Agents seized calculators, pens, telephone jacks, light bulbs, and electric power strips that had been equipped with bugs.

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Armed with this technology, the new PENs are outstanding low-light performers with a maximum ISO of 25, 600 and a dynamic range that has also been increased, enabling finer expression of gradations between dark and bright areas with a wider range of intensity.

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Previously limited to the labour-intensive manufacture of light-industrial goods such as toys, pens or shoes, private enterprises can now muster the wherewithal to invest in capital-intensive projects such as car factories and steel plants.

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