They served two distinct groups people who shopped for convenience and would buy one or two items per trip, and a much more loyal group who would buy one or two dozen items on each visit.

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Studies show that Mercosur's high external tariffs cause Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to import from one another even when it would be more efficient to buy goods elsewhere.

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So on one hand you have a brand, Ace, selling shovels, etc. to people who clearly need them and as such would me more willing than to buy one than say during a sunny day.

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One way for Sany to gain more exposure in the U.S. would be to buy all or part of an equipment-rental company, industry executives say.

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And they each want to buy a Nook tablet soon, although there is a small dispute: Ryan would like to pool his money with his brother and buy a more expensive, color one.

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If we had a truly independent Federal Reserve (one that was not willing to buy all the excess government debt) these larger deficits would make much more of an immediate and discernable impact on the financial markets and the economy.

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