It's also bizarre that Microsoft isn't opening up pre-orders on these right away.

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In comparison, the carrier had received only 50, 000 opening day pre-orders for the iPhone 4 a couple of years ago.

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On 22 March 2010, opening debate on the orders, Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward said politics was the "only way forward to reconcile disagreements".

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Strachan had cut a frustrated figure on the touchline during the opening 15 minutes, frequently barking orders to his team, but his side gradually took control of the half.

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This is nearly double the 100, 000 pre-orders it received on the opening day itself.

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We expect Apple to announce 2 million shipments or more after its opening weekend, including pre-orders.

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Is it last orders at the bar for late night opening in Northern Ireland?

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Retail investors were snagged by problems at Nasdaq that forced a delay in Facebook's opening and then left some people wondering for hours whether their buy orders were filled.

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He said, however, that if banks and other trading firms felt that opening would endanger lives, or that the stability of the market was uncertain due to routing of NYSE orders, Nasdaq would support a consensus to close.

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Some reports said sell orders of over 7, 500 futures contracts (worth 100 ounces each) were executed right at the opening of Comex futures trading Wednesday.

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