This is just that double dipping model being applied to the online world.
The service-orientated slate (as opposed to a gadget, which CEO Jeff Bezos claims nobody wants) comes with a bigger battery, a new processor and 1GB RAM -- double that of the 2011 model.
The electric drive produces 95 hp, more than double the power of the previous model's electric motor (47 hp).
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The results have been terrific: a world-class integrated data platform, expanded consumer and customer databases, online, self-service systems, strengthened product fulfillment, new ways of onboarding customers more quickly, and cultural acceptance of a shared services model leading to 13 consecutive quarters of double-digit million dollar annual operating margins.
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When the mark-to-market loss on the derivatives was disclosed, JP Morgan restated VaR to be roughly double the previous claim, using a different, older model.
Based on an expected 0.9% annual increase in production over the next decade, the model predicts that real oil prices will nearly double over the same period.
Jobs claims the new processor gives the new iPad double the performance and 9 times faster graphics than the old model.
Apple recently announced it had received 2 million pre-orders for the new phone, which is taller, faster, lighter and slimmer than the previous model, the iPhone 4S. That's about double what the company experienced for the previous iPhone, Apple said.
The new model is 15% lighter, accesses wi-fi and features double the storage space.
Her image of a double helix provided the crucial evidence James Watson and Francis Crick needed to complete their model, but neither scientist acknowledged her work when they received the Nobel Prize in 1962.
The U.S. model of the XPS One also includes a television tuner, allowing it to double as a 20-inch high-definition TV.
The British cars were disqualified because they used non-dipping single filament quartz iodine bulbs in their headlamps, in place of the standard double filament dipping glass bulbs, which are fitted to the series production version of each model sold to the public.
This is demonstrated in the exhibition's giant model of a City Hall Tower for Philadelphia that was never built, a dramatic double helix derived from the discovery of DNA in 1953.
Cadillac, the luxury car brand owned by General Motors, plans to double its sales to around 300, 000 in the next three years with the help of new introductions and model revamps.
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