Then, cars were built in several different shops, between which they were dragged: one for paint, another for the engine, and so on.

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Pension-fund investors complain that these can lead to huge differences in different private-equity shops' valuations of similar stakes in the same company.

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In five years we have opened 37 different guerrilla shops with nonfashion partners in unheard-of places or in parts of cities hitherto untrammeled.

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Meanwhile, First Minister Carwyn Jones has predicted that Wales' town and city centres may look very different in the future with fewer shops and more offices, restaurants and cafes.

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But some shops may be used in different ways.

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As part of his plan to reinvent Penney, Johnson pursued the Martha Stewart brand as a key element in his vision to create mini shops devoted to different brand that would replace racks of clothing.

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Some wines are sold directly from the winery while others are coming from retail shops, which means your order of a dozen bottles might well come in 12 different boxes, and require you to sign for 12 different boxes.

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In the Republic of Ireland, a similar study of samples bought in Dublin restaurants, shops and supermarkets revealed that a quarter of products labelled as cod or haddock were in fact completely different species.

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