Same-store sales (SSS) are what really matters, though, and those were up as well.

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Since 2004 the SSS letter is up 93% (with no leverage) as verified by Mark Hulbert.

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In China, SSS grew 14%, while both the international unit and the U.S. unit saw a 5% expansion.

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Other competitors in the services sector include: Sovran Self Storage Inc (SSS) and PS Business Parks (PSB).

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The country's largest institution, Metrobank, persuaded state-run pension fund SSS to swap its 6.3% stake in FEBTC for 5% of Metrobank.

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It has released Same Store Sales (SSS) data for Amazon, eBay, comparison shopping and search on a monthly basis from December 2011 to December 2012.

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Sovran Self Storage, Inc (SSS) is one of my least favorite stocks held by small-cap value ETFs and mutual funds and earns my Very Dangerous rating.

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In my current role as editor of the Forbes Investor (FI) and Forbes Special Situation Survey (SSS) investment newsletters, I get to do this every day.

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But if Mr Otedola was acting as part of a sting operation for Nigeria's intelligence agency, the State Security Services (SSS), as he has claimed, he will not be charged, but may be called as a witness, our reporter says.

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In my prior role as Senior Equity Analyst of the Forbes Investors Advisory Institute, I was the top stock picker for the SSS and helped produce the only investment newsletter ranked in the top ten (out of 186) in overall performance on a five-year, three-year, and one-year basis according to newsletter ranking service Hulbert Financial Digest.

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