By refusing to roll over debt or supply energy and spares, it could make Mr Lukashenka's wobbly economic record look even worse.

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The company added that its Coleshill Mill site was a "key operation" in the supply of branded toilet roll, facial tissue and wipers.

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With many analysts expecting Apple to roll out the iPhone 5 in September, improvements in the supply chain are certainly welcomed.

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The limited roll out will allow the results to be tweaked, and supply the engineering team with more data on queries made and how people (more importantly, how people who advertise on Facebook) interact with the service.

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Short of higher demand--or lower supply--is there anything that would enable carmakers to roll back their profit-sapping incentives?

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"The first two years of a president's term are sluggish, and in the last two, things start to roll, " says Slothower, who believes the Federal Reserve has the key to unlocking growth: juicing the money supply.

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