While Home Depot is reportedly replacing 10, 000 BlackBerry smartphones with iOS devices, the New Zealand police force plans to arm 6, 000 officers with iPhones and about two-third of them with iPads over the next three months.

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The measure does not force school districts to arm teachers and will not require teachers to carry guns.

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In 2007, just before the financial crisis hit with full force, GE's finance arm accounted for about 55 percent of the company's earnings, according to spokesman Seth Martin.

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Carrying them, one policeman or military force official on each leg, each arm.

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Consumption has seen a secular improvement, but it is more of a stabilizing force rather than a shot in the arm.

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Accounting standard-setters have been arm-twisted into relaxing rules that force banks to mark certain assets to market, but in the long run that may hurt confidence in the health of bank balance-sheets, not help it.

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C. (Mickey) Roth, 57, a lanky, white-haired ex-Air Force captain who heads USAA Investment Management, the mutual fund arm.

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Maurice Edu tried to force his way past Wilson and the Rangers players claimed in vain that the Celtic defender had used his arm to block the ball's path but referee Thomson again waved play on.

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