Buying the Nook would effectively make them the owner of the eReader category, and allow them to focus on the Kindle Fire and the cross over devices to media distribution, and ecommerce on the tablet.

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The prosecution said the fire service had many systemic failings, including the distribution of information about buildings and water supplies and also the training of firefighters.

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Initial tests showed the device contained ammonium nitrate, the same volatile substance that sparked a massive explosion last month at a fertilizer distribution plant 110 miles north in West, Texas, said Austin fire Lt.

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Like other insiders of his day, he made another fortune playing shorts on the way down, then spent the Great Depression buying up underpriced assets at fire sale prices, using his cash hoard to quickly enter new businesses like liquor distribution the moment Prohibition was lifted.

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They monitor news media, government agencies, airline Global Distribution System, corporate data bases, the Centers For Disease Control and foreign health organizations, police, fire and many foreign outlets.

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