With often-superfluous new product flowing in, and slow-moving items being pulled too soon, the only profit went to the shipping company, moving tens of thousands of CDs to and from Tower outlets.

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Take, for example, the GUI or Graphical User Interface, which allows the moving of items on a desktop computer using icons and a mouse.

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Additionally, windows can be set to automatically track items such as moving vehicles, individuals, the books you get out of the library, and the items you pick up at 7-11 after a night out with the gang.

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Until 1998 the company (then called Consolidated Stores) didn't have a computerized system to track inventory, much less how quickly the items were moving.

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In a separate study, Mr. Carmon found shoppers tended to be attracted by how short a line was rather than how quickly the line was moving or how many items people waiting had in their carts.

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Polygon's other hot areas are China, where the market is moving from huge volume growth in the 1990s to more expensive items, and the Persian Gulf region, especially Dubai and Saudi Arabia.

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Instead, it's about moving one very green, goofy sounding pig to various points on a map to collect items and reach a goal -- it's much more Cut the Rope than Angry Birds.

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Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, the stars of "Fraggle Rock" and other puppets, costumes and items from throughout Muppets creator Jim Henson's career have been donated to the Museum of the Moving Image, which is building a new gallery to house them, the institution announced Tuesday.

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