Ideally, of course, the more that is automated (or nearly so), the better your operational excellence.
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Neither Hong Kong nor Singapore, which are models of what can be achieved with a flat tax system (or nearly so in Singapore), have a payroll tax.
Even if you do not count the large quantity of bonds issued by telecoms companies that are now bust or nearly so, the average junk issue trades at a yield of some ten percentage points above Treasury bonds.
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By helping them acquire such skills, Mr Zhao says, two-thirds of the 70 or so firms in which Hony has invested so far have met or beaten expectations and nearly all have seen improving profits.
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The number of Americans involved in abuse of controlled prescription substances has more than doubled over the past decade or so, to nearly 17 million.
The number of satellite launches is rising again, with 12 or so expected in 2000, nearly as many as in the boom years before the crisis.
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How should the Bank operate in the 30 or so remaining low-income clients, nearly all in sub-Saharan Africa and mostly fragile or post-conflict states, the precise places where the Bank has had the least success ?
For hardware, HP engineered flexible standards-based interfaces into their server cartridge architecture so that nearly any kind of accelerator or processor developer can make a cartridge.
Nobody expects you to cover up for your man anymore, or not nearly as much as they may have before, so why do women still do it?
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Mexican police claim that since the ban lapsed in 2004, the cartels have become much more powerfully armed: of 30, 000 guns they have seized since December 2006, 15, 000 are assault weapons, nearly all bought at the 7, 500 or so gun shops on the American side of the border.
The 70 or so artworks featured span the past 58 years and nearly all media.
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Research by the American-Statesman shows that nearly two dozen county and private lockups are now vacant or almost so, as are thousands of bunks in state adult and juvenile prisons.
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It may yet turn out that way, but so far, it has not been nearly as easy or straight forward as expected.
It will do so not only to your PC or TV, but to nearly any device, including an iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab, as shown by OnLive at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco today.
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In a year or so, that event might change regulations that have been in place for nearly a century.
One survey found that the adoption of cloud applications is up 20 percent over a year ago, while another survey discovered that nearly 70 percent of respondents have either rolled out cloud projects or plan to do so soon.
In this bitterly fought-over state, that nearly everyone believes will decide the US election, Hamilton is one of five or so swing counties that will decide Ohio.
Nearly tw0 in ten (19%) set their profiles so that friends of friends or networks can view their profile.
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And the district's small firms-nearly half employ three or fewer people-aren't bloated by risk-averse bureaucrats, so prototypes can be tested quickly.
Sure, people can log in using Twitter or Facebook, and while the number of people who choose to do so has risen drastically, nearly half of our commenters still use the Disqus option, which is the most anonymous.
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It seems that nearly every company I speak to in China lately plans to go public in the next year or so.
Looked at differently, those numbers mean that nearly two-thirds of seniors still either don't go online at all or don't do so on most days.
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