They discovered innovations were handed off to traditional market category teams and included in existing product lines.

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If the Mac maker intends to move in this direction, investors must wonder when the existing product lines will be terminated.

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Since then, nothing too exciting has shown up at the event, with companies focusing on expanding and evolving their existing product lines.

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By pursuing such initiatives while developing the full sales potential of existing product lines like the V-22 Osprey and CH-47 Chinook rotorcraft, Boeing may be able to grow military earnings even as defense demand softens in the years ahead.

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The story also notes that Cook promised in the interview that one of the existing Mac product lines will be manufactured in the United States starting next year.

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