Even so, if the Retina display MBP is aimed at people who demand the very best, it sweeps at least two key categories: specs and display quality.
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Unforeseen changes and spending patterns emerged from studied demographic groups, key categories and US cities, indicating Americans are still willing to spend big money for comfort in travel.
And despite erasing 17, 000 jobs since the merger, HP (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) has gained market share in key categories, scored 3, 000 new patents and debuted 367 new products.
While Pettitte had more wins and a higher winning percentage than Hentgen, the former ace of the Blue Jays had bested Pettitte in key categories such as earned run average, innings pitched, strikeouts, complete games and shutouts.
Since 1999 Encore has boosted production by an average 24% and its proved reserves by 20% at a time when the rest of the industry has been flat to slightly down in both key categories in the U.S., according to research firm John S. Herold.
The company plans to continue building the OnLive management team in key categories as the company delivers on its mission of breaking new ground in cloud services both for games and remote application delivery to thin devices, legacy platforms or any platforms with a fast connection.
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First, Microsoft has become a brutal monopolist in the key software categories, squeezing out competitors.
Larkin never led the National League in any key offensive categories and only eclipsed .400 in on base percentage twice (1996-1997).
Boston Red Sox right fielder Jackie Jensen had achieved career highs in six key offensive categories and had even accumulated better numbers than Mantle in Games Played, At Bats and Runs Batted In.
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In January, 14 reporters and writers each pulled in more than 400, 000 unique visitors (two of them hit more than 1 million unique visitors) across eight key channels, or vertical subject categories.
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These categories were further broken down into key objectives and the criteria needed to carry out these roles and the key indicators needed to support performance in each area.
Both the evolution of categories themselves and other competitive versions of key items are making the Apple edge less decisive than in the past.
The key things to look out for are extra rewards on holiday-centric spending categories, rebates for shopping at small businesses, and discounts in terms of the number of points or miles needed to redeem for certain goods.
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