That integration offers not only space savings but also power consumption, both of which are increasingly important in smartphone design.
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Scroggin's 42-page checklist includes the option to have heirs tested not just for illegal drug use but also for consumption of alcohol, tobacco and caffeine, for instance.
Job and wage cuts boost profits, but they also dampen consumption, as businesses claw back a bigger share of national income.
This innovative display technology not only enhances viewing, but also dramatically reduces power consumption.
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Developing countries grew partly by trading with each other, but partly also by financing their consumption and investment with rich-country capital.
He cited netbooks being the record for the company, and that people want to use slates not only for "content consumption, " but also creation.
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Urban agriculture has enormous potential: It can theoretically feed far more people in a healthier manner, while simultaneously reducing fossil fuel consumption, but it also faces enormous obstacles (technical, economic, social).
Since then, the Chinese government has supported higher wages in part to address labor unrest, but also as way to boost domestic consumption and reduce reliance on exports to expand the economy.
They may also spend more, but this extra consumption would not be caused by changes in housing wealth.
The use of ethanol has offset a small amount of oil consumption, but it has also contributed to sharp increases in food prices that have led to hunger demonstrations, and in some cases, riots, from Haiti to Egypt.
"You don't expect the income of the middle class in Africa to be the same as the United States, but it shouldn't be so overstretched that it may lose its meaning, " he adds, noting that the African middle class should define itself not only in relation to the continent but also in relation to international standards of consumption.
But several economists also believe the official figures understate private consumption.
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That does mean freeing up particular frequencies for 3G and 4G use, but it also means WiFi offloading and effectively managing data consumption on the device side.
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And this has multiple consequences -- not just in saving money, but it also has consequences in terms of reducing energy consumption, dealing with the environment, importation of foreign oil, et cetera.
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"FinFET transistors can deliver lower power consumption and higher device performance, but they also bring tough challenges, " said Dr. Kyu-Myung Choi, vice president of System LSI infrastructure design center, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics.
Furthermore, healthcare consumption is not only a cause, but is also an effect of lengthening lifespan.
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This makes it easier to introduce new products quickly but it also leaves consumers open to products that might not be suitable for consumption.
"The whole point of the production method is to create this diseased liver, which is unlike any other form of animal agriculture where you're not just growing animals to be eating, but you're also torturing the animal to grossly enlarge its organs for consumption, " Bryan Pease, an attorney and chairman of the board of the Animal Protection and Rescue League, said.
The strengthening yen was a factor, making local products less attractive to foreign buyers, but investors were also riled after a parliamentary select committee approved a bill to double consumption tax by 2015.
Official figures show that global consumption of fish and seafood per person is rising steeply - but research also reveals that much of what gets sold turns out to be not as described on the packet.
Financial liberalisation is supposed to help households to borrow in bad times and so smooth out consumption, but again it is a two-edged sword: it also makes it easier for firms and households to take on too much debt during booms, which may exacerbate subsequent downturns.
Lower gas prices will increase energy consumption and displace some lower-carbon nuclear power and renewables, but will also squeeze out some dirty coal and oil.
Consumers can interrogate this server from a PC or iPhone to see not only the consumption pattern of various appliances attached to smart plugs around the home, but also to send instructions back to switch them on or off.
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But it was also because Germany was recycling the surpluses produced by its export machine, financing their consumption.
Many economic arguments are about tradeoffs, but the argument for the zero tax rate of savings, also similar to the arguments for a consumption tax, is usually phrased as an argument about fairness.
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But the government's promotion of the consumption of highly particular items relating to personal health (also, undoubtedly, debt-financed) will take the practice to an entirely new level.
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Not only is diminished consumption not as painful as it might seem, the Kubackis say, but the change has also brought a fuller and more enjoyable lifestyle than at any time when Karin was earning a regular paycheck.
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