The workmen were ready with the net: they wrapped it around the moon, trapping it between the net and the ground.

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Unlike its more profitable private sector rival HDFC Bank, ICICI is ready to sacrifice short-term net for gaining market share, as it did in undercutting HDFC's long-standing lead in mortgage loans. (Overall, ICICI's net interest margin of 2.25% is less than half that of HDFC Bank's 4.72%.) Similarly, ICICI has overtaken Citibank as the country's largest issuer of credit cards, with 8.5 million cards issued to date.

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With the Danes fuming, the visitors were ready to allow a Nordsjaelland player to walk the ball into the net in a gesture of sportsmanship.

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"Better pricing and a stabilising ready-to-drink trend may give us the opportunity to improve on the net sales growth we achieved this year, " said Paul Walsh, Diageo's chief executive.

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