IBM, for instance, may now be tempted to buy SAP, to pull even with Oracle and its big software portfolio.

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Yet the economic overhaul needed to make dollarisation work would be hard to pull off even with a strong and credible president.

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Those have begun to look up again, even with the gravitational pull of a big revenue base holding back percentage gains.

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You can even pull over to check your email with the in-car 3G wifi.

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It is also nice to see when more formal CSR programs pull in employees, local volunteering and even build relationships with people in need near and far.

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As such, there is no reason not to be bullish now, even with the probabilities of corrections and pull backs along the way making the route a little bit too exciting.

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The Cypriot alternative did not suit the troika (ECB, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Union) even with the ECB in the background threatening to pull its liquidity.

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And if they are, we're not even going to get started on what sort of craziness you'll be able to pull with that.

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There is also a fear that, with the pull-out of international aid agencies in anticipation of an attack, Afghans will be left even more vulnerable.

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