The head of RBS's investment banking arm since 2008, John Hourican, is also expected to step down.

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While many countries -- including the United States, France and Britain -- have called for al-Assad to step down, they have not agreed on whether to arm Syrian rebels.

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Qualcomm, NVIDIA, AMD, and even ARM Holdings (which developed the architecture used by Apple in its iPhones and iPads), are a step ahead of Intel and its Atom microprocessor.

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