On the other hand, Mobile-review apparently knows the right hands to shake and eyes to wink to get hold of a prototype unit extraordinarily early, and they're taking full advantage of the opportunity.

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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust announced proposals to downgrade the unit at Alexandra Hospital in June, as part of a shake of NHS services.

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"The people most susceptible to this kind of failing are those in marketing and those who've been asked to come in and shake up the status quo, " said Bob Eichinger, CEO of Lominger International, a unit of the executive-search firm Korn Ferry.

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