At the close of trading Thursday, the Nasdaq was at 3267.52, about 16 times its components' earnings from 2012.

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That means better times for the components and peripheral makers three months after that.

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We need lightning fast reaction times and high performance components.

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Nevertheless, Dow components are attractively valued, trading at only 12 times forward earnings.

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In 2000, the index was trading at 69 times the earnings for all of its components from the previous year, according to Thomson.

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The Times reports that Apple may change some internal components to cut costs.

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The overall construction -- which can be broken down into its constituent head, neck and body components for transport -- feels lightweight and borderline-flimsy at times, though to be fair, it's held up remarkably well during our time with it and we don't have any reason to suspect it might do otherwise.

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Lynx assured us that the units going out to its backers will not only have a more polished appearance, but also be six times more accurate and 30 percent smaller due to newer hardware components.

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Canadian troops currently serving in the south under US command, but who will make up one of the key components of the Nato force there in the New Year, have been hit by suicide bombers three times in recent weeks.

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