But increasingly, and since last year, formally, they talk and act in unison.
It has been publishing survey results in Urban China since at least September last year, Europe for multiple years and Japan since December last year.
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The BBC's HD channel has been running test transmissions on satellite and cable since last year, showing such programmes as Bleak House and Silent Witness.
However, it is hard for Myanmar's citizens to convert them into foreign currency and, since last year, imports have been tightly licensed.
Members of the Australian Parliament have been looking into whether residents of the country pay an unfair premium on electronics and related services since last year, and now two of the biggest names in technology have been called to testify on the issue.
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The China Securities and Regulatory Commission since last year has taken steps to address investor concerns, including lowering trading fees and tightening delisting rules.
Det Insp Grant Johnson said officers had been looking for Spring, Smith and Mealey since January last year but were "no closer to tracing them".
Deadly violence between Buddhists and Muslims has occurred since last year in other parts of Myanmar, first in a western region and then in central towns.
"It's the first title I've won since getting married last year and also since having (daughter) Mia so it means a lot to all of us, " said Hewitt, who joins John McEnroe and Boris Becker as the only men to win four Stella Artois titles.
The stock had gained 50% from its bottom last year, and just since last October had run 25% to its high three weeks ago.
One piece of good news for institutions: NGOs and media both got boosts since last year, with a trust rating of 63% and 57% respectively, up from 58% and 52%.
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The San Francisco-based maker of WakeMate, a smart wristband that helps people wake up, suffered production delays in 2010 and safety issues last year, and has since stopped making new products.
Seven years after the attacks of September 11, just 30 percent of Americans said they think an attack on American soil is likely over the next several weeks, down 11 points since this time last year and down 30 points since the first anniversary of September 11.
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And since we announced it last year, the number of companies that are taking part in it has tripled.
But the right-hander threw a called third strike past Bradley for his 609th save and first since April 30 last year at Baltimore.
According to the latest U.S. Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers report, meat and dairy prices increased by 8% in the last year, and since 2010, the prices of grains have doubled.
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Take-up has increased 300% since November last year and ADSL has come down in price by 30% since then.
For Epix, which has struggled to gain carriage deals from traditional cable operators like Comcast and Time Warner Cable since its launch late last year, it provides both a cash infusion and another (markedly higher profile) distribution platform for an extensive library of flicks from its partners, Paramount, Lionsgate, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
He now says Britain's performance should be judged against the worst global downturn since 1975 and a fall in global trade last year, the first annual decline since 1982.
"It doesn't get mentioned that much and has lessened a lot since last year, " he said.
"I've grown up a lot since last year and my game is much more consistent, " she said.
Whose shoe size, pants size, shirts size, hat size had changed since last year and by how much?
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The two groups, working in close co-operation, have been staging sit-ins and marches since the middle of last year.
Prices have increased since last year and the IRS has taken notice.
Dropbox has been refining this feature in beta since last year and today, with many improvements, it is available to all users.
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Now that he wants to play again and since he missed most of last year, he will only need to serve a 50-game penalty.
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Pre-tax profits (with inventory and capital consumption adjustments) declined at a 9.2% annual rate in Q2 and are down 7% since last year, the worst since 2001.
Tamoxifen has been used to treat breast cancer since 1978 and was approved last year to be used for breast cancer prevention by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Redmond, a member of the Marlins' World Series championship team in 2003, took over a team that lost the likes of Jose Reyes, Hanley Ramirez and Josh Johnson since opening day last year.
The smart fortwo electric drive - of which well over 1000 units have been produced and delivered since the middle of last year - has enjoyed an extremely positive response from our customers, too.
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