In this one scene Lustgarten demonstrates an ear for what's happening in parts of Britain, and how the relentlessness of economic crisis - even if it is no longer sharp or deep - eats away at people's hope, patience and decency.

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Each stream being watched will require a megabyte a second of bandwidth and a latency of less than 60ms if it is to deliver crisp, pin-sharp video and pristine sound.

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"It could really blow up" if there is another crash or sharp correction, says George Middleton, an independent financial adviser in Vancouver, Wash.

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Apple is believed to source about a third of its display panels from Sharp, and it is therefore in its interest if the display maker manages to raise additional cash and stay in business.

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Which means that if Sharp really are bust, or close to it, then one possibly sensible thing to do is just sweat that production line of all the cash flow that can be got from it.

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"On the imports side, it is too soon to tell if the bounce reflects higher domestic demand or simply a rebound" from February's sharp reported decline.

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If the book is entertaining, it is because Fen Montaigne is a better writer than he is a fisherman, with a sharp eye for character and a gentle awareness of the gulf between his world and the one he is travelling through.

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