If the company could go it alone down the road with an even faster network all its own blanketing the States, we imagine that'd put a smile on Steve's face.

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That title now belongs to China, with ramifications down the road for the dollar as go-to currency for the pricing of tradable goods.

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But if Park Geun-hye, months down the road, wants to engage, then the U.S. will go along with that too.

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