One of his specialties is making a lot of noise in the investment community and corralling investors in his favor.

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Both Rio Tinto and Alcoa are mum on the subject of takeover talks as of now, but investors are making a lot of noise in options land.

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They're also making a lot of noise about how rare it is to have a 6x optical zoom lens on a camera of this size, which is sorta true.

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Now, let me tell you what change looks like -- because those fighting change are still out there, still making a lot of noise -- (laughter) -- about what this reform means.

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Bradley may have been relatively obscure before this summer, but he is 29-0 and making a lot of noise about a rematch, which would figure to be lucrative in the wake of the controversy surrounding the last bout.

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They see this as their way of holding on to subscribers in the face of stiffening competition from SBC and Verizon, who are already bundling together DSL, wireline, and wireless (it works the other way, too: SBC has been making a lot of noise about getting into IP TV lately).

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You know we had a - I had a chat with the manager on Friday - sorry I can hardly hear you David, there's a police helicopter, it's making a lot of noise - yeah I had a chat with the manager on Friday and hopefully we'll get things sorted out for another season.

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Despite the Liberal Democrats' enthusiasm for proportional electoral systems, which tend to produce compromise and coalition government, the Lib Dems are making a lot of uncompromising noise about their election manifesto pledge to abolish tuition fees.

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