But there is also the influence of a new kid on the block: the internet.
Enter Globalfoundries, the new kid on the block, which takes a more consultative approach called Collaborative Device Manufacturing (CDM).
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LONDON, England -- There is a new kid on the block in the world of portable listening devices -- the mp3blue jacket.
But NBNK, as the new kid on the block, does not have advanced status and might not get it for years: it would have standard status.
Going into the GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the spotlight was clearly aimed at Perry given his dual status as the new kid on the block, and frontrunner.
The win sets up a hugely compelling Masters next month with Woods finding his game, the new kid on the block in McIlroy and four-time Masters champ Phil Mickelson playing well.
With the confidence of a new kid on the block, he argues that the big players in human rights have become too bureaucratic, and disinclined to do bold things like pay clandestine visits to repressive countries.
Beyond monetary considerations and administrative stability, Ghana is also reaping the rewards of years of investment in youth football which has produced players like Essien and Muntari -- and now new kid on the block Adiyiah and others.
"I was this new kid on the block, and he'd been around and knew Maryland politics very well, and he was smart and a brilliant writer -- and kind to a new reporter on the beat, " she said.
Maybe it's less that people see Facebook as evil and more that the site just isn't as cool as it used to be -- partly because it's so popular and also because it's not the new kid on the block anymore.
LightSquared, the new kid on the block, is planning an IPO but has almost no chance of success going forward (there has never been a wireless services wholesaler that has made money), and the smaller network operators are struggling for survival.
The reason is that as a new kid on the block, NBNK would be given what's known as "standard status" by the Financial Services Authority, whereas the Co-operative - with its longer history and considerable size in financial services - already has so-called "advanced status".
Following in the style of trailblazers such as Paper.li and MentorMob, which let you create your own newspapers and playlists from news stories, pictures and videos, IFTTT.com is the new kid on the block, in a growing list of sites that lets people curate their own Web space.
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Yet South-East Asia is proving rather resilient, even if the new kid on the regional block, reforming Myanmar, has too small an economy yet to have much of an impact.
However, Team Cameron does want to try to stop Labour regaining economic credibility by allying themselves with the new kid on the European block and by calling for both a European and a British plan for growth.
We recently highlighted this new kid on the China ETF block and believe it will be one of the better options when the emerging markets theme is restored.
Guys hanging out in the stairwells of the building and others on the block jumped on the new kid.
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