They use resources effectively and efficiently both to improve their bottom line and to strengthen their ability to provide quality products and services.

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"While we evaluate restructuring initiatives and strategic alternatives, we are committed to continuing to provide high-quality solar products to our global customer base, " Suntech CEO David King said in a statement.

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Shanghai-based training service JETT trains employees of retailers in how to deal with customers who insist on smoking in stores, says Ed Dean, JETT's founder. (Explain that the store wants to provide customers with the highest-quality products, and that smoke can tend to tarnish them.) "Problems emerge in China that multinational businesses don't always foresee when they look for employees, " Mr. Dean says.

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Not only does Steal Network provide us a chance to try high quality products at a fraction of their retail value, it also provides a platform for interacting with the company employees (even the owner and CEO) as well as other Steal Network shoppers.

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"Our collaboration with Toshiba results in new products for consumers that provide optimized, high-quality playback of streaming entertainment in the living room, " said Simon Adams, SVP, Sales and Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Rovi Corporation.

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"Most current electronic products have LCD displays that are power hogs and provide picture quality that, as we all know, leaves a lot to be desired, " explains CEO Dr. Christopher Morton.

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