Daimler cannot sell more big-margin vehicles such as the E-class, AMG E or the S-Class and SUV's in Europe unless it sells more small models that will allow the company to fall in line with E.

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Managers are also constructive on retail and institutional inflows into the asset class as investors seek out relatively wide-margin, low-duration opportunities.

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Even Gannett, a class act in the mediocre-newspaper business, has an operating margin of only 34% in its newspaper division.

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The Semiconductor Business sustained profitability in the quarter, amid weak market demand, thanks to a mix of high-margin products such as servers and Solid State Drives (SSDs) coupled with differentiated 20-nanometer class NAND flash chips.

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Meanwhile, independent voters say they are more likely to vote Republican, by a margin of 10%, according to YouGov. The Democrats trail among white, male, middle-class voters in particular.

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By a wide bipartisan margin, both Houses of Congress have now passed a package of tax relief that will protect the middle class, that will grow our economy, and will create jobs for the American people.

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