However, shares in Softbank added 2% after Kyodo News reported the firm's mobile-carrier unit won key spectrum which will allow it to better compete against larger rivals NTT DoCoMo and KDDI.

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By 1995 Pavlo had risen to senior manager and the carrier finance unit had grown to 120 employees.

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Mann soon became a central player (and codefendant) in MCI's reseller scandal, along with James Wilkie, Pavlo's buddy and senior manager in MCI's carrier finance unit.

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We're also deploying a Marine Expeditionary Unit, the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, and the Navy's hospital ship, the Comfort.

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The carrier said positive developments are continuing into 2012, with January passenger unit revenues up 15% from a year ago so far.

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New equipment orders in its Otis elevator unit was up 19% from a year ago, while new commercial HVAC orders at Carrier increased 11%.

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