It brings the company face-to face against close partner SAP and rivals Oracle and Salesforce.com Inc, the largest maker of web-based software in a crowded market.
To some extent, Mr. Buffett's defense of Goldman and Moody's could be expected: Berkshire has invested billions in financial firms including Goldman, a close partner for decades.
Not only has Honduras been a traditionally close partner with the United States, but the people-to-people relationship is profound, particularly given the Honduran-American population that has contributed so much to the growth of our country.
Never willing to cede too much ground to dedicated devices, the smartphone world has also gotten into the act, with Windows Phone 8 supporting a special class of camera apps Microsoft has burdened with the confusing name "Lenses" (not to be confused with the City Lens app from its close partner Nokia).
Egypt, we know -- and President Mubarak has for several decades been a close and important partner with our country.
The United States and Denmark are close allies and partner together around the world to promote freedom, security and prosperity.
We think that -- again, he is a close and important partner.
We decided to work in close collaboration with partner organizations in Africa, the second-fastest growing region in the world that also shoulders the highest burden of poverty.
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Canada, as you know, is a close ally and partner of the United States and the President looks forward to discussing our important bilateral relationship, including economic competitiveness and security, and key global issues.
Chile is a close friend and partner of the United States, and I've reached out to President Bachelet to let her know that we will be there for her should the Chilean people need assistance, and our hearts go out to the families who may have lost loved ones.
As I reported last year, the deal became the subject of a fierce confrontation between McKeon and his former partner and close friend, Thomas Campbell.
"There is obviously a lot of anxiety with talking to a past partner about a diagnosis, particularly if you're not close to that person, or if it was a casual partner, or if it was someone that you had a falling out with, " says Jenny McManus, the company's director of operations.
They were also more skeptical that further dialogue with their partner would yield a close friendship.
Jimmy Choo founder Tamara Mellon, 47, talks about her close relationship with Vidal Sassoon financial partner Tom Yeardye, who passed away in 2004 at age 73 here.
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Yes, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, debuting Monday in a cloud version and then next month in the on-premise and partner models, is getting close to Salesforce.com in terms of features and functions, says Nucleus Research VP Rebecca Wettemann.
Earlier this year, in a sign of change to come at Kleiner, managing partner Ray Lane angled to close the gap between the investing strategies and styles of its teams in China and the U.S., and initiate more collaboration.
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Few people have seen the ups and downs of startups more up close and personally than Kevin Rose, partner at Google Ventures and cofounder of Digg, the social news site that could have been Reddit but faded and is now trying for a comeback under new owner Betaworks.
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"On a benign Friday in August with no significant news event, it doesn't take much to push the market around, especially on the close, " said Michael Shea, managing partner of institutional sales and trading at Direct Access Partners in New York.
Lita whipped in a dangerous cross that his strike partner Scott McDonald inexplicably scooped over from close range.
But he indicated that the company is still nowhere close to selling its stake in Yahoo Japan to partner Softbank.
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Fearing his supporters' wrath, Mr Erbakan refused to close the Imam Hatips, thus irritating his coalition partner, the more secular True Path Party.
Torquay almost clinched it when Sills had a header tipped onto the post by Bartlett, who only joined Cambridge on an emergency loan on Saturday, and strike partner Benyon fired over the rebound from close range.
Barrick Gold, a Canadian firm, came close to being picked by the Indonesian government as a partner.
Turning down Vodafone's offer to buy their stake, the Ruias are close to signing a shareholders' agreement with their new partner.
"I was very close to joining Swansea 18 months as Kenny Jackett wanted me to partner Lee Trundle up front, " he said.
Meanwhile, Fortune was playing his cards close to his chest when asked who would be his preferred strike partner in the coming season.
Although he has yet to close on a deal, Thornburg, a former Bear, Stearns limited partner, is already the talk of the fundraising world.
Wellington's push is aimed at driving down costs for companies that do business with China, which is close to overtaking Australia as New Zealand's No. 1 trading partner.
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