One measure is provided by Google, which reports that the U.S. government agencies make close to 1, 000 requests for user information every month.
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We estimate that Microsoft will make close to a billion dollars from Android which is backed by Google, patent licensing in 2011.
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This could become a major source of revenue for Facebook, since social games are on track to make close to a billion dollars this year.
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In any case, the study showed, perhaps not surprisingly, that people searching on smartphones tend to make queries very close to the time they intend to make a purchase or at least check out a product in a store.
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"Nevertheless, we have to make decisions to close branches in order to put the network on a more stable footing for the future and achieve this in a way which best meets the demands and concerns of its customers, " he added.
Trying to make the Street as close to normal as possible could negate the point of being live and so could be a mistake but it could also be clever.
But they must also be asking how Nokia consistently manages to make operating profits of close to 20% while Siemens and Motorola can barely stay above water even after slashing payrolls and cutting costs.
What adjustments could you possibly make to close that gap?
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Extending the UnNap Nap To make the UnNap Nap as close to a nap as possible, do a mental scan of the body, focusing on different muscle groups one at a time, stopping at any that are feeling tense.
Many who go to the polls are low-information voters who make their minds up close to the finish line, often based not on principled ideology but rather on team spirit or intuition.
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We look forward to continuing our close cooperation to make this vision a reality.
However, that is no consolation to those who make the difficult decision to close their business and the impact it has on their colleagues.
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To make such a significant investment so close to election day seems to discount the benefits of repeat social messaging.
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The moans about their inability to make profits safely sounds all too close to the noises from old-style airlines before the arrival of low-cost carriers.
Kodak's largest plant in the U.K. is in Harrow, near London, and manufactures color photographic paper and used to make film products, a person close to the company said.
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Mark Cullen nodded in George Boateng's cross to put the Tigers ahead but Gohouri smashed in an overhead kick from close range to make it 2-2.
At SXSW, they have made her available to the public only for several hours each day, and Tabatha sits close by to make sure no fans get too cozy.
Prices for these later years (when demand is expected to catch up with supply) would have been close to the tariffs needed to make new plants profitable, sending a useful signal to investors.
It has taken half a decade of denial and trial and error, but some of the world's largest banks seem to be close to figuring out how to make money in an environment of tighter rules, less benign markets and more demanding customers.
"We do expect, obviously, in the coming months and years to make some of those really tough decisions where we would have to work really close with Congress to shut down data centers that frankly don't make sense, " said Vivek Kundra, the government's chief information officer.
Mr Erbakan wants Mrs Ciller's help, so as to make it harder for the courts to close Welfare before a vote.
His union is opposed to the current version of the House bill, which gives the Postal Service wide leeway to close post office branches and make employee cuts to balance its budget.
Make him prove it, even if he hits it close - make sure he has to hole that putt to win.
Former world featherweight champion Erik Morales believes it will be a good fight but refuses to make a prediction, claiming it is too close to call.
Democrats acknowledged privately that they expected to make political gains with women by pressing to close the pay gap, which they said has women earning just 77 cents on the dollar compared with men.
My sister is this way, too, and from watching her in action, I know how much energy and time it takes to act like glue, to make the efforts that allow people to stay close.
And while fans will decide whether Scorsese has fulfilled his aim to make "something that's as close as possible to a live performance, " Keith Richards believes Scorsese got the gold.
Close enough to make me wonder if I should check my bumper when I get home.
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But they're close enough to make people feel like they're watching the real thing.
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