GATT's formation but even the most open economies retain lofty barriers: for instance, America still charges a tariff of 14.6% on imports of clothing, five times higher than its average levy.

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In addition to providing a focal point for open source software developers, consumers will benefit by the formation of Linaro.

ENGADGET: ARM, Samsung, IBM, Freescale, TI and more join to form Linaro, speed rollout of Linux-based devices

ARM, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), today announced the formation of Linaro, a not-for-profit open source software engineering company dedicated to enhancing open source innovation for the next wave of always-connected, always-on computing.

ENGADGET: ARM, Samsung, IBM, Freescale, TI and more join to form Linaro, speed rollout of Linux-based devices

The Three Horseshoes in Charsfield, closed in May last year leading to the formation of a community benefit society which aims to re-open it.

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First of all, the relief valve is the final and most assured final step -- that would be to essentially drill down the 19, 000 feet to where the formation is and to block off the well that is now open.

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Marvell has also expanded its collaboration with Stanford University by announcing the formation of the SMILE Consortium, an industry organization dedicated to developing innovative education solutions on an open platform that enable "Classroom 3.0, " a connected, secure learning environment that simplifies and speeds the deployment of technology to students worldwide.

ENGADGET: Marvell and Stanford create SMILE Plug cloud computer, SMILE Consortium to get companies and devs to build a better education system

David Cameron's party is also trying to get members involved in policy formation - a process that had effectively died out - and it has pioneered the use of "open primaries" to select Tory election candidates.

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