Magellan's let loose a slew of new additions to its Maestro line of GPS units, including three models in the widescreen 4200 series, and four in the lower-end 3200 series.
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In the typical production supply chain for consumer products, of which apparel production is a good example, the higher-value, pre-manufacturing activities like designing, engineering, and branding, and post-manufacturing activities like marketing, warehousing, transporting, and retailing happen in the United States, while the mostly lower-end manufacturing and assembly activities take place abroad.
In fact, second quarter GDP came in at 3.4% compared to 4.1% in the first quarter, leading Nomura to forecast lower year-end GDP growth for the R in BRICs.
The 21-day, which now forms the lower end of the channel, come in around 1365-1370.
The now-ancient UTStarcom 5700 finally sees release toward the end of April more than a year after we first saw it in the FCC's business, giving a lower-end choice to the Windows Mobile faithful.
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There are a few differences between the two, besides the cut-off top: In silhouette, the Roadster has a downward-sloping nose and a lower, smoother rear end that give it a slightly more polished look than the coupe.
Automobile manufacturers, such as Ford (NYSE: F) and GM (NYSE: GM), charge a lot of money for their in-car touch panels, many lower end models are produced the old-fashioned way.
The brand is never mixed with lower-end stock, and never rerun in the same quarter.
Geeksphone may be an online phone seller based in Spain, but the name of its lower-end Firefox OS reference phone, Keon, appears to be Dutch.
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Although spending more on security in two weeks than the average American's yearly income may seem excessive, Jackson's expenditures are in the lower end of what most high-profile individuals pay to protect themselves, their families and their property.
The Wall Street Journal reports the company is working on a lower-end iPhone that increase adoption of the device in emerging markets.
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The typical standards of built-in optical drive, HP QuickPlay, 6-in-1 card reader and 6-cell batter round out the capable, but lower-end laptop.
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Since the fragrance arm has been brought in-house, the plan is to shrink the brand's exposure, canceling lower-end outlets, followed by a revitalization of existing products.
Since math ability relies on fairly high-level cognition, the authors suggest that applying it to lower-level ones will be, well, a no-brainer in the end.
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The company has often put quality above affordability, but to be competitive in the booming Asia and South America markets, it will need to drop the price of its lower-end phones.
They essentially scaled down IBM's software to work on the lower-end servers now ubiquitous in the corporate world.
They essentially scaled down IBM 's (nyse: IBM - news - people ) software to work on the lower-end servers now ubiquitous in the corporate world.
That means that InPhonic takes a hit on the front end, which will result in lower short-term revenue.
In particular, if lower-end housing prices are now making the strongest gains, people looking to enter the housing market for the first time should prepare to act.
Gross margin concerns received some attention following comments from Barclays on Tuesday that the company will need to capture growth in emerging markets with a lower-end iPhone.
"We need to keep our ecosystem healthy, and that includes replenishing it with new buyers who can come in at the lower end of the brand, " said Steve Cannon, Mercedes-Benz's U.S. operations chief.
That's not so unusual for a mature product line, but it has been something that Apple has tended to confine to the lower-end product and a move that indicates confidence in healthy sales volumes.
And this number represents the lower-end of the potential payout as banks normally enter in a large number of transactions using their portfolio and each transaction would attract the tax.
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We also note that the iPad mini shows management is aware of the need for lower-end products that ultimately offer a foothold in markets where Apple can capture upgrade growth (i.e. the 40% of the tablet market that is owned by mostly Amazon, Samsung, Google and ASUS).
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However, like the lower-end HP device that preceded it, the device shines in an environment like an office, home or campus awash in WiFi, the same kinds of settings in which notebooks in general are most often used.
If Apple builds a lower-end SKU to compete, the company will only hurt itself in the long run by diminishing its value as a manufacturer of premium products.
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The company said the lower revenue reflects a reduction in customer inventories, as well as weaker-than-expected end-user storage demand, which it said was down slightly from the previous quarer.
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Though Gateway's been branded as the lower-end second banana to Acer ever since Acer acquired it back in 2007, its all-metal ID laptops are actually more striking than what most other companies are offering at this price.
In the end, the SPX closed slightly lower for the week, as it remains range-bound between 1, 300 and 1, 333.
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