It decided not to test a plan in which customers who were about to make a debit-card purchase but didn't have enough in their account would have gotten an alert giving them the option of buying overdraft protection.

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Saudi men earlier had the option of requesting alert messages about their dependants' cross-border movement, but it appears that since last week such notifications are being sent automatically.

BBC: Saudi women in Riyadh. File photo

Also, they will alert shoppers that it is happening, and give them the option of turning off their device while in the mall.

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Trading set a record for any option making its debut, according to data provider Trade Alert, with nearly 365, 000 contracts changing hands.

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The best example of its claimed "55 mile-per-hour user interface" (unusable by Sammy Hagar) is a large traffic alert that warns you as you're approaching a trouble spot and presents the option to select a new route.

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Were American weapons on day-to-day alert to be dismantled or otherwise disabled, however, more than a "launch on warning" option would be foreclosed: The deterrent value of the United States' arsenal would be eviscerated since, as a practical matter, it would be politically (if not technically) problematic to restore these weapons to operational status.

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