The pull-out leaves the American giant with only one European operation, in Britain, where it owns Asda, the country's number two supermarket chain.
The Americans have failed to win over Saudi Arabia, by far the most important Gulf state and the only one whose military co-operation they actually need.
According to the latest deep strategic think, which was carried out in 2003, British forces should be able to conduct two medium (or brigade-sized) operations, only one of which involves significant combat, as well as one smaller operation.
There are only two commercial CAES plants in operation: one in Huntorf, Germany, and the other in McIntosh, Alabama.
The relatively small operation--only 150 employees, one-fifth the headcount of its television counterpart--is a solid business for its parent, Landmark Communications.
The relatively small operation--only 150 employees, one-fifth the headcount of its television counterpart--is a solid business for its parent, Landmark Communications (other-otc: LAKCA - news - people ).
The recurrence of cancer was also reported to be low, with only one case out of 50 women who have had the operation so far.
In contrast, the consumer division currently about one-third of sales generates operation margin of only about half a percent, as computer and netbook prices continue to slide.
France has suffered only one fatality, a helicopter pilot killed at the beginning of the operation.
If a partnership consists of only two persons, the partnership dissolves by operation of law when one of them departs.
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New Zealand resumed their faltering innings on 187-8, but had only one wicket in hand with opening batsman Craig Cumming recovering from an operation.
Prosecutors said the whole operation took only about five minutes, no shots were fired and no-one was hurt.
He said his view was that "this was a one-off operation, not likely to be repeated" but that "only substantial custodial sentences can meet the requirements of the case".
Mr. Panetta struggled with the uncertainty, one official said, but concluded the American public would back an operation even if the odds were only 50-50.
Traders acting at one bank, or even with the clubby co-operation of counterparts at rival banks, would have been able to move the final LIBOR rate by only one or two hundredths of a percentage point (or one to two basis points).
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