While annuities may be appropriate retirement products for some, they are not suitable for all investors and the liquidation of securities holdings is not always the best approach to funding an annuity purchase.

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As a result, HMV has managed to alienate its core market of CD-buyers, while failing to attract new customers for other products, leaving it in the worst of all worlds.

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Autodesk also introduced a new feature for 123D products called My Corner, which provides cloud storage for all 123D design projects while connecting 123D product workflows.

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While my partners and I are all for promoting safe and environmentally sound practices in the development of nanotech processes and products, I am worried that this could snowball into the kind of publicity that created a backlash against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and Monsanto.

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