Ruiz would rather have Motorola expand its business of developing whole systems on a chip, where margins are 40% to 50%, double those of components.

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In Hong Kong, Chau expects that falling interest rates will help stocks as a whole, especially such blue-chip property developers as Cheung Kong and Sun Hung Kai Properties, both Chau holdings, since lower borrowing costs should stimulate demand for property. (Fair disclosure: Through cef Holdings, Cheung Kong is an investor in Chau's employer, TAL CEF Global Asset Management).

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The Nike Plus, the chip placed in running- shoe soles that communicates wirelessly with an iPod, has a whole cult built around it.

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