Long the world's most lucrative market for such products, Japan's star is fading.
Explaining the decision to market only the monochrome version in the U.S. market, Sony spokesman Ted Kanno said the company sees strong demand for such products.
UMaine has filed a provisional patent for the lobster-shell mixture, which can also be used for such products as plant pots that decompose in the ground, surveying stakes and other applications.
While he expects plenty of competition for such products, Mr Kabak says the privately held firm has taken out patents and has proprietary use of certain production techniques that he hopes will give it the edge.
Energy Star, started in 1992, offers a standard for energy efficiency for products such as computers and kitchen appliances.
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For companies that have been producing products for years, such as Intuit, the company must re-imagine these products as if they were built as a mobile first and mobile-only experience.
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This is a sensitive issue in America, especially for products such as steel.
For Apple products such as the iPad, iPhone and iPod there is an additional cable with integrated smart remote and microphone.
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Company executives expect strong demand going forward for products such as their missile-defense systems in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific region.
Traffic for core products such as search and mail were down 24% and 12%, respectively, in December 2012 compared to December 2011.
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It makes tiny electric motors for products such as cameras or cars.
Some of his students who are studying how to start businesses processing seaweed for products such as fertilizers have experienced long waits for state approvals.
Google, where she headed teams for products such as Google Maps.
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With lower demand, the prices for upstream products such as crude oil and natural gas have remained largely subdued over 2012, leading to lower price realization for Exxon.
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The strongest sales growth in recent years in China has been for baby products such as diapers (42% last year), diaper wipes (34%), baby milk formula (nearly 26%) and baby cereal (22%).
During her time at Google, Wong was in charge of censorship issues for products such as YouTube, deciding whether controversial videos uploaded to the service should be blocked from certain countries' search results.
"As a result of the merger, retail customers and consumers could suffer from less competition resulting in higher prices for products such as HP brown sauce, tomato ketchup and baked beans, " said Vincent Smith, the OFT's head of competition enforcement.
Samsung has stopped seeking sales bans for Apple products such as the iPhone and iPad in lawsuits in five European countries, apparently after being warned by the European Commission against abusing its ownership of patents essential for standards such as 3G networking.
Lower prices in North America helped spur market share gains for products such as Gain detergent, dishwashing liquid such as Cascade and Gillette razors, which gained 2 points of market share to boast 74 percent in the U.S. male blades and razors category.
But in the past few years the trucks have begun transporting more machinery for factories and electronic products such as television sets for a small but affluent elite.
What is more, the Kremlin's military clearly has requirements for the products of such a revitalized industry.
The barriers to entry often are higher for such "enterprise" products, so venture capitalists tend to back people with more experience.
If another country has a comparative cost advantage, we gain from exchanging such products for those we produce relatively more efficiently.
He said he had learned to distil ingredients for explosives from products such as nail varnish remover that are sold at pharmacies.
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Ditto for consumer products companies such as Coca-Cola (nyse: KO - news - people ) and their precious brands.
Ditto for consumer products companies such as Coca-Cola and their precious brands.
But an embryonic plan to create a super-regulator for consumer products, such as mortgages, credit cards and mutual funds, is already encountering stiff opposition.
Further, HP would like lose retail shelf space around the world for other products, such as printers, if HP were to spin off the PC division.
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Until now people had only been able to use Credits to buy virtual goods for games, as well as for some digital products such as movies.
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