Universities are changing as well and following this trend.

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Companies like Nike and Puma are also following this trend, tapping collaborations with everything from location-based apps to messaging services in attempts to lead the way into what will undoubtedly become a crowded marketplace for consumer engagement.

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In this he is following a trend in Britain and other countries, notes Donald Savoie, a professor of government at the University of Moncton.

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In this, consultants are following a trend that has already hit the law firms whose business model they once copied.

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However, the June gold contract remains below all moving averages from the 20-day to 200-day this position keeps trend following traders bearish on gold.

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Early evidence of this trend is to be found in the following, important article that appeared in Investor's Business Daily on 4 January.

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Contrast this trend with no increase in suicides in the week following a media strike that unintentionally suppresses such coverage.

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This continued an upward trend in hiring intentions in Scotland following an improvement in outlook of the same level in the last quarter.

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This trend went into reverse from late 1998, and the jump in prices over the following two years contributed to first a slowing of economic growth and then the recession in America, which began in March last year.

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