My thesis was as follows: Chinese companies looking to buy American companies are usually looking for a valuable technology or commodity or, to a much lesser extent, a strong brand name.

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The opposite will likely be true for the coal industry, although to a much lesser extent, since decreasing domestic coal use under Obama has been partially made up by increasing coal exports.

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It was the last vestige, along with (to a much lesser extent), Titanic and The Sixth Sense, of the idea that a hit film could play in theaters for months and months on end.

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Worse off are countries such as Venezuela and to a lesser extent Argentina that have squandered much of their commodity boom.

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So my bet is that the main outcome of the current kerfuffle will be to hand a stick to Labour (and to a lesser extent the Lib Dems) to beat the Conservatives with, and make it much harder for them to legislate in a way Labour doesn't like.

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