The main problem is obvious: Speedy outfielder Brett Gardner has been on the disabled list for all of May with elbow trouble, depriving the lineup of an on-base threat and a consistent 50-steal man who puts pressure on pitchers and gives the offense a different look.

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BSkyB is planning to launch its own range of music channels this year, which would put MTV's channels - which include MTV UK and Ireland, MTV Hits, MTV Base, MTV2, and VH1 - under more pressure.

BBC: Sky and MTV in cash row

Its customer base comprises four of North America's largest providers of pressure-pumping services to the drilling industry: Baker Hughes Inc.

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Like the pressure to de-list the US dollar as the base currency for international trade, with innovation activity shifting to Asia, countries other than the U.S. will have an increasingly larger say in international intellectual property rights, standards setting and commercialization of intellectual property.

FORBES: The locus of innovation has shifted away from the U.S.