Leeds hope to start announcing a string of new signing within the next week, while a few more players are expected to depart.

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In 1984 he and Intel cofounder Gordon Moore decided to abandon the memory chip business that gave the company its start for what became a dizzyingly successful string of microprocessors.

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Another full-back contender, Mathew Tait, is battling to shake off a hamstring injury, meaning the only fit contender at present is Delon Armitage of London Irish, who was not in either the elite squad or the second-string Saxons squad at the start of the season, but was fast-tracked into the senior squad as cover for Tait last week.

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Since his election victory on Sunday, Mr. Hollande has spoken with a slew of world leaders, including President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and prepared a string of international meetings that will start right after he is sworn in next week.

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Beam, Inc. muscled into the Irish whiskey market last year with a 73 million euro acquisition of the celebrated independent Cooley Distillery, a start up on a shoe string some 20 years ago.

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Mr. Toyoda said the reorganization was undertaken to better enable the Japanese company to handle growth as it continues its push beyond a string of challenges, such as a massive recall at the start of his tenure.

WSJ: Toyota Overhauls Management

This month Goldman Sachs, an American investment bank, and Kyocera, a high-tech ceramics firm, became the latest in a string of companies to announce the launch of a fund to invest in high-tech Japanese start-ups.

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