"The way the story is told is very similar to The Da Vinci Code: it is basically an extended chase, " notes Wilson.

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PDAs remained effective tools for retrieving bits of data on the run as long as they had been synced and poor tools for taking notes for an extended period of time.

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He notes that the site has extended its Cyber Monday discounting through December 3.

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Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution notes another reason for the outflows: a huge increase in trade credit extended to foreign (mainly South-East Asian) buyers of Chinese goods.

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