Building cards into the handsets of Japan's mobile-phone users, who are ever eager to experiment with new tricks, seems a good way to get them to buy more on credit.

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It takes a very good salesman with immense PR and a great deal of persuasive messaging to get the buy-in on taking those hair cuts across the board.

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It's like if you have a son or a daughter who wants to buy a car but doesn't have good enough credit to get a loan.

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Keeping his Buy rating, Yeung says the stock should get off to a good start this year, driven by a strong CS, with some seasonal stall mid-year, then strengthening again later in the year as ultrabook sales pick up and the debut of the Silvermont mobile SOC parts become available.

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It might be tempting to get out while the going is good indeed, a number of institutional investors have quietly offered to buy the government's stakes.

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This means that a company with poor profit performance can get a buy recommendation if the market has beaten down its price even more than it deserves, while a very good performer can warrant a sell if its valuation is excessively exuberant.

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