On the other hand, being a home-maker is a massive financial risk.
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The home-appliance maker is caught in a vicious spin cycle of rising expenses and intensified pressure from Korean rivals.
The home-carbonated drink maker put out a confusing environmental message of conserving bottle consumption with DIY beverages.
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Bought mobile-home maker Clayton Homes after reading autobiography by company founder.
The scheme has been welcomed by local residents, including 55-year-old Irene Hogg who lives in a Victorian semi in Maghull which was once home to legendary toy-maker Frank Hornby.
New Belgium is our most famous beer-maker, home of Fat Tire, and the seventh largest brewery in the United States, according to Beer Info.
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One is IRIS OHYAMA a home products maker and on-line marketer whose corporate culture encourages trial and error and whose product line has been changing at a rate of 20% of items each year.
Putting a handset, or a computer, in every home is simply not the high-end gadget maker's mission.
Kohler, the Wisconsin-based maker of high-end bathroom fixtures, has developed its own range of home-whirlpool designs that offer a multitude of water experiences.
Other housing-related names like building products maker Masco, paint company Sherwin-Williams, and even massive retailer Home Depot, are also ahead of Apple over the last 12 months.
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Swapping data between computer and phone systems -- for mail-order, home- banking and other service providers -- is an ideal growth business for a computer and telecom equipment maker like Oki, he says.
The home appliance maker rallied 8.6% after reporting better-than-expected earnings and actually raising its guidance for the full year, a rare sighting for investors this time around.
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After completing an apprenticeship as a boiler-maker in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, he found no work at home, so he moved to Johannesburg last October, and was immediately offered three jobs.
That is because Japan's fifth-largest auto maker produces about 71% of its cars at home and exports roughly 80% of them, meaning a move in the currency can deliver a heavy blow or sudden windfall.
It already is the world's second-largest maker of refrigerators, and runs sixth in worldwide sales of large home appliances, according to Euromonitor.
Morgantown is home to the research centres of West Virginia University and to Mylan Pharmaceuticals, a generic-drug maker.
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Go into every interview hoping you come home with a purchase order, a conditional purchase letter, or letter of interest from the decision-maker.
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The majority of Kentucky's 120 counties are still dry or partially dry, despite the state being home to some of the world's best-known liquor brands, such as Jim Beam and Maker's Mark bourbon.
Swapping data between computer and phone systems -- for mail order, home banking and other service providers -- is an ideal growth business for a computer and telecom equipment maker like Oki, he says.
Home appliance maker Whirlpool rallied 5.6%, after comfortably beating Wall Street estimates for its third-quarter earnings and, more importantly, raising its forecast.
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The musical instrument maker said Tuesday that 247, 000-square-foot, 16-story office building is home to its flagship retail showroom.
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