Tassi is skeptical, mentioning the mint that Microsoft makes off of services as well as how developer support could affect the situation either way.
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Kangaroo Jack, which follows two crooks who chase a kangaroo that makes off with their money is in fourth place, and Ripley's Game, the sequel to the Talented Mr Ripley starring John Malkovich, has debuted in fifth place.
We will get the ones that stink while Sallie Mae makes money off the ones that perform.
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Right now, Apple makes billions off the fact that consumers perceive its products to be of a higher standard.
The Valley elites look down at the Wall Street elites thinking one creates real stuff and the other just makes money off it.
Triangulate operates Wings as a free app, but makes money off of the Facebook Credits its users buy to connect or communicate with each other.
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The company makes money off the web version of their program, serving ads to the millions of users that log on through Facebook or twitter.
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Google is the low-margin winner, because it makes money off of services that run on all Android devices, even if the manufacturers of those devices make little.
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Though reluctant to mention Groupon and LevelUp in the same sentence, Priebatsch points out that the daily-deals company often makes more off of a merchant in one day than credit card companies make in a year.
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Although Google makes money off Android only through the services it provides through the platform, a large portion of Android devices, for instance in China, use home-grown services from which Google earns no revenues, and has no control.
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In the long run, higher economic growth makes everyone better off, including the state government.
Using it to pay for services used mainly by the better-off makes it even more so.
Mr Morris's model does not necessarily imply that political correctness makes society worse off.
Facebook also makes some money off social games like Zynga's "FarmVille, " which share revenue with the social network.
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It is, the author argues, something similar to environmental pollution, where one person's action (or a company's) makes others worse off.
Mickey Sumner makes an effective off-Broadway debut in her deft portrayal of Minnie Bodine, the local Jill-of-all-trades who seems eagerly interested in helping Ruth get settled in.
This makes us better off: we get stuff for cheap.
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Being a writer who makes his living off the writing of words which appear on computer screens, I would kind of like to see words stay for a while.
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Granderson, who will be 32 by opening day, has been a fast straight-line runner who uses his speed to chase down balls, but who sometimes makes imperfect reads off the bat.
Bringing Bezos back into the discussion, can the class warriors in our midst really say with a straight face that government investment in companies makes us better off than does direct investment by Bezos himself?
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Facebook also makes some money off Facebook games like Farmville, which share revenue with the social network, but is hoping to move beyond just Zynga to become the "default" platform for mobile games from all developers.
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You may be tempted to layer up the clothing to avoid having to check a suitcase, but you'll pay for that frugality at the checkpoint if TSA makes you peel off extra sweaters, shirts, pants and jackets.
Just as free trade in terms of physical and intellectual goods makes us better off, so are we better off when human capital can freely cross our borders such that we can all become even more specialized in our work.
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Dutch corporate law keeps it from nominating more than two out of nine board members, meaning that it controls just 25% of the board even when it holds 92% of the equity so the spin-off makes sense from a governance perspective.
Deferrals were attractive when the economy was stronger, allowing students to pursue a new business venture or take a long vacation, but the current outlook probably makes a year off less appealing to many, said Graham Richmond, co-founder of the admissions consulting firm Clear Admit.
The sacrifice of those who work to create a society that makes sense does pay off.
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In third place is Taylor Swift, who also makes plenty of money off of touring.
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Yvette Johnson was the kind of job applicant who makes employers dread hiring off the welfare rolls.
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