The building boasts views of the Saigon River, full back-up electricity, centralized air-conditioning, direct phone lines and high-speed lifts.

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South Korea did turn to China and Japan (as well as America) for help during the global crisis of late 2008, but it arranged direct swap lines with their central banks.

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Infineon also provides the thyristor chips that allow transformers to handle high-voltage direct-current power lines.

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Instead, businesses will likely choose dedicated DSL lines for direct Internet access and to connect remote workers to corporate intranets by employing virtual private networking technology.

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In recent years this program, which provides direct loans, loan guarantees, and lines of credit to regionally or nationally significant transportation projects, has helped mayors leverage four times the money invested in it by the federal government, helping construction workers get on the job quicker, and repaying taxpayers their hard-earned money faster.

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The 20-mile-long drive, which is double the distance of the most direct route, passed by broken down homes, downed power lines, a smouldering mall which had been on fire for hours, nearly empty streets, and once in Algiers, a half-hour later, this strange sight.

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But going underground is an expensive proposition: The direct costs are much more than those associated with traditional overhead power lines.

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