This event is what it is -- the format being eight players, only men, indoors, round-robin -- it speaks for itself as being totally different from a grand slam.

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The central bank is used to being blasted, even for the idea of inflation-targeting itself.

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Of course, beyond impressing friends with the predictions, the algorithm has direct implications for the likes of Twitter itself -- being able to sell ads against trending topics could benefit the social media company enormously in its ongoing quest to monetize.

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In this market, the most likely outcome for any successful search start-up is being bought, likely by Google itself, says Gartner Research analyst Andrew Frank.

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The country's famous system of collective wage-bargaining, virtually unchanged for five decades, is itself being challenged, as employers seek more flexible settlements negotiated by individual companies and their workers.

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