Though its career as a hit-maker dried up shortly after its 1986 debut, Crowded House continued to churn out glorious power-pop singles through the early '90s, following the Top 10 gems "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong" with a sturdy string of tracks that deftly balance briskness and melancholy.
Lower subsides will help Sprint offer customers more competitive rates on its wireless plans without taking a hit on its margins.
O2, subcontracted by BT to provide mobile services within the Olympic Village, suffered a glitch this month when a third of its customers were hit by a 24-hour network failure.
Earlier in the trading session, global agricultural company Monsanto saw its shares hit a fresh 52-week high on solid earnings as Latin American demand for its products helped the bottom line.
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Demand for gold in India, the world's largest consumer, has increased lately following a steep fall in its price, which hit a two-year low globally in mid-April.
Metro 2033 was a surprise hit, and its sequel a subject of high hopes.
Instagram just took a big step towards transforming its hit mobile photo app into a real-time, global media player.
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The app pairs an inspiration tool with a dashboard of insights to help a user better understand what type of content his audience prefers, enabling him to do the research needed to create a shareable video, which ups its chances of becoming a viral hit.
And, according to figures collated by the Times - which has run a high-profile cycle safety campaign since one of its reporters was hit by a lorry and left in a coma - 104 cyclists have been killed so far this year.
While the Kindle Fire has been a huge hit for Amazon in terms of sales, it has also depressed its profit margins significantly as Amazon takes a hit on each Kindle Fire sold.
The cabaret on its own became a cult hit and was revived in 1980.
In 2007, as ChinaCache began to plan an initial offering, its good fortune hit a snag.
Volkswagen says its group sales hit a record high last year despite slowing sales in Western Europe.
Texas Instruments was still feeling the pain after saying its profits would take a hit from the disaster.
General Motors' situation is particularly noteworthy, since its stock recently hit a 50-year low amid increased talk of bankruptcy.
Later in Brooklyn, a squad car hit its siren and lights as he tried to pull a U-turn on Flatbush Avenue to get back to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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General Motors' (nyse: GM - news - people ) situation is particularly noteworthy, since its stock recently hit a 50-year low amid increased talk of bankruptcy.
But confidence hit its highest level since May, while input price inflation hit its lowest level for almost a year.
When toymaker Hasbro sought partners a year ago for its new Hit Clips toy, which plays 60-second music samples from a chip, major labels hesitated and fretted over piracy issues.
Last month, finance chief Fran Shammo went further, saying Verizon had come up with a structure that would allow Vodafone to sell its stake without taking a big tax hit.
The company brokers online ad sales for a large network of buyers and sellers, and as the Web has hit its stride as a marketing vehicle, DoubleClick has become increasingly valuable.
Last year the company had a genuine hit with its quick-paced strategy title, Age of Empires, released a vastly improved version of its Flight Simulator and had solid offerings in the military strategy and racing simulation genres.
Yet the overseas success of "A Separation" has improved its performance in Iranian theaters, where the film had been a box-office hit and theaters extended its run after the movie won awards at international festivals.
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Wireless email giant Research In Motion has taken a big hit in its long running legal dispute with NTP, and now faces the prospect of paying more than a billion dollars to get itself out of trouble.
As well as its recent inability to sell assets, it has been hit by a deterioration in its consumer-credit portfolio.
For almost five years, Schering-Plough has been waiting for its labs to produce a new hit.
Tsien's version of the protein produces all of its light when hit by a single color.
It never hurts to remind people that the studio has a hit on its hands.
And its gross margins also took a hit, dipping below 40% for the first time in 10 quarters.
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Expect Mayan cosmology to take a hit to its reputation when the world doesn't end on Dec. 21, 2012.
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