But how can it turn all those users and check-ins into a big business?

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Moyes and Martinez both coached teams that overachieved to some degree, but not to the point that they'd be shoo-ins for the big time.

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Mattel expects big things from Disney tie-ins and other sure bets like Barbie.

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Social plug-ins were one of Facebook's big announcements at F8, the developer conference that the social network held last month.

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The consumer champion said it would include a look back at the week's big news stories and there would be phone-ins with different experts on hand to answer listeners' questions.

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The big brands love this model and see location-based check-ins and gaming as a way to extend a brand from your screen to wherever you happen to be in real life.

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UBS, perhaps more so than some of its big bank rivals, has been in the midst of several ugly run-ins with regulators.

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At last month's Frankfurt motor show almost every big carmaker could boast of new hybrids in the pipeline, some of them plug-ins, and prototype all-electric vehicles were all over the place.

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