In the wireless business, IDT makes pre-processing switches for wireless infrastructure, and it's likely that sales for these products will begin to ramp up in 2008.

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Observers also say there has been a perception that Net-Ware couldn't handle transactions as efficiently as Windows NT or Unix because it lacked pre-emptive processing.

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Used to be (remember those days?) that the high quality of some self-published books (and even proposals pre-word-processing) was a great way to quickly determine the commitment of the author and often even was a harbinger of the quality of the prose itself.

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Staffing logistics for underwriters and processors are difficult to balance between demand and profitability models and the mortgage lending industry has not yet found a way to justify the manpower cost of processing and underwriting pre-approvals.

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While you can generally deduct interest payments and discount points (pre-paid interest) on a qualifying home mortgage if you itemize, you may not deduct processing fees as deductible expenses.

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