But as the people we spotlight increasingly find reasons and opportunity to connect their enterprises with the rest of the globe, the list will become a vital reference for the rest of us.

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The cleaver was a reference to Mr Panetta's term for spending cuts threatening the US defence budget.

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The US is now pressing for there to be no reference to the internet in the treaty.

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The picture quality was anything but consistent, which leads us to believe there is plenty of room for improvement and is by no means a reference for the format.

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