Villages across north Warwickshire will be hit by the next stage of high-speed rail line plans from Birmingham to Nottingham.

BBC: Warwickshire villages hit by 'north' HS2 plans

Solberg also crashed his Peugeot at high speed on the same stage while Britain's Matthew Wilson was forced to retire after hitting a rock and losing a wheel on stage one.

BBC: Gonholm spits out the dust after his crash

To test the system's performance at the configuration stage, the K computer's processing speed was measured by the LINPACK benchmark program, placing it on the 37th TOP500 ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers.

ENGADGET: Fujitsu K supercomputer now ranked fastest in the world, dethrones China's Tianhe-1A

Tyondai Braxton, Ian Williams and Dave Konopka all zoom full-speed from the minute they hit the stage, manipulating enough equipment for three one-man bands.

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For many, the speed with which they can move through this stage of travel is a great benefit.

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"At nearly every stage of the collection process, defendants cut corners in the name of speed, cost savings, and their own convenience, providing only the thinnest veneer of legitimacy to their lawsuits, " the complaint says.

NPR: Calif. Sues JPMorgan Chase Over Debt Collection

The speed at which companies from emerging economies are expanding on the international stage has been underlined in a new report.

BBC: The 100 firms from emerging nations helping to drive growth

So one of his main recommendations is that the ultimate purchaser, whether it's government or Tesco for example, could put much more pressure on whoever they pay for stuff and services to speed up payments to the smaller suppliers that contributed at an earlier stage in the production chain.

BBC: How business can bypass banks

Now that the dust is settling from the debt ceiling debate in Washington, economic variables have been thrust back into center stage, with employment and ISM numbers out on Wednesday showing an economy that continues to move barely above stall speed.

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