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China Eastern Airlines, the Shanghai-based carrier, just announced the order of 60 A320s from Airbus with delivery from 2014 to 2017.

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Meanwhile, in order for Donna to answer a simple status update question from the sales rep, she has to log into an order-processing system, a legacy ERP and a delivery-tracking portal.

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Cook, replacing Luke Wright at the top of the order, never settled and it was no surprise when he played all around a delivery from Chris Martin to be bowled for 11.

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