Revenues from its core auto-buying programs also fell by one-third.
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Japan and wild speculation about a consortium of private equity players buying the core Yahoo!
Their core business consists of buying mortgages from banks and pooling them into bonds to be sold or held.
But long term investors need to re-allocate out of the low yielding, low growth core markets and start buying the securities of high volume major names abroad.
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Core values are key drivers in buying behavior and often overlooked by marketers.
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In that vein, Miller tries to be opportunistic, but with cash flowing in he finds himself buying whichever of his core ideas looks the best on any particular day.
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Ever since it bought the display-ad serving system DoubleClick in 2007, Google has been steadily buying up more pieces of the online ad-buying process beyond its core search ads.
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Last year Coke acquired control of coconut water brand Zico and dipped its toes in U.S. dairy for the first time, buying a stake in the maker of Core Power, a workout recovery shake.
But this increased demand for core assets from financial institutions and sovereign-wealth funds buying into real estate for the first time has driven up prices and driven down yields.
Buying stocks with high dividend yields is at the core of the "Dogs of the Dow" investment strategy made popular by Beating the Dow, a 1991 book by Michael O'Higgins .
Also, the set of core gamers who do not currently own a PlayStation 3 but are interested in buying one now, at the end of the console cycle, is shrinking fast.
Freed from the difficult task of buying fuel using outdated strategies and processes, they can focus on other important aspects of their core business.
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Core beliefs such as faith (not religion), community and family, play a huge role in buying behavior and the type of candidates worthy of support.
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If your partner is a hard-core Giants football fan, for example, rather than team paraphernalia that will likely collect dust, she suggests buying tickets to a game.
You are buying weakness to a value level and selling strength to a risky level capturing volatility as you maintain your core positions in your portfolio.
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