The open standards of the web and its global reach make it an ideal platform for doing business in new ways.

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That international reach has helped make ProLogis the leader in its field.

FORBES: A Warehouse of Value

The Trust is scheduled to reach its provisional conclusion on November 18 and make its final decision on February 25 next year.

BBC: video service put to the test

Might his family ties to Alpha make it harder for him to reach objective decisions about buying or selling its stock for his funds?

WSJ: The Intelligent Investor: Can 'Skin in the Game' Pose Conflicts?

In reality no one expected that Spain would reach its target, but it reduces the pressure to make more radical cuts at a time the economy is in recession.

BBC: Europe's days of anxiety

For Alcan to buy a European firm like Pechiney or Algroup makes perfect sense: either would make a good fit with its existing lines, and give it the global reach it now lacks.

ECONOMIST: Aluminium

"This new heavy-lift launch vehicle will make it possible for explorers to reach beyond our current limits, to nearby asteroids, Mars and its moons, and to destinations even farther across our solar system, " William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.

MSN: Giant deep-space rocket passes key test - Technology & science - Space - Space.com | NBC News

But the Europeans argue that, for the court to make a credible claim to even-handedness, no one can be guaranteed a permanent blanket immunity from its reach.

ECONOMIST: A last-minute reprieve at the UN, but no end to hostilities

Suggestions from Mr Trimble that his Ulster Unionist Party might weaken its ties with the hardline Protestant Orange Order have been seen as an attempt to make it easier for him to reach some new compromise.

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