No matter what happened to real-estate prices in this superstitious Chinese city, the one surefire way to get a cheap apartment was to move in with a ghost.
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According to many studies, consumers who get a deal on free or cheap delivery are much more likely to make purchases.
Yet Oracle needs to secure its future--especially now, as old-guard software vendors get undercut by a raft of cheap newcomers in the open-source movement.
Look for our steel industry to get a shot in its arm from cheap natural gas.
The problem is the oil is locked inside the rock and until now, nobody's found a cheap way to get it out.
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About the most useful tip came from Brin, who suggested using sewer lines as a cheap way to get broadband into homes.
The hedge fund manager gave a talk on value traps to the audience at the Value Investing Congress, warning that companies like GameStop, Exxon Mobil and Vale may look cheap but will get a lot cheaper.
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That being said, this is a case where you get what you pay for -- the C79 feels like a cheap phone through and through.
If you were a teenager in the mid 1970s and couldn't afford a Moog, a self-build Paia kit was a way to get your own synth (plus a working knowledge of soldering) for cheap.
From Amazon to Birchbox, businesses rely on being able to get small goods to their customers at a cheap price.
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If you're looking for a relatively cheap way to get on T-Mobile's 3G network, yeah, absolutely, though we might wait until they get their pricing strategy figured out -- it's clearly a lower-end device than the Behold and it needs to be priced accordingly.
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Although people expect to enjoy driving a BMW more than a Ford Escort, research shows that drivers get no more pleasure from commuting in an expensive car than a cheap one.
He thinks it may even be able to run--something a two-legged robot has never done and a huge technological feat to get on the cheap.
Taxis are another cheap way to get around, with a 90p flagfall then 60p per kilometre.
In the U.S., we pay for drugs while there is a patent, and then they get super-cheap.
Get a depot in Asia and offer me quick, cheap delivery to go with your discount prices.
If it does not get its act together, slash costs and provide a cheap way of trading British and European shares, newer rivals will do the job for it.
It was also looking to get lawmakers' approval for a program that would ensure cheap food grains to two-thirds of India's population and provide a major campaigning plank for the general election.
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"When somebody makes a cheap, reusable launch vehicle that can get up to orbit, all sorts of things will change, " Carmack says.
Consumers get a good deal because they are willing to take the dogs in exchange for getting a lot of other socks cheap.
And customers are still looking for as cheap a monthly payment as they possibly can get.
But travelers who have been using cheap flights as a status strategy, may get bumped down -- or out -- of the game, Winship said.
It used to be impossible economically to break down the inedible part of a plant, like a used corncob and other parts of a plant, into cheap, usable sugars to get ethanol at an economic price.
It was thus important to recognise the "positive support" of grandparents, but not to exploit them "so that they do not get left 'holding the baby' because they look like a cheap solution when parents run into trouble".
Standing between 60 million Brits and a source of cheap heat and electricity is likely to get one trampled.
Released in late February, the Raspberry Pi has been developed to be a cheap computer that will help children and other beginners get to grips with computer programming.
Thirty years ago, as I started my so-called career, not a single person told me that computers and technology would get so cheap that they would practically end up being given away in boxes of Cheerios.
And you can always buy a cheap cold beer or two from a supermarket when you get tired of walking, then sit in Nyhavn alongside the tourists drinking expensive beers, or in a park.
If you were planning on buying the Playstation 3 for gaming or as a "cheap" Blu-ray player you may want to get in line now for the November 17th launch --- not so fast Europe.
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It serves a purpose in emergencies: African countries invoked it against Big Pharma to get cheap drugs to fight HIV.
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