Gravity has taken hold of Apple, and a lot of investors have been smacked on the head.
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Which means someone has got hold of both a username and password of an account holder, and been able to circumnavigate the security that prevents an outsider being able to change such details.
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Somehow, Reuters has already gotten hold of a draft of the report and, judging from the conclusions that have now been made public, it's anything but diplomatic.
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It is the point at which the extreme black-hole gravity has taken such hold of approaching objects that those objects will in fact be sucked into the black hole.
When it comes to investment strategy, the mantra of buy and hold has been a prevailing principle of success for decades.
The English countryside still has that hold on many of us, I think.
The gold trade has been the longest hold of my career, and it shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.
Companies in any industry can take a lesson from the world of high-tech, where the concept of agile development has taken hold, leading to unprecedented iterative and fast development times, and new ways of thinking about team dynamics.
The deal comes at a time when Proton has been struggling to keep hold of its dominance in Malaysia.
But if he is to benefit from any slip-up on Vettel's part, Alonso knows he has to hold up his end of the bargain.
And for us to have leverage with the Palestinians, to have leverage with the Arab States and with the international community, the basis for negotiations has to hold out the prospect of success.
Because the concept of the trust has expanded so greatly over the centuries, to where now large financial institutions often hold north of a billion dollars in trust, the concept has because daunting and lost its fundamental meaning for most folks.
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China's thirst for industry and irrigation has combined with climate change to drain the aquifers, some of which hold fossil water that has lain undisturbed for millennia.
The camera pioneer has been struggling to remain relevant, though, as the advent of digital cameras has subverted its hold on the picture market.
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Verizon Wireless has asked employees to hold off buying the CDMA version of the Apple iPhone 4 that everyone has been so excited about, citing concerns about tight supplies.
Surrey County Council said the service has been put on hold until it has carried out a public value review of children's services.
This fund has to last three years and the only way of coping with demand has been to hold three-monthly application windows where grant quotas are reached within 30 minutes - this is a woefully inadequate solution.
But it's not only the tech world where the question of succession has taken hold.
Mr Nutter has been forced to hold a series of town hall meetings to explain the cuts and the crisis.
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Some believe the White House has already begun to hold the threat of a release over traders as a means of helping to contain prices.
It's kind of the grassroots energy that the Tea Party has tapped into and that the RNC has desperately tried to get a hold of.
Apple has said that it is keeping hold of the cash so that it is ready to make a major acquisition as and when the opportunity arises.
The funds' returns have been disappointing, partly because they charge hefty commissions but also because the state has required them to hold a lot of government bonds (these amount to 55% of their portfolios).
First, because of end of the year selling by professional money managers who are embarrassed to hold a stock that has lost close to 70 percent of its value over the last 12 months.
Each disk, called PocketZip, has 40 megabytes of memory that can hold up to 80 minutes of music.
Each of these banks has a HOLD rating according to ValuEngine.com, and most are trading above their one-year price target.
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Education Secretary Mike Russell has offered to hold talks with the leader of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar on the future of three schools.
The Swedish Government also proposed allowing lesbians to receive artificial insemination, but the issue has been put on hold until a number of legal loopholes have been cleared up.
Media are reporting this morning that the Treasury has decided to hold off on selling any of its remaining 500 million shares of GM stock until at least July.
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