By about 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon, Mr. Tims still hadn't checked out from room 3711 at the W Hotel near Times Square, police officials said.

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But while the iPhone may not represent as much of a handful, there's still times that it -- like any phone -- isn't as close as you might want it.

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Microsoft is still considered a growth stock and probably won't fall all the way to 13 times earnings.

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Still, business practices at most sari-sari stores haven't kept up with the times.

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The coming weeks are going to be trying times for both Microsoft and T-Mobile, a sideline player in this carnage that ultimately still shoulders responsibility for taking users' cash month after month and keeping tabs on the robustness of its partners' workflows.

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