Cut all fiber-optic cables at the border?

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That would cut costs and push fiber into ever smaller, more local networks.

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And since fiber-optic cables are typically run right along with utility pipes--neither phone nor gas companies want to have their lines cut--it's easy to connect a fiber backbone to the gas pipes at the neighborhood level, and beam a signal the final few feet to each home.

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Shares of carbon fiber producer Zoltek are trading lower Tuesday morning after Needham analyst Michael Lew cut his rating on the stock to Underperform from Hold.

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They buy boats that look as if they were extruded from the same hunk of plastic and gather at events like Antigua Sailing Week to brag about how they've cut a few pounds out of their rig by switching to carbon-fiber composites from aluminum.

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