Instead, it sets a keen price, and then relies on a vast network of resellers and retailers to close the deal with customers.

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Long-lasting profits depend on high quality produced with a keen eye to costs and price.

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Hence the flutter of speculation about Mr Karmazin's future, not least by investors keen to eliminate the share-price discount that the uncertainty periodically creates.

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For example, some tour operators and villa companies are offering four nights for the price of three while Aegean Airlines has some keen offers for domestic flights.

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It was clear the ball would nip around so I was astonished both captains were keen to bat first, and I am afraid Pakistan paid the price for not putting England in.

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Network operators will be playing their part, keen to make sure there is more competition in the market to drive down the price of the hardware.

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The Tynecastle outfit were understood to be keen on selling their most valuable asset during January but no club would meet their asking price.

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RYANAIR, the most aggressive of Europe's low-cost airlines, saw its share price plunge by 30% on January 28th, following reports that the European Commission is about to clamp down on cut-price-deals which it has with relatively out-of-the-way airports keen to lure tourists.

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