Netflix has just announced an on-demand video-streaming service offering full high-definition picture quality (so-called 1080p, which has 1, 080 lines in its picture) with 5.1-channel surround sound.

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That would be a big improvement in the fiscal picture, at around 1% of gross domestic product.

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But if you look at data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) you get a much different picture, one in which Saudi Arabia currently produces about 1.2 million barrels a day more than Russia.

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In that way, a simple picture is worth way more than 1, 000 words.

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If one tots up the complete picture of job creation in the year just gone we see that 1.1 million is the figure.

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On a like-for-like basis - stripping out sales made in new stores - the picture was more gloomy with a decline of 1.3%.

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The Dutch forward linked to a mocked-up picture of referee Howard Webb in a Manchester United shirt after Liverpool lost 1-0 at Old Trafford in the FA Cup.

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In America the picture is less bleak, but even there returns will eventually drop to 1% if contribution rates stay the same.

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Brazilians will hope, too, that 2014 will at last expunge the memory of the last time they hosted the tournament, in 1950, when in the same stadium they inexplicably lost the final 2-1 to their tiny neighbour, Uruguay (see picture).

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Designed with DLP's DC3, the projectors allow viewers to enjoy razor-sharp 3D content, full HD1080p picture quality, a 10, 000:1 contrast ratio for stunningly vivid images, and built-in 2-watt stereo speakers for added convenience.

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