While the three 19-year-olds offered slightly different details and time frames, a common chain of events emerges from their remarks to investigators as laid out in the FBI affidavit.

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Scan-as-you-go mobile devices are a logical next step after the self-checkout lanes that are now common in big food and drug chain stores.

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The virus' genetic code was uncovered with one of the most common tests in biology, the polymerase chain reaction, or PCR.

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Specifically, the EPA could divert large amounts of corn from inefficient, irresponsible fuel production back into the food chain where market forces and common sense say it should go.

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Your supply chain metrics may also lack formal definitions and standards common in finance and other areas of your business.

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It is clear that supply chain vulnerability and recovery plans for production delays may become more common as international industrial production increases.

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Bundling products is also common, with, say, Pfizer giving an insurer or a hospital chain a better price on Lipitor if it also buys the antibiotic Zithromax.

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What do a faded Japanese restaurant chain, a private prison operator and a natural gas producer have in common?

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Common sense would dictate this kind of increased volume of sq inches purchased from their display supply chain should yield some substantial discounting on the per unit cost of the display for an iPhone and an iPad!

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It is common for system companies to buy from local suppliers as it lowers the latency in the response of the supply chain.

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