Porsche (PAH3:Xetra) has announced a recall of 1, 232 2012 model-year 911 Carrera S coupes for possible interference between a coolant line and fuel line may cause the latter to become disconnected.

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So far, ministers have stuck to the line that gas is a privately run business and that government interference is the last thing industry needs (although they have grumbled about the glacial pace of liberalisation in the European markets on which Britain will increasingly rely).

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For reasons that were never entirely clear, the Obama FCC granted frequency to LightSquared that had originally been designated for satellite use but only if they could overcome the technical issues of interference and if they could bring their network offering on line within a stipulated time frame.

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