She soon struck up an on-line relationship with fellow member Marla Jennings.

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Price gains largely reflect a rebound from low levels and prices remain largely in line with their long-run relationship between incomes and rents, said Christopher Thornberg, an economist with Beacon Economics in Los Angeles.

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They have, he points out, many advantages over fixed-line operators with stronger brands and a closer relationship with their customers.

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Analysts have so far had a good feeling about Obermann, whose strategy for tackling rivals on home soil has been to tighten up the relationship between the company's fixed line unit, T-Com, and its T-Mobile units.

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While the freelancer-as-secret-weapon is a story line entrepreneurs should take note of, skills-rich freelance professionals could be profiting even more from the relationship.

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