Mr Mather added that it was "encouraging" that three successive quarters of growth have been recorded, after separately compiled UK figures recently indicated the value of Scottish exports of all goods rose by 3.5% over the year to March.

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If we recognize the investment at the value indicated by the Comcast deal, there could be more than 5% upside to our price estimate for Disney.

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The research indicated that this is what customers value the most.

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In addition, as indicated in the following graph, the average exit value of Nordic companies has grown by 70% from the 1999-2004 period to the 2005-2010 period.

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One recent opinion survey indicated that the French now regard honesty as the most important value in everyday life, and consider the perceived decline in honesty to be almost as regrettable as the decline in politeness.

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Tencent had previously indicated it would let the service remain free and try to monetize the platform by offering value-added services like online games and mobile shopping.

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Some respondents indicated, however, that they use a combination of styles, such as dividend-paying value stocks.

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On the other hand, when a property is bought below market and immediately sold at profit with the help of a corrupt appraiser who "verifies" that the value of the property is actually double the initial purchase amount, mortgage fraud is indicated.

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