They may not be the biggest payers, but defender and captain Chris Hope and big striker Leo-Fortune West have been lured out of the League to add weight to what looks a balanced squad.

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Cruising to Langkawi on big ships with names like Leo and Virgo.

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That task will fall to the Court of Chancery in Delaware, the state where most big American firms are incorporated, and in particular to Leo Strine, one of the court's four vice-chancellors.

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Under new CEO Leo Apotheker, HP likewise is expected to make a big push into software.

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VelaPharm Chief Executive Kevin L. Keim remembers seeing the tofisapam molecule, which was approved as a niche anxiety drug in 15 countries but never became a big seller, when he worked at Roche, alongside Valium inventor Leo Sternbach.

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What is more, says Leo Drollas of the Centre for Global Energy Studies, a consultancy, they are unlikely to agree to big cuts for fear of further blighting the world economy.

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