GPS, which uses signals from satellites, only works well outside and its co-ordinate system only identifies areas down to a few metres in diameter.
So, in that regard, GM is doing well to not only widen its product range but also offer customers the option of petrol or diesel variant.
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Unicom has struggled, signing up only 30 million CDMA customers--well below its capacity of 70 million--a subscriber base only a sixth the size of that of China Mobile, the dominant GSM carrier.
After April's jump in prices, this ratio is well above its long-run average and only about 15% less than its all-time peak in 1989.
If left to its own devices an oil well will deliver only about 10% of the crude it contains.
Labour-force participation remains well below its 2000 peak, and payroll headcounts have only this year returned to their 2001 levels.
In contrast, Kenya scores well for education standards, although its system caters for only a small proportion of the population, but public institutions are deemed very poor, with the country's ranking dropping 17 places (to 117th) in the past year alone.
Dendreon shares are down 60% after the company announced second quarter sales that fell well below investor expectations and withdrew its financial guidance for its only product, the prostate cancer treatment Provenge.
As before, BNP will take a 75% stake in Fortis's Belgian bank, but instead of swallowing all of its Belgian insurance arm as well, it will take only 10% of that business.
They answer very specific questions and only answer them well for the specific business and its current conditions.
Partly thanks to Mr Lee, Singapore, which has a population of only 3m people, has long punched well above its weight in regional affairs.
Sounds good, but it lives or dies based on how good these folks are at measuring specific risk, and how well ZestCash manages its own costs of managing discerning loan officers who only work over the telephone.
If Obama signs a substantial package this year, it could well define his presidency -- as transformational, and only in its first year.
This would be wrong only if the economy would by then be working well above its normal capacity, which Mr Davies thinks is by no means certain.
With its lead program getting closer to an NDA, AVEO is well on its way to possibly becoming a sustainable biotech company: a feat only a rarefied few biotechs ever achieve.
Nevertheless, Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer told investors to expect earnings to come in at only 65 cents a share for its current quarter, well below expectations of 82 cents a share.
Central banks may enjoy their new powers, yet it could be argued that monetary policy is not well suited to this role, as its effects on the economy are felt only after long and variable lags.
The danger here is that Ford risks making its designs too homogeneous--a risk Ford knows only too well.
Food is not the only way IKEA connects with its local audience to compete with well run local competitors.
Still, the rate at which riders are hit by trains is only slightly above what it was in 2001, and well below its high from 2003, when 188 people were struck, 37 fatally.
In the end, despite the intense hype buildup surrounding its release, we could only conclude that the VX8500 is a well-equipped (save the lack of a speakerphone) midrange device with a pretty face -- no more, no less.
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Only then can the U.S. prepare all its students well for the 21st century.
However, this will leave the employment rate only marginally above its current value of 71.4%, well below 2008's peak of 74.5%.
The Mississippi and its flow explain why the Davy Jones discovery well is 20 miles offshore and in only ten feet of water.
Apple will face competition from Google, Microsoft and Facebook as it attempts to generate more revenues from its existing user base not only in music but in other services as well.
According to Retro Sound, the Model Two is the only radio made specifically for vintage autos that carries the Made-for-iPod designation, and the only one in its class packing hands-free call features as well.
Here are two examples of well-intended government programs that not only failed to stop obesity, but instead accelerated its growth.
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These typically vest after a certain time only if a company has both increased value for its shareholders and performed well against a peer group.
Should the federal government, acting on be-half not only of stockholders and creditors but of the general public as well, force its own accounting standards on business?
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Regardless, Beidou could be well on its way to become the new Xiaomi (sans the software part), though only time can tell whether it has the reliability and after-sale service to prove it.
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