And there is also a more pragmatic reason for European firms to embrace class actions grudgingly: stopping cases moving to America.

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The executive also reminded us of a very pragmatic reason why many of the 5, 000 LTE sites due by June 30th will target high-traffic areas -- as Clearwire is only selling the faster data access to other providers, it should pocket more money in any regions where Sprint needs all the help it can get.

ENGADGET: Clearwire starts building LTE network this month, wants to salve (and profit from) Sprint growing pains

One reason the business elite has not been more enthusiastic about Arroyo may be pragmatic.

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