Insofar as Germany's leading financial institutions refused to make such loans to the non-creditworthy Soviet Union in the absence of 100 percent government guarantees to cover the transactions, the German government and taxpayers now find themselves the nation holding the bulk of non-performing credit exposure with the former Soviet Union.

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And last year, HTC snapped up non-Chinese divisions of Dopod, aiming to bulk up the marketing and distribution of HTC-branded phones in Australia and Southeast Asia.

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Salesforce is managing to cross-sell existing customers on new non-sales automation offerings, while also grabbing new customers interested in bulk buys.

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The non-commercials in the legacy report hiked their net length to 9, 675, with the bulk of the increase fresh buying (total longs rose 1, 712), compared to a net long of 6, 929 in the prior week.

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