Worse still, most of these jobs came from the goods-consuming service sector rather than the goods-producing manufacturing sector (which lost another 6, 000 jobs).

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Cutting out your use of credit cards means time-consuming trips to the ATM and extra service charges from increased debit card use.

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And the environmental group has stepped up its campaign as Apple increasingly integrates Macs, iPhones and iPads into its iCloud service, which is powered by massive electricity-consuming server farms in coal states.

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This spring, for the first time, subscribers to Xbox s Live online service in the U.S. spent more time consuming video and music than multiplayer games.

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The project got the attention of the food-service industry, which is looking for testing methods that are less expensive and time-consuming than taste-testing or laboratory work.

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