But given the tax-related ideas floating in Congress, it is very difficult to imagine that such a scenario would include broadly dangerous, anti-growth tax increases.

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But the point is to use the "tricks" to amplify emotion, music or ideas related to a story.

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This column offers CFOs, and their teams, insights and ideas related to challenges of the position, in light of market demands and global economic conditions.

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For those unaware, Mr. Ellawala is the company's CFO for the Mobile Communications Business, and we have all ideas he's still reeling from lost investments related to Kin.

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Nevertheless, these ideas all have to do with bringing things together, some loose amalgamation of related objects.

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The ingap gene is one of many ideas aimed at saving the nearly 170, 000 Americans who will die from diabetes-related illnesses this year.

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It covers a few topics related to the Singularity, puts people in front of the camera, and gets them talking about their ideas.

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Also, an initiative -- related initiative of putting entrepreneurs throughout the region together with universities but also with one another so that the ideas that are created in labs, be it in the United States but around the Western Hemisphere, can get to market more effectively -- again, underscoring the importance of competitiveness in the Western Hemisphere.

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