FORBES: Tax Tattlers

  • Mr Lind's attack is more original than Mr Frum's, and he exposes many sins, big and small, of right-wing Texans.

    ECONOMIST: George Bush

  • All three Android-powered smartphones are built with top-of-the-line materials, are small in size, big on battery life and packed to the gills with the best experiences Google has to offer.

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  • Part of the issue is that the benefit of taking insulin is so big--preventing blindness and organ damage--that even a small long-term cancer risk might be acceptable.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • You come from every conceivable background -- from big cities and small towns, from every race and faith and station.

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  • While big-city dwellers are often maligned by those who prefer the charms of small-town life, Park and Peterson note that most people in the country live in big cities and that studies prove that the vast majority of those living in metropolises are happy about it.

    FORBES: The Headiest and Heartiest Cities

  • Massachusetts isn't alone as leaders in several states are also pursuing changes big and small, post-Newtown.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Property disputes, stolen girlfriends, stolen boyfriends, stolen sheep, spilled beer -- all issues big and small fall within the bounds of Takanakuy's physical jurisprudence.

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  • And it's worth remembering, every once in a while a small business becomes a big business -- and changes the world.

    WHITEHOUSE: Job Creation and Economic Growth

  • Because of this bill, start-ups and small business will now have access to a big, new pool of potential investors -- namely, the American people.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs the JOBS Act

  • It also has become a symbol of our present cultural divide, its shoppers derided on websites, its big-box stores accused of having killed small-town Main Streets, its efficiency and pricing studied by academics.

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  • Anderson seems to understand these difficulties as well as anyone, but feels confident that BlackBerry 10 offers up a unique enough experience to be a no-brainer for developers big and small.

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  • This will be a really big deal if it works, and small-scale field tests seem promising. (The quality of the video below is lousy, but it gives you the idea.) The most intriguing thing about Square, though, at least so far, is the conceptual leap that Dorsey may have been uniquely qualified to make: Payment transactions are a kind of social interchange.

    FORBES: The future is Square

  • These features include big-ticket items like the deductibility of mortgage interest and employer-paid health insurance premiums, plus myriad small but senseless other provisions.

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  • New oil is coming from almost everywhere, a mix of big and small, OPEC and non-OPEC.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Rush, meanwhile, is making waves this summer with a 50-show tour at venues big and small.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • They spent the next six months cold-calling techies at companies big and small to find out what kind of Webware they needed.

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  • Instead, they are looking for what Leinberger calls "walkable urbanism" -- both small communities and big cities characterized by efficient mass transit systems and high density developments enabling residents to walk virtually everywhere for everything -- from home to work to restaurants to movie theaters.

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  • The smaller states are also alarmed at proposals to cut their voting powers, and to scrap the rotating six-month stints at running the EU presidency that all countries, big and small, currently get.

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  • Driving the calculus are China, Russia and other emerging markets, where a small but fast-growing millionaire class is flocking to big, high priced and lavishly loaded models that can handle poor roads as well as a family.

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  • The bull run of 1996-97 left small-cap and midcap stocks in the dust, but now many big-cap growthies and financials are casualties.

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  • The secrets: The kind of old-fashioned, small-lot, artisanal distilling all but abandoned by the big Cognac houses, and the added fruit character of the local pinot noir.

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