On the flipside was there Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe unit, which saw shipments grow 3%.

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Last year Morgan lowered its pre-tax profit margin goal for the unit to 15% for the middle of 2013.

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Yesterday Motorola CEO Greg Brown told board members and shareholders that, among a lot of other bad news, the company is no closer to finding someone to lead the company's rotting cellphone business (which Moto is in the middle of spinning off as its "Mobile Devices" unit).

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Meanwhile, the government has set up a new unit to encourage countries, including India and those in the Middle East, to use services linked to the UK's education system.

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From 1986 to the middle of 1988, I was there working for an anti-apartheid film unit which recorded the struggle for the international community and for the trade unions in South Africa.

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Sony Mobile Communications loaned me a review unit of the Xperia T, and its specifications are slap bang in the middle of the acceptable for a high-end smartphone.

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