Mine supply for silver is rising faster than for other metals, helped by an increase of by-product from gold-mining operations plus a number of major primary projects in recent years.

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He cut the 50-plus product-development projects inherited from Jager to a dozen.

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Wine has been made in Bordeaux since the time of the Romans, although it was an exclusively domestic product for the first 1, 000-plus years, until Henry II of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine and exports of Bordeaux to England began.

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With its Achilles heel now diagnosed, Jawbone took crucial steps to reinvent Up: the creation of a proprietary standard for testing (which involved a device known as the "Big Shower 2000"), an investment in over 100-plus new patents, a product trial spanning 46 weeks and a revised assembly process.

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Once they get on board with liability laws, they will unleash their 1 million-plus agents to sell a new product line worth hundreds of billions in premium revenue.

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Keep in mind that 59% of the North American market is plus-size but only 2% of the product in department stores has the right kinds of merchandise.

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Seagate Wireless Plus builds on the success of our first- generation product and takes it even further.

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