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Shopping

Seeking to obtain the best bid or offer available by calling a number of dealers and/or brokers.

Shopping

The practice of an investor or broker investigating bids and/or offers from a number of sources, possibly on multiple exchanges, in order to find the best price for a trade.

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USING BLUECORE'S WINDOW SHOPPING EMAIL PROGRAM, WINE ENTHUSIAST SAW THE FOLLOWING RESULTS:

Wine enthusiast uncorks more personalized email campaigns with Bluecore solution: a reduction in outgoing emails increases revenue for the wine accessories company

"It's a way to stop them and pull them in if they're just window shopping without necessarily having a person there to man a booth."

Talking to customers goes high tech

The presenter does a little window shopping to review the latest and greatest television-set deals on offer in Britain's High streets.

Tonight's TV; The Gadget Show (five, 8pm)

Q I HAVE a set of eight Royal Doulton "Window Shopping" plates.

YourMoney: TREASURE HUNTERS

Currently free for download, the 3B.net browser is designed to mimic a shopping mall or town center in order to leverage one of the most fundamental human behaviors: window shopping. So, if you see something you like, you head inside to get a better look.

3B: browsing another dimension

It was so hard not to be able to enjoy a hotdog at Wrigley field, walk the beach on the lakefront do some window shopping along the "Magnificent Mile", or simply have some delicious muffins, cake or brownies at home.

Taste of America

Hemmed in on all sides by low-rise buildings, the forecourt provides a breathing space for meeting, socializing and window shopping. It also makes the tower more of a distinguishable object in its own right, like a chunky bubble-wrapped bauble on a tray.

Under the net: wrapped in a crystalline grid, this new store in Tokyo marks the latest step in Prada's plans for world fashion domination

A MOTHER of five who stole a wig and three pairs of boxer shorts while out window shopping told magistrates she did not mean to steal them.

SHE'S A WIG SCAM MAM; Mother of five caught on CCTV in city centre store

After window shopping in Sudbury early the summer, space officials came away impressed with Inco's teledrilling work and offered Baiden a position on a special review committee should they opt to drill for core samples on the red planet.

Telemining pioneer seeks position as university chair

This month's cover story ("Window shopping," page 22) makes the case for both views and several in between.

Aggregate Opinions

We're not sure if United Auto's window shopping extended to the similarly sized and equally vacant Home Quarters at 3500 Landers Road in North Little Rock.

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Bisker even travels with her in-line skates - checking out the colors and trends of Los Angeles and window shopping through New York City.