Although, we believe that the rapid growth in the direct-to-consumer business will help Aeropostale, it may still not be enough to drive its overall growth.

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Each firm operates in its own distinctive environment in which compensation formulas have to interact with the patterns of shareholder control, the type of direct regulation in place and the rapid movement in product markets.

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Direct investment serves as a buffer against rapid portfolio outflows, since it operates on a longer time horizon.

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Consumers across the world, such as in the UK and the US, have been hit by rapid rises in the price of petrol as a direct result of the oil price rises in recent months.

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Jumping up a bit bigger than one or two machines, Morris Technologies (Cincinnati, Ohio), for example, owns and operates 20 direct metal laser sintering machines, in addition to other rapid prototyping technologies, to manufacture and prototype products for a range of industries including aerospace and medical.

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Mr Pacey said Shop Direct call centres had seen a 55% decrease in calls, while there had been a "rapid increase" in mobile and self-service transactions.

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