In a Tuesday research note, Mizuho Securities analyst Abhey Lamba predicted Microsoft's closer ties will push more PC makers to produce machines that run on Google's Chrome operating system and other software besides Windows.

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As a result of Iran's African activity, Israel is trying to push back into the continent, where it had strong ties in the 1950 and 1960s.

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Hence the push by Mr Maloney's bank and others to build ties with trusted community organisations, such as schools or social clubs.

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So I think the thing to watch at the U.S.-ASEAN Summit is that area: What concrete areas have expanded economic and trade engagement they can agree to, and in what respects are they able to push forward practical programs in terms of education and people-to-people ties.

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Increase a push for trade so that the U.S. and Latin America can benefit from stronger economic ties and building a hemispheric bloc that makes North and South, together, stronger on the global stage.

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