Even so, that lack of coverage means many of these companies stocks move quietly, without analysts to generate news or commentary or give color to a business journalist.

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She moved into the position quietly, and she can move out quietly without turning it into a massive story.

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Military equipment is quietly on the move.

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The Force that has been quietly watching and gathering details about your every move and now is in a position to guess what you're going to do next, once it finishes running the numbers.

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And again, politicians who were quietly proceeding with what they thought was an uncontroversial move to standardise copyright laws have been forced to respond.

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The move was seen by Kanu officials as a bribe to entice Moi to leave office quietly after what his critics saw as years of economic mismanagement, corruption and political repression.

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Left with almost nothing, the family quietly makes plans to sell the ancestral home, lay off staff and move to a smaller property until they are saved at the last minute by yet another inheritance.

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Earlier, Walker had started the 400m hurdles quietly but she was on Demus' shoulder at the bend before making her move on the home stretch to claim a comprehensive win.

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The company has quietly snapped up more than a thousand patents in the past six months from Rockstar Consortium, a move that helps bolster it as it battles Google, Samsung, and other Android backers in the mobile-device market.

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