He also had access to pricing information and details about component and product costs, the suit said.

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Analysts continue to predict higher component costs and possible product shortages in the weeks ahead as companies including Toshiba Corp.

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Also emphasized in this strategy is a more robust risk assessment component that incorporates product life cycle analysis and ethical, legal, and societal implications of nanotechnology.

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Core sales, which strip out cars, petrol, and building materials and correspond most closely with the consumer spending component of gross domestic product, increased by 0.5%.

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In most high-tech fields today, the know-how needed to make a component, sub-assembly or finished product has progressed too far and too fast for the average worker to be able to propose any useful innovations.

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The explanation for the weak guidance: higher component costs, back-to-school discounts and a mysterious "product transition" will cause Apple earnings to come in lower than expected.

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And companies that depend on a component manufactured by only one source may be forced to completely redesign their product.

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