In one merger we recently observed, certain sales support personnel who filled orders and took inventory turned out to be just as important as the star salespeople.

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The Cuban police took an inventory of the family's possessions -- thereby taking ownership of them on paper -- and Bernie and his mom and sister were forced to survive on their own.

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Upon landing at Heathrow, I took a quick inventory of my inbox. 769 emails in the seven hours from 7am NY Time until 2pm.

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They first took stock of the inventory of the few hundred common properties that they owned.

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In order to optimize the supply chain for new products, the company took back NOOK Simple Touch inventory following the previously announced holiday sales shortfall.

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On the surprise increase in inventory crude prices dropped rapidly and took the CAD with them.

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Deliveries rose to 963 units, up 39% from the year-ago quarter, and though the company benefited from a smaller inventory write-down it also took a smaller tax benefit than in 2011.

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Giordano's management also took the opportunity to overhaul the company's inventory system, improving the operation's just-in-time supply chain.

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In an earlier post , I claimed that the 3.2 percent growth in Real GDP understated the strength in the economy because inventory depletion (probably a sign of strength) took such a big chunk out of the number.

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Prior to the factory infiltration, the company took precautionary measures, where possible, to move or protect production and test equipment, inventory and tooling.

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