Big-box retailer Target reported its second-quarter sales jumped 14.3% to 92 cents per share, in line with expectations despite weaker-than-expected sales, thanks to cost-cutting.
But Box Home agents are funding 60-70 loans apiece, while maintaining a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 60-75 (the industry average NPS score is 18-20, Brown says).
What was left when I left were the big-box bookstores and one remarkably savvy, if not altogether likable, independent that long ago started a similar buy-the-book-for-tickets policy.
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This summer a 100-year-old box factory will reopen as the new International Water Technology Center, a seven-story research hub and business accelerator for water-related companies and promising startups.
While researching outside-the-box training techniques, Fieldbinder said he happened upon the teachings of Alan Jaeger, a California-based coach who has consulted with several major-league clubs, including the Texas Rangers.
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The Friends: Complete Series Blu-ray box set is presented in highly collectible new packaging consisting of a lenticular box cover, a hard-cover book that holds 21 Blu-ray discs, plus a 32-page episode guide.
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Pentax's Optio WG-1 GPS point-and-shoot satisfied geotaggers out of the box, but owners of its K-5, K-r and 645D DSLRs have had to make do with third-party taggers like the PhotoTrackr or Eye-Fi.
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The result was in no way guaranteed when Emmanuel-Thomas received the ball on the right side of the box and the on-loan Arsenal midfielder drove into the area before wrong-footing an unsighted Carson with his left-footed shot.
The first thing we noticed was how much smaller the box was -- comes in handy when there isn't much room behind the TV -- but we quickly said who cares when we learned that WiFi was built-in.
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Out-of-the-box, the LeafPresenter provides small and medium size businesses (SMBs) with a feature-rich mobile ordering and checkout device capable of accepting payments via their choice of processor or next-generation payment methods such as PayPal, LevelUp and other mobile wallets.
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Minutes into the meeting, a foreboding package from a client arrived at the door: a box stuffed with 17 kilos' worth of promotional material--duplicate copies of research reports, newsletters and brochures--sent by groups within Pricewaterhouse's 1, 500-strong worldwide promotion machine.
The trio proved to be box-office gold: They were two of the highest-grossing films of their time, winning a slew of awards -- including a best picture Oscar for the latter, a tale of con men in 1930s Chicago.
As a video processor module in a small mini-box, the new accessory is simply placed in-line at the output of any HDMI video source, such as a video game console, DVD or Blu-ray player, media player, or any digital broadcast.
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Moving its e-mail sign-up box above the fold (saving users from scrolling down to find it) helped Levenger.com --a high-end retailer of reading accessories like bookmarks and pens--expand its e-mail list 200% in one month, says Lynnette Montgomery , vice president of e-commerce.
On televisions, this is achieved via a small set-top box -- a prototype of which approaches the size and noise level of a mini-fridge -- that plugs into the video source and the TV and converts the video in real-time with virtually no latency.
Merrill Lynch is already predicting a lackluster season for big-box discounters Wal-Mart Stores (nyse: WMT - news - people ) and Target (nyse: TGT - news - people ), whose sheer size makes it difficult to drive year-over-year sales.
So it's not how many people--who wins the weekend, it's how much money a film generates for a studio, not merely from the box office, which is the smallest part--it's only 20 percent of the earnings--but from television sales where it's shown on television--network, pay television, cable--and, of course, DVD and video, foreign sales, toy licensing and even product placement.
Speaking of which, in addition to the DirecTV C31 set-top box and 2012 Samsung HDTVs, the new 2013 Samsung and Sony HDTVs -- as well as the PS3 -- can also connect directly to the HR44 (and older HR34) and deliver the entire DirecTV Genie experience.
Wii U has to make the case to turn to it rather than a set-top box connected TV, competing games console - Xbox's extensive range of TV partners makes it a formidable competitor in this respect - and even a tablet or smartphone.
Only time will tell if this is just an emotional and political reaction or a long-term move by big-box retailers that have already priced out many of the mom-and-pop local gun-and-tackle shops.
Like the Junxion Box, the D-Link DI-725 and Kyocera's KR1 let you roll your own WiFi hotspot via a PC EV-DO card.
Very similar to the tru2way multiroom box Intel demonstrated back at IDF in 2009, the Multi-Screen Video Gateway by Arris capitalizes on DLNA standards -- touted by the alliance earlier today -- to bring video to virtually any device in your home.
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Merrill Lynch is already predicting a lackluster season for big-box discounters Wal-Mart Stores and Target, whose sheer size makes it difficult to drive year-over-year sales.
Tall was helped out by Banks after being out-muscled by Kean inside the box and the shot-stopper made another brilliant save, while on the floor, to deny Mehmet on the follow-up.
Box, for example, started spreading entirely by word-of-mouth, and now has grown big enough to merit a fleet of salespeople calling on would-be customers.
It's a shame that a society that can produce franchises like Jiffy Lube and Krispy Kreme, or big-box retailers like Wal-Mart and Home Depot, continues to have doctors' offices which still use paper-based medical records.
Campbell, in particular, looked bright and sharp and one clever turn on the edge of the box after a breathtaking run from first-half substitute Phillips - on for the injured Elliott Grandin - almost produced a great counter-attacking goal.
One of the most popular awards of the night went to box-office blockbuster "Skyfall, " which won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film, a first for the 50-year-old Bond franchise.
The cardboard box from which the Jayalalitha-lookalike was doling out soft drink cans, dripped stickily onto my notebooks and elicited a quick apology -- repeated in the same vein when informing me that no, there were no bottles of potable water in lieu of the fizzy stuff.
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