Mr Uribe wants closer links with Central America, whose countries are becoming more closely integrated with each other.

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B2B applications, including some that will allow its Office suite of programs to be closely integrated with e-commerce activities.

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The new version of iTunes, dubbed iTunes 11, is more closely integrated with iCloud and resembles the mobile version.

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On February 9th the search giant unveiled Buzz, a networking service that will be closely integrated with the firm's e-mail offering, Gmail.

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Forbes is working hard to give advertisers a voice on our site, one that is more closely integrated with the content that journalists and contributors create.

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It is closely integrated with Facebook.

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Our direct financial exposure to those governments and their financial institutions is quite small, but Europe is so large and so closely integrated with the U.S. and world economies that a severe crisis in Europe could cause significant damage by undermining confidence and weakening demand.

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Many of its new schools will be virtual, for-profit, and integrated closely with workplaces.

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To help restore profitability, the investment bank is also to be integrated more closely with the arm that lends to companies.

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But we are all going to be affected one way with or another, as the world economies are so closely integrated.

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