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  • Boeing did some of the safety testing on the 787 battery system, but much of the testing was done by a subcontractor, Thales of France, which made the 787's electrical system, and by battery maker GS Yuasa of Japan, according to a previously released NTSB report.

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  • According to Forbes, Cramb was previously at The Gillette Company before joining Avon in November 2005.

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  • According to DigiTimes, Apple had previously reduced its shipment expectations to eight million units or less.

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  • Previously, according to the magazine, there had been concerns that productions would give priority to getting the "perfect shot rather than the welfare of paintings and furniture".

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  • According to the research almost 40% of consumers who previously opted in to receiving promotional emails from a retail marketer are also interested in getting promotional messages from these same retailers via SMS or text messaging.

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  • Although they are decades from being practical, according to researchers, quantum computers may one day add previously unimagined computing power to such complex tasks as database-searching and breaking secret codes, tasks that now require powerful supercomputers.

    FORBES: Atoms Offer Giant Leap In Computing Power

  • According to Mr. Carter, although Mr. Jordan had previously referred clients to him, Mr. Jordan had never personally driven them to his office.

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  • Additional research is needed to study the benefits of targeting DHA supplements to women with a history of depression or who previously had a premature baby, according to Dr. Makrides.

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  • Argentina's economy is some 11% smaller than previously thought, according to new national accounts unveiled by the Economy Ministry.

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  • The previous Friday, the Spanish government said it would issue more bonds in the fourth quarter than previously planned, according to TradeTheNews.com.

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  • According to the polls, Yisrael Beitenu, previously a minor right-wing party led by Avigdor Lieberman, has been doing surprisingly well.

    ECONOMIST: Israel

  • LONDON, England -- Madonna is planning to get married wearing a tiara previously worn by the late Princess Grace of Monaco, according to her official fan club website.

    CNN: Madonna to wed in Princess Grace's tiara

  • According to the Los Angeles Times, Lewis had previously been arrested for abusing his wife, who had taken out a restraining order against him.

    NEWYORKER: Trial by Fire

  • Revis had twice previously held out, and according to a person involved in financial negotiations over Revis's career with the Jets, he and his agents argued that outlying deals signed by lesser players should be the market standards for his contracts.

    WSJ: Why the Jets Had to Jettison Revis

  • According to Whitner, a seven-year veteran who previously played for the Buffalo Bills, most teams rarely do much institutional stretching.

    WSJ: Why the San Francisco 49ers Love to Stretch

  • The suspect in the case of a cinema shooting in the US state of Colorado previously threatened a university professor, according to prosecutors.

    BBC: Aurora shootings: James Holmes 'threatened professor'

  • No single Twitter account had previously reached 1 million followers, according to two Web sites that track popularity on Twitter, a site on which users post 140-character messages that are distributed to groups of followers.

    CNN: Oprah, Ashton Kutcher mark Twitter 'turning point'

  • This is according to Khaled Mohieddin, a fellow free officer and also previously a member of parliament in Egypt.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • According to Popular Mechanics, the robots are only being used to put out fires involving Acetylene gas, which had previously simply been left to burn themselves out due to the risk of explosions.

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  • In economic news, home prices increased less than economists had expected in January, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, leaving sales of previously owned properties at the highest level in more than three years.

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  • The block had been previously awarded to Transcorp, which, according to Addax Chief Financial Officer Michael Ebsary, hadn't come up with either the money or the required international partner within 90 days, as stipulated by Nigerian authorities.

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  • Last year's first-ever live stream of a Super Bowl in the United States attracted 2.1 million users, making it the most-watched, single-game sports event ever online, according to data provided by Omniture and mDialog, surpassing any previously reported record.

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  • According to the National Association of Realtors, the sale of previously owned houses rose 7.9 percent in August, reaching a two year high while automobile sales in September came in just south of 14.9 million, the best since 2008.

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  • It grew at an annualised rate of 2.4% in the second quarter of this year, according to the Office of National Statistics, twice as fast as previously thought.

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  • Humana also plans to offer self-insurance to companies enrolling as few as 26 workers in some markets where it previously restricted such services to larger companies, according to an email from a Humana sales executive to a broker.

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  • Al-Rashudi, who was recently elected president of ACPRA, previously spent five years in detention and, according to activists, was found guilty last year of, among other things, financing terrorism, incitement against the king and attempting to seize power.

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  • According to alarmist groups, this proves global warming is much worse than previously feared.

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  • Boko Haram has previously carried out attacks, including at churches, according to government officials.

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