By allowing banks to hold only 1.6 percent in capital when investing in triple-A rated securities (e.g. tranches of subprime mortgages) or lending to sovereigns (i.e. like Greece, Italy and Spain), the regulations implied an authorized leverage of 62.5 to 1.
Say you do have to travel with a laptop: what do you gain from packing a tablet like the iPad or an e-reader like the Kindle?
Not all pre-tailers will become e-tailers just like not all e-tailers will become retailers.
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It has much more in common with flash sales sites like Fab than e-commerce mainstays like Amazon.
The even bigger segment of what I call FeatureTablets are e-readers like the Kindle or Nook.
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Another 57, 000 subscribe to replica editions delivered on e-readers like the Kindle and the Nook.
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Freelancer writers and companies like e-Cyrano have been offering profile-writing services for years.
It competes with firms like E-Trade, Ameritrade, Wells Fargo and Bank of America.
The paper-like E Ink display features crisp, clear text that's great for reading anywhere, even in bright sunlight.
Like e-commerce before it, m-commerce is sure to grow fast as the infrastructure to support it gains maturity.
E-books like the Kindle, introduced late last year, are hardly must-have gadgets yet.
Other Google executives also started treating memos more like e-mail than printed documents.
Add-ons, like e-filing, preparing local returns or rental rebates, may also cost you.
Shortcut buttons put common functions like e-mail, search, and news within easy reach.
"We are transforming the business and expanding in areas like e-commerce, " Mr. Hsing said, without providing more specific details.
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Alternate media platforms to PC such as mobile phones, smartphones and e-readers like iPad will also boost Internet user count.
As with most professions, the book business is changing rapidly with the advent of the Internet and new technology like e-readers.
In the Mobile 1.0 era, companies merely extended things like e-mail and calendar and rudimentary apps to mobile devices, said Nathan.
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Kelly and Adams are first going to try to assemble the needed metabolic pathways in less extreme bugs like e. coli bacteria.
And rapper producer Pharrell Williams proved even mundane tasks like e-mail could be blinged out when he showed off his gold-plated BlackBerry.
Like e-mail spam with a spoofed identity, the Related Post shows up in a newsfeed right under the user's name and picture.
Yet there was nominal interest in single-function gadgets like e-books (growth to 9% from 8%) and GPS devices (from 9% to 11%).
With GPRS--or General Packet Radio Service--a WANDA handheld would already have an always-on Internet connection for things like e-mail, Web access and whatnot.
On today's Internet, traffic flows in millions of small streams, consisting mostly of simple communications like e-mail, text-based Web pages and instant messages.
When a pool is properly chlorinated, however, bacteria like E. coli should be killed off, since proper pH levels typically take care of the issue.
Fortunately, if you bought all your holdings in recent years through an online broker like E-Trade, this information is already instantly available to you online.
But the company is developing new businesses selling to creative professionals for web design and technology for mobile devices, like e-readers, which require crisp fonts.
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"It's a new medium, don't treat it like e-mail, " Tyler says.
It competes with other online brokerage, banking and financial services firms like E-Trade, TD Ameritrade, Wells Fargo and Bank of America.
Web startups like E-Steel and MetalSite are shaking up the business.
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