Computers, copy machines, scanners, faxes and countless other marvels of the modern workplace are engines of productivity.

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Thus far GE's real estate lenders haven't had much to do with the folks financing copy machines.

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Typically they provided advice, along with office space, phone lines and copy machines.

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Minnesota's most-harvested wood, aspen, has long cells and strong fibres, ideal for high-grade paper of the sort used for magazines and copy machines.

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Yuji, a former banker, has run Otsuka, a supplier of office copy machines and software, since his father, Minoru, stepped down in 2001.

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Knowing that some electric pencil sharpeners emit more EMFs than most copy machines is enough to help you change some of your office habits.

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How did you get started selling copy machines?

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Only the best-funded organizations could afford the costly early computers, copy and facsimile machines, cell phones and design and publishing software.

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For many years the company dominated the copy-machine market, but its leaders failed to pay attention to disruptive technologies and new products, such as fax machines and digital copiers, which undermined the entire copy-machine market.

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