Instead, the company is making a number of moves to boost shareholder value, among other things declaring an annual dividend of 50 cents a share, and opting to spin off its stake in its Covisint unit to holders following a pending IPO of that business.

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But the state-owned daily El Moudjahid sees things rather differently, declaring that Algerians "have shown great enthusiasm for the forthcoming legislative elections".

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One of the things Jay talked about the President did was, in declaring the disaster, people can start registering for FEMA assistance.

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He knows she will say things that either flatly contradict party policy - such as declaring she would never join the euro - or that will embarrass him - such as suggesting Labour may win a second landslide.

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"There was no need for things to go the way they did, given that government was declaring a policy on land, " says Jonathan Moyo, who served as Mugabe's information minister during the height of the chaotic land-reform movement.

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