The slow rate of refugee processing led U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker to write a memo asking program officials to pick up the pace.

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Today she uses New York-based Merchant Processing Services, which charges her a base rate of 1.61% on each bill, plus 20 cents per card swipe.

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It allows certain specified goods to be imported for processing or incorporation into finished products at the rate of Customs duty that would be applicable to the finished product, that is, zero, instead of the rate for the imported goods.

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By the end of 2010, worldwide cell processing capacity reached approximately 30 gigawatts, a growth rate exceeding 50% over the prior year.

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Summary: Computer processing power is plentiful and is getting cheaper at a rate of 30% per year.

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