That's not going to cut if for us -- and though we can forgive the slowness for now considering its early beta status, RIM has sure got its work cut out for them before they bring this thing public.

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The only assets Chesapeake can sell right now are the same fields that got them into its financing mess in the first place: liquid fields and oil plays.

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The diamonds used to make the phone were recyclable in such a way that its owners could have them refit to their next BlackBerry when they got tired of the Pearl.

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However, in other countries such as Britain, 90% of people have already got a mobile - so to grow its business Nokia must persuade them to replace their kit with something more sophisticated.

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They also concluded that the company was paying too much for its premises, so they demanded three rent-free years from the landlord, and got them.

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Sony's got most of them in stock, with custom models shipping by February 19th, well before its CES prognostication of "early Spring" -- so if you've been hoping to actually, you know, do something with those famous Windows 8 live tiles, hit the source.

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The Fur Auction got its start in 1670 as the Hudson's Bay Company, which bought furs from trappers and shipped them to London.

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And there are plenty on the Conservative benches who believe Mr Clegg's party has got far too much of its own way - that David Cameron listens to his Lib Dem partners more than them.

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