But whether it will extend beyond the Mac world, or be enough to persuade Apple customers who have only recently bought new machines to upgrade again, is open to question.

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He said the UK Met Office was planning to upgrade the radar again with dual-polarisation as part of a wider plan, with it due to happen in Jersey some time after the middle of 2015.

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Another measure: in September the number of companies on watch for a downgrade was higher than those awaiting an upgrade, again according to Moody's.

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The Bank said the close-down was a one-off upgrade and will not need to happen again.

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Well, if the history of past purchases such as Hyperion and Business Objects is any indication, the new parent company will gut them by laying off nearly all of their employees (especially the designers), add the products to their own catalog, and never seriously upgrade those products again.

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Then again, you have to consider those pesky early termination or upgrade fees.

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Every time you come out with an upgrade or new product, you can depend on your customers to buy again.

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Should Wynn Resorts blow past the consensus estimate once again, it could force analysts to reconsider their positions and upgrade the stock or issue a price-target increase.

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In between missions, we again have an interesting upgrade system that intertwines the story with modifications to your units.

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But, just maybe, more seasons like this last one, where scoring suffered, will convince the caretakers of the game to upgrade offense so the public doesn't have to wait until March for the game to be compelling again.

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