Warner Bros, for instance, supplies small selections of its films to 38 separate digital-distribution services, according to Screen Digest, a research firm in London.
While the Air Force has stated that the vehicle is meant only for conducting orbital science experiments, analysts say the X-37B is capable of much more, and could perform additional tasks such as acting as an orbital spy, sneaking up on and tampering with enemy satellites or hauling small batches of supplies to the International Space Station.
Most small companies now buy supplies, pay bills and manage payroll on Web-based services, according to the National Small Business Association, a Washington, D.
Facilities are non-existent save a small shop for basic supplies like firewood, so make sure to stock up on food and drinks in San Antonio.
In addition to separate compartments for a laptop and tablet, the divider for the latter includes small pockets for office supplies, such as pens, business cards and memo pads.
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When supplies of wood got tight and small lumber mills had more orders than they could fill, they gave first priority to Jeld-Wen.
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The European Union says it will send food and perhaps a small force of policemen to help guard important supplies--once it is clear that a basic order has been restored.
He'd provide an Internet marketplace where small and medium-size businesses could buy routine supplies, from paper clips to fluorescent lighting fixtures.
All but a very small number of customers in Gwynedd have now had their supplies fully reconnected.
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This discovery inspired HPV vaccine programs at such drug giants as Merck and small biotechs as MedImmune in Gaithersburg, Maryland, which supplies the GlaxoSmithKline vaccine.
According to Gantz, two-thirds of large organizations have made arrangements for alternate supplies, but less than 40 percent of small companies have made such arrangements.
Bain Capital backed Staples, for example, after executives there determined that small businesses would patronize large stores carrying all their office supplies in one place.
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"Generally, we have no problem with a small group of aid workers monitoring and arranging flow or distribution of humanitarian supplies, " Arif said.
While supermarkets and hypermarkets are more sparsely located owing to their space requirements and high rental rates in densely populated urban areas, drugstores have leveraged their small size, convenient locations and proximity to the consumers and stocked up their grocery supplies to attract traffic.
By matching the names or addresses of its customers with their SIC (business-category) codes, it discovered that a major portion were not contractors or homeowners--as it had long believed--but small businesses such as pizzerias, hair salons and bars, which either bought their maintenance supplies from Lowe's or wanted to refurbish their facilities themselves.
Charities' staff gripe about delays in getting supplies through customs, which imposes costly storage fees and has forced them to spend a small fortune on car hire.
In a speech to a Small Business Administration conference in Washington, Bush announced five proposals focusing on technology to ensure affordable and reliable supplies of energy.
But the helicopters and small aircraft from neighbouring Tajikistan and Pakistan that at once started to arrive in Faizabad, carrying medical and other relief supplies to be flown to outlying villages, were soon desperately overstretched.
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