When he returned to the office and insisted that everyone put their phones in a box before starting, his colleagues initially responded with irritation, but the weekly gathering soon became so much more efficient that it was cut from to an hour from 90 minutes, Mr. Hunter said.

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That's what Forbes.com has been doing for nearly two years: Starting in 2005, our "Executive Toy Box" has looked at the favorite toys and tools of some of the world's leading technology executives.

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Instead of waiting for Black Friday, retailers are aggressively promoting merchandise, services, box sets, and the holiday season starting November 1st.

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Some merchants are starting out from scratch with the Business in a Box, while others already use Square in one location and can use the Box to start at a new location.

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United's cries for a penalty fell on deaf ears after Goodwillie went down in the box, but nothing could prevent them starting a run of five games in 12 days with a win as they catch up on the matches they have in hand on the teams around them in the table.

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Roxanne brings out a velvet-lined box of nine jade bracelets and announces that we will be starting with a test.

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That outside-the-box approach could be worth a try for a handful of reasons, starting with the fact that Stoudemire's shown himself to be a good shooter from midrange in the past.

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Steven Sasson invented the digital camera itself, starting at Kodak in the 1970s with an eight-and-a-half-pound box connected to a magnetic tape drive and a TV set, which produced a .01 megapixel image.

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Nintendo TVii intends to streamline the experience further, casting aside your cable box remote for built-in channel guides and DVR programming (coffee table's starting to look pretty sparse, eh?).

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