Growth in shipments of Samsung's flagship GALAXY Note and GALAXY S II and other premium mobile devices yielded high returns, with significant growth in China, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa.

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At Nike, the brand's third collaboration with Japanese designer Jun Takahashi has yielded a high-tech running jacket in which the super-ventilated hood and arms can be zipped out of the slim-fitting body.

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Dish Network's CES press conference earlier yielded several changes for high definition satellite customers.

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Ronan O'Gara, putting his World Cup nightmare firmly behind him, tested the Wasps defence with a series of high kicks and probing grubbers which yielded a penalty after five minutes which the fly-half stroked over.

BBC: Wasps 24-23 Munster

This approach has yielded indifferent results in more high-brow pursuits -- recent attempts in collaborative novel-writing have largely failed -- but the advertising world has already embraced similar interactivity.

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But consider what happened with the next two years. 2006 yielded decent wines, but prices remained high due to the thriving economy.

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Being willing to reach out and touch people has yielded both great professional opportunities and interpersonal high-jinks, both of which are valuable commodities when it comes to personalizing the online space and creating awareness for who you are, what you do and why anyone should care about that.

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Further pressure from the Exiles yielded a fourth penalty but a head-high tackle by Delon Armitage on the flying Doug Howlett enabled O'Gara to trim the gap to 15-6 at the break.

BBC: London Irish 23-17 Munster

The meeting yielded consensus on calls for improved background checks and on bans on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines, according to the participant.

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