The question for governments over the decades has often boiled down to "make or buy".
But it's the live preview that will set this one apart (at least until Canon, Nikon or Sony catch up) -- and either make you rush out to buy it, or make you turn up your nose in disdain.
If you know that you will make it--you have to make choices whether you're going to pay your utilities or buy food, if you know you've got to make a choice whether you're going to buy--if you're a senior, if you got to buy medication or buy food.
Google has a strong tendency to make and not buy, or at least buy things in the making.
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With that extra money they could, for example, pay off their mortgage, make some home improvements, or buy some big-ticket items, such as a new car or recreational vehicle.
Because one of the reasons, I think, this whole question of, do you make your costume or do you buy the costume, starts to be, kind of, a sore point with mom's who - maybe you grew up having mom start sewing your costume weeks in advance, whenever you figured out what it is that you wanted to be.
By comparing this value to market prices, an investor is able to make a buy, hold, or sell decision.
"There are national laws in Switzerland, for example, when you buy property or make an investment, you must prove yourself, " he explained.
These owners of the businesses only want to make a product do enough to make somebody buy it when he or she needs it.
Now, it faces a squeeze as borrowers neglect mortgage payments on houses they may never live in again while depositors withdraw money to make up for lost wages or to buy a ticket to emigrate.
Now they may do it very indirectly by hiring an advisor who allocates funds to many different money managers who invest in companies like CVS, where managers decide whether they should have a store every quarter mile or so or that maybe people can make it an extra mile or two to fill their prescription or buy a bottle of Mountain Dew.
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He maintains that once ImaginAsian is in 20 million homes, ad revenue will leap and the company will have more money to buy--or make--better content.
Having watched several of its peers make expensive mistakes trying to buy stores or going it alone, Britain's Tesco has begun its push into South Korea arm-in-arm with Samsung.
For athletes, the reduced-payment clauses introduce uncertainty that makes it hard to buy a house or make other big financial decisions, which is why runners are anxious to see a move away from such penalties.
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Our economy is making progress as we recover from the worst crisis in three generations, but far too many families are still struggling to find work or make the mortgage, pay for college, or, in some cases, even buy food.
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They might think that this information is harmless, but simple things such as knowing where someone banks or what they buy on a regular basis could allow hackers or fraudsters to make use social engineering tricks to get access to confidential information.
Others should use the cash to make their shares more attractive though buy backs or increased dividends.
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You ignore tax efficiencies (and tax inefficiencies) when you buy or sell investments or make other decisions with tax consequences.
Dividend yields provide Wright with most of the information he needs to make a decision whether to buy, sell or hold a security.
Increasingly, governments are pooling their money, either to rent large aircraft from Russian and Ukrainian firms, to buy American planes or to make their own.
CMOs buy ideas to make a gain or avoid a loss.
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Such updates typically have occurred in June or July, which could make people who buy a Verizon iPhone now resentful that their new phone was bested so soon.
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It hires all sorts of people, and it purchases all sorts of materials to make products that have little value or that none buy, all in the rush to stimulate demand.
And millions of entrepreneurs who have been waiting to invest in their businesses will receive new tax incentives to help them expand, buy new equipment, or make upgrades -- freeing up other money to hire new workers.
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"Many consumers today are looking for a way to enjoy Internet video on their TVs but they don't want to have to connect their PC or buy a separate box to make that happen, " said Norm Bogen, Vice President of Digital Entertainment Research at In-Stat.
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Conversely, to the extent that investors do not presently own shares whose price might be altered by good or bad information, the proper pricing of those shares thanks to the inside investor acting on quality information enables buyers to make better informed decisions about whether or not to buy.
Over the years, EBay has launched a smorgasbord of mobile applications that make it faster, easier or simply more fun to buy and sell goods on its auction site.
That means there are many more things that can be done with Web sites, beyond the more simpler things now where you can click to buy a book or click to make a hotel reservation -- many, many more things will be done when you always have the Web with you.
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