Murphy notes that the stock has been cut in half over the past four months, and asserts that it now looks like a buying opportunity for long-term investors.

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Price wars in the UK and elsewhere are hurting the bottom line as well, and like other operators Vodafone has seen its average revenues per subscriber fall by more than half during the past four years.

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Looking back over the past four and a half years, these lines tends to stay tightly correlated, and when they diverge, they quickly retreat back together.

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Astronaut Dave Wolf, who has been away from the planet for the past four and a half months, is looking forward to a Saturday night dinner of pizza, a beverage (known to be cold beer) and some time with his girlfriend.

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"For the past four-and-half years, O'Neal pursued his doctoral degree in education while juggling the roles of athlete, student and entrepreneur, " Barry University said in a statement.

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The Patriot Act has successfully provided such tools for the past four-and-a-half years.

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In the past three to four years, more than half of that business has come from companies making merger-related transactions.

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He said four households had been issuing FOI requests for the past two and a half years.

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For instance, the pharmaceutical sector sports average dividend yields near four percent, yet has had earnings multiples cut by more than half over the past 10 years to roughly 11x.

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I've used this app for the past week to create four books, including my own wedding album a year and a half after tying the knot.

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