There were signs that markets were off their healthy levels, however, as trading volumes for many major index components dropped below their moving averages.

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Paying for gas, finding a good-paying job, housing problems and paying for health care are major components of peoples' concerns in these two states, chosen because they will be critical in this fall's national elections.

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Computer hardware looks weaker for longer and Intel is a major components supplier.

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He said long-term contracts would prove beneficial for the energy sector, while the other major components of the bill would be counterproductive.

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An article from Larry Rulison at the Albany Times Union says that Deloitte is searching for a major semiconductor facility for an unnamed company and believes it is TSMC who would use it build components for Apple (known as Project Azalea).

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They then analyze how the remaining major cost components, switching and transmission for both types of networks and interconnecting with the switched circuit network for the IP-based networks, change with the change in technology.

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Thirty-five percent of the major structural components are sourced in Japan, and All Nippon Airways was responsible for many ideas incorporated into the plane.

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