Yet its market is not only heavily regulated, but also fragmented: tens of thousands of municipal monopolies provide nearly all of its water and sewerage.

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We in the U.S. have many strengths but are also highly fragmented in our approaches.

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The beer market there is enticing because of rapid growth, but it is also highly fragmented and hard for big western brewers to crack.

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But it is also local and fragmented, with most auctions taking place either at the factory itself or in an auctioneer's warehouse.

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He is expected to win, not only because he is a charismatic living legend as Haiti's first elected president after decades of dictatorship, but also because the opposition is fragmented.

ECONOMIST: Haiti

Thankfully, the Edge's GPU is not only discreet, but also powerful and (thankfully) not fragmented between the two models: an NVIDIA GT640M LE powers the graphics on both, while 4GB or 8GB (respectively) of DDR3 RAM keeps it all running smoothly.

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Europe is fragmented not only by multiple languages but also by the lack of a properly common market in services, including digital ones, so tech firms must still overcome assorted legal and bureaucratic barriers to trade across the EU. Digital firms should be able to benefit from the single market just as mobile-phone companies such as Nokia and Vodafone have.

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Erkki Liikanen, the European Commissioner overseeing the move, had told MEPs fragmented information available on the internet not only discriminated against non-English speakers but could also be piecemeal and unreliable.

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