In response to the historical reference to the U.S. Naval fleet that opened up Japan to the West in 1853, Mr. Son, who aggressively sought out Apple to bring the iPhone and now the iPad to the carrier's network, wrote back: "Indeed!"

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You can read the IJ response here (bonus points for the old school Star Wars reference).

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And with particular reference to Iraq, he called for a careful, deliberate, and decisive response to what he described as the gathering danger of links between regimes and terrorist groups seeking such weapons.

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In response the British Bankers' Association (BBA) started publishing LIBOR rates in 1986 and they quickly became a vital reference point for the pricing of financial instruments.

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