Apart from being a heavyweight champ, Louis was a model citizen, a military vet and a true difference-maker when too many men and women were still struggling to become color-blind.

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They have a model: Sanden, an independent maker of compressors for air conditioners.

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Japanese game giant Nexon continues to have success with the free-to-play online game business model it pioneered when it was a Korean game maker.

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Indeed, we were able to take a look at the phone maker's upcoming stateside model, the lower-end Quattro II 4G.

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Naturally, subscribing to this theory puts a decision maker in the crosshairs of the traditional scouting model, one that relies on seeing and physically and mentally testing the player, with results in a scouting report to compare with hundreds of others.

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The maker of battery-powered Model S sedans has a goal of becoming profitable this quarter, with vehicle deliveries forecast to rise to a record 20, 000 units this year.

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Facing competition from BMW, Audi and Mercedes in the premium small-car market, Saab Chief Executive Peter Augustsson needed a new model and turned to another GM partner, Fuji Heavy Industries, maker of Subaru four-wheel-drive cars. (GMowns a 20% stake in Fuji.) After months of discussions, nudged along by Lutz, the collaboration resulted in the Saab 9-2X, a sporty, high-performance wagon based on the underpinnings of Subaru's Impreza compact and its high-performance cousin, the WRX.

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Or a refrigerator maker could work with the app, and offer a 10% discount on a more energy-efficient model than the clinker the app identified.

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