The difference is that the flaky-currency players don't buy dollar-denominated bonds and don't buy longer-term paper.
Microsoft's been sharp enough to realize from the start that people can't always -- or simply don't want to -- buy into an entire ecosystem.
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Give him one thing money can't buy--a shot at blowing away rivals--and options that could make him richer still.
Swinmurn envisions clients such as a NBA basketball team knowing not just who its season ticket holders are, but what jerseys and T-shirts they buy and when.
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Valuations are so low right now that companies can buy at bargain basement prices--but that doesn't mean they can necessarily buy long-term value.
"Often a supplier will say he can't do anything on the price and I'll say, 'I can't buy it - it's quite simple, '" says Mr Lalani.
The House-passed health care legislation doesn't include a Medicare buy-in provision.
He hopes to pose a direct challenge to supermarkets by persuading customers to do all their shopping at Whole Foods instead of cherry-picking the goodies they can't buy at the big-name chains.
I've had kids come in with the retro T-shirts that they buy at Urban Outfitters, etc.
The shelves at T-Mobile, Best Buy, etc. were lined with row after row of cheap Android devices.
As part of that campaign, Macy's customers can now buy T-shirts and tote bags sporting some of the old retail logos.
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So if we don't have teacher buy-in, if they're not enthusiastic about the reforms that we're initiating, then, ultimately, they're not going to work.
It didn't stock the flagship Levi's 501 blues until March, fearing a backlash from European and Asian customers who couldn't buy on-line and were paying higher prices than Americans.
That's why reports on Monday that Vodafone was exploring a bid to buy T-Mobile U.K. , the British mobile network unit belonging to Deutsche Telekom , came as little surprise.
Sprint could still offer to buy T-Mobile USA for a fat premium, but the Germans seem keen on the fit with MetroPCS. It could make a hostile bid for MetroPCS, but such a battle would be hard to win.
Even if you had a good credit rating, even if you had an ample salary, you just couldn't get a loan for your business, you couldn't get a loan for -- to buy a car, you couldn't get anything.
Stroy rejected the idea, arguing that if Abaxis wasn't a one-step process, doctors wouldn't buy it.
Merck Chief Executive Raymond Gilmartin has firmly said that he doesn't want to buy anyone--that the company's salvation will come from its own labs.
When you buy a T-shirt that says "made in China, " there's a pretty good chance it's made of cotton that was grown on a farm somewhere in the United States.
Oh, and in case you aren't looking to buy FB-specific hardware, fear not, for the presence of TouchWiz compatibility indicates that Facebook Home will be available for other phones as well.
However, the big winner of the event--because it's far more than a game--didn't buy any advertising time for its base brand, but accumulated many minutes and millions of dollars of value.
He has mostly turned bullish on the big carriers--provided the economy avoids slipping into recession and oil prices don't push much higher--placing "buy" recommendations on all non-bankrupt legacy carriers.
When you buy a Rolls-Royce engine, you don't buy a product, you buy the promise of a working engine for a number of years.
Now, it's only fair to say most people, the religious and the non-religious alike, don't buy any of this, but none more than the owners of some of the adult businesses along I-35.
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That wouldn't buy an average two-bedroom condo in Manhattan or Boston's Back Bay this year.
Deibert noted, however, that the court of public opinion--primarily, shareholders and Wall Street--likely won't buy Yahoo!'
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