We have yet to see if or when the SD cards cross the Pacific after their September 8th launch in Japan, although we hope so -- with that kind of extra-tough design, our photos are more likely to endure than we will.

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Put the two together and you have a recipe for ever-longer business cards: vice-president for photocopiers Asia-Pacific, for example.

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Peter Schiff, of Euro Pacific Capital, believes a housing collapse is in the cards as the Fed will eventually have to exit its accommodative stance.

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In addition to standing up to deadbeat customers, Young championed Union Pacific's Fuel Masters Program, an employee-driven initiative that rewards the most efficient engineers with debit cards they can use to fill up their own vehicles.

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