The reputation point system is determined by actions like voting on existing questions and asking new ones.
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China's low wages have been a major attraction for manufacturers, building its reputation as a cheap assembly point for consumer goods.
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But, by that point, his reputation at home had been so scarred by his involvement in the Watergate break-in that he couldn't capitalize on his image as a global problem solver.
So, even if Linux eventually becomes the safe no-brainer choice on Intel, it will have gotten to that point with the established reputation for being reliable on non-Intel platforms as well as on Intel platforms.
S's big selling-point remains the cost-cutting reputation of its chief executive, Peter Burt.
This is the point upon which the Metropolitan Police's reputation now turns.
Take Volvo's reputation for safety, perhaps its most powerful unique selling point in the West for years, which is now winning over new customers in Asia.
Depending on your point of view, the USPGA's reputation for being an 'anyone can win it' major either gives the event a real sense of unpredictability or makes it seem a game of chance.
Having won five World Series titles between 1903 and 1918, the Sox then went 86 years before winning it again, gaining a reputation as loveable losers or nearly men - depending on your point of view.
Increasingly, legendary activist investor Daniel Loeb, founder of New York-based hedge fund Third Point LLC, has long locked-in his reputation in the investing world largely by stirring media controversy through his very public shareholder letters that boldly highlight his aggressive attempts to push for change and replenish company board seats.
"Swindon have got a good opportunity to enhance their reputation by winning games against teams like QPR, so I don't see the point in taking them lightly, " said Malpas.
His faithful and creative grindstone-tending (92 symphonies at that point, plus dozens of string quartets, masses, operas) had built his reputation in the wider world.
That signals a turning point for American companies as they acknowledge that the long-term boost to their reputation from keeping jobs in the country can outweigh the meager cost saving associated with cheap labor.
But the basic point of the FT article still stands: the PPI scandal might be bad for the banks' reputation, and their balance sheets, but it is now putting money in people's pockets at a very useful time.
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