And in both New Zealand and in France, cheap wines are readily available on supermarket shelves.
The combination of turbo-charged WhatsApp messaging growth and a new wave of dirt cheap Android models from Samsung, Huawei and ZTE probably has something to do with the slowing BlackBerry momentum in Africa and South-East Asia.
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That is not great compared with the 20% and more achieved by a silicon-based solar cell, the 40% managed by a solar-thermal turbine, or even the 18-20% of one of the new generation of cheap and cheerful thin-film solar cells.
History is replete with examples of people hyping new, cheap, plentiful and clean alternative fuels.
When Kimberly Curtis, 27, needs a new outfit on the cheap and in a hurry, the Manhattan resident heads to Forever 21.
The new appliances depend upon cheap and powerful processing power.
Some of the independent studios queuing for Oscars next week have cut their costs by spotting and nurturing cheap new talent, instead of shelling out neurotically for the established big stars.
In the past they have spurred exploration and the discovery of new cheap oil sources.
The established model of innovation from Clayton Christensen was that new competitors emerged and challenged industries with cheap substitutes.
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Mobile phones took over gaming by creating app ecosystems that encouraged rapid and cheap development of new gaming experiences.
Prof Carroll says his new bulb is cheap to make and he has a "corporate partner" interested in manufacturing the device.
Momentum investing has been a popular strategy on Wall Street, especially at times when money is cheap, and new investment themes hype investor imagination.
But if Russia is ready to finance new nuclear-power plants and sell cheap electricity, European consumers will be keen to buy, heedless of political worries.
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It wouldn't be to invest in more teachers or a better school system, or making college more affordable, or rebuilding our roads and bridges, and finding new ways to create cheap energy.
During his brief stint in office, he has concentrated relentlessly on honouring his four big campaign promises: a debt moratorium for farmers, investment funds directed at the village level, cheap new health services and a centralised agency to nationalise and clean up corporate debts.
With the cops already on the scene, a receptionist at the Sofitel was instructed to tell him they would find it and deliver it to him, after which Strauss-Kahn told them he was going to JFK to catch a flight. (Read Wodka Vodka And A New Business Model: Cheap, Premium Vodka).
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Several things had helped, among them Elizabeth David's explorations of French and Italian cooking, cheap holidays abroad and the rise of a new middle class which had more money, and less sangfroid, than before.
New, potentially pricier parts and shuffling a new product into its stores won't come cheap.
Now, by several measures, the stocks look cheap, and a new signal underscores that reality.
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Varney says his strategy predates the recession and offers a new, not just cheap, way to have fun.
Most market watchers believe that Britain ranks below Australia and New Zealand as a destination for cheap borrowed funds.
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The networks, which had originally disparaged the new cable channels as cheap-looking and too narrowly focussed, ended up buying them when cable took off.
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And with each cycle of growth, and each cycle of financial constraints, we endemically and serially exhaust easy and cheap mines, and then under-invest in finding and opening new ones.
That may be about to change, thanks to the biggest breakthrough in the visual display of words and pictures since the invention of television--a new technology that promises a world where information is portable, cheap and stunningly vivid.
In short, American interest rates are at record lows, corporate profits have been setting new records every year since 2010 and stocks are cheap.
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Energy deregulation in Europe and America allows new firms to set up cheap, efficient power sources (such as fuel cells) close to the consumer.
But there can be no devaluation to make Greece a newly cheap destination, and harsh new taxes on business included in the government's austerity plan may kill the entrepreneurial spirit of those bold enough to try new things.
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