"The demand is already huge, but it's going to grow several-fold, " says Rama Velamuri, academic director of the international executive M.

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He has found, for example, that taken in combination with exercise, a spice called curcumin boosts the production of heat-shock proteins several-fold.

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The FDA has increased the number of its investigations of domestic counterfeiting (which can involve ingredients from abroad) several-fold during the past decade.

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Nevertheless, some analysts say that mine output has not grown as rapidly as might be expected given a several-fold increase in the price of gold over the last decade.

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Picture the fairgrounds -- perhaps enlarged several fold -- filled to the brim with ultra-slim televisions, giant smartphones, tablets, laptops and enough washers and dryers to keep the entire population of Germany's wardrobe squeaky clean.

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In other words, GM only came back to the Facebook-advertising fold after several months of wrangling with Facebook executives, with varying intensity, about ways to improve tracking of advertising results on the site and to boost its effectiveness.

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This massive flow of information, happening every minute of every day, will grow ten-fold over the next several years, according to IDC.

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In mid-1998 when Virginia-headquartered AOL bought Israel-based ICQ, it was the first outside-United States acquisition by AOL. In late 1998 Netscape would come into the AOL fold with several overseas offices.

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