The Rangers have been able to turn small profits on an operating basis, but once you factor in interest, taxes and depreciation the franchise has regularly posted net losses over the past decade.

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The advantage of instant access to information regardless of device, operating system or location is a huge factor in the dominance of web apps over desktop apps.

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The chart at right shows that this investment is paying off: the operating system is actually a bigger purchase factor for Android buyers than it is for iOS buyers, which indicates that it makes a big contribution to perceived value.

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However 53% of firms said the nature of work, or the operating hours of the business, was a limiting factor.

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Once you factor in the requirements of the Windows Phone 8 operating system and the bundled applications, you are left with 1.1 GB of storage.

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Based on the Android operating system, Cisco Cius is an open platform for communication and collaboration whose form factor and applications are designed to more securely connect employees on-the-go with the right people in real-time, and to provide those workers with the ability to access and share the content they need from any place on the network.

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The single factor that gives indexing an advantage over active management is the size of the operating expense headwind.

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The other seldom-noticed factor working to protect carriers is the protracted life cycles associated with building and operating the biggest combat systems ever conceived.

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