That could put Bristol-Myers Squibb in a weak position, allowing Icahn to bargain for an even higher price--even though it's unlikely any other big drug maker would want to purchase ImClone given the company's exclusive Erbitux deal with Bristol.
Gen Kayani too has had to defend the army's relationship with the US as anger has grown about excessive US penetration of Pakistan's government and security establishment - even though some of the anti-Americanism has been whipped up by the military itself.
All six were Sandinista appointees--even though the court's six-member constitutional panel includes three Liberal magistrates.
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"A lot people - even though the numbers here are lower - are going across the water to universities in England or Scotland and getting their qualifications and coming home and there are simply no jobs for them, " Ms Allen said.
In case you haven't been following the virtual rock and roll scene lately, videogame publisher Red Octane recently revealed that there would be no wireless ax for the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II -- even though owners of a "last-gen" console, PlayStation 2, will be able to jam out sans tether.
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And besides, polishing your eco-image with that "hybrid" label reduced both fuel use and the angry stares in the Whole Foods parking lot--even though that hybrid saves only about one-tenth of an SUV.
And Jeonathan wanted to serve the country he considers his own -- even though he was not yet a citizen -- because America had been so good to him, from the time he came here from Nicaragua as a child.
With the current recession that started a year ago, spending patterns ought to change--even though health care is viewed as "recession-proof" and is still forecast to have grown north of 6% again in 2008.
It explains Germany's insistence on government spending cuts for all - including itself - even though Keynesian economists say this is a sure-fire way of pushing the entire eurozone economy into a dangerous downward spiral.
What's so wonderful about the film -- even though it's longer than it should be -- is its revelation of individual kids behind the gaudy masks.
Asda has also recalled tinned Chosen By You Corned Beef (340g) as a precaution - even though the product has not tested positive for phenylbutazone - because it was made in the same factory.
And many families also keep a sizable amount of money in their savings account or continue to put money into their 401(k)s, while still carrying thousands of dollars in credit-card debt--even though dipping into savings and paying off their credit-card bills would guarantee them an immediate return on investment of 15% or 18%.
We massively subsidize corn-based ethanol, even though sugar-based ethanol appears to be far more efficient and less costly.
Investors seeking longer-term protection against inflation should also stick with short-term TIPS. Even though long-term TIPS might offer higher real rates of return, they are much more volatile, Mr. Friedrich says.
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The country was far more interconnected than any other and proud of the text-only terminals, even though government-owned France Telecom monopolized access and you had to be newspaper company to supply any content.
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So we had seen a decade in which jobs were being shipped overseas, and wages and incomes for working people were going down -- even though folks at the very top were doing very well -- and the costs of everything from health care to college were going up.
VMware says it doesn't have plans to change its pricing structure--even though analysts expect it to lower them before Microsoft releases Hyper-V.
Lender said he was inspired to dedicate his fund-raising skills to the DNC -- even though he considers the explosion of political money "obscene"--because of Lieberman's competency and commitment to the country, as well as his status as the first Jew on a national ticket.
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Makers of drug-coated stents could be hurt further by results from a clinical trial being released at the end of the month--even though the study will test few, if any, of these drug-releasing devices.
Why should Windsor have to pay, literally, for losing her soulmate -- even though, by 2009, New York courts had recognized that "foreign same-sex marriages" should be recognized in the state as valid?
Mr Sants insisted however that he had not given up altogether on the importance of competition and market discipline in preventing banks from taking crazy risks - even though market discipline singularly failed in the run up to the financial crisis of 2007-8.
The fact that this interview is not dominated about Britain's sovereign debt crisis - even though we had a higher budget deficit than many of the countries we've just talked about - is I think a measure of the coalition government's success in having a credible economic policy.
The rally from these lows looks pretty minor on the long-term chart, even though the 20-week EMA (in red) has been overcome.
The run-up occurred even though a new debt-ceiling agreement was reached in Washington, with market participants still worried about the high deficit and whether the U.S. credit rating will be downgraded yet.
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We estimate that wages and salaries rose 7.8% y-o-y in the past four weeks, exceeding the growth rate of 6.4% y-o-y in the past three months even though year-over-year comparisons are getting tougher.
By the same token, a Mossad source says that cloak-and-dagger operations still have their uses, even though ultra-modern electronic and biometric skills, used with surprising efficiency (in Israeli eyes) by Dubai's police, make such operations, involving wigged disguises and old-style skulduggery, harder to pull off.
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Fifteen-year-old Andrew Schrijver recently got the come-on from Valvoline--even though he doesn't have a learner's permit.
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