In addition, of those who returned, over 25% reported a decrease in their management responsibilities and 22% had to step down to a lower job title.

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If the leak is accurate, Bay Trail for tablets isn't expected until early 2014, by which point 22-nanometer Atoms will be a step behind the cutting edge.

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The pressure will be on to get Mr Netanyahu to reverse this step, though with a general election due in Israel on 22 January and his own Likud Party moving decisively to the right, the next Israeli government's true policy may not be clear until well into next year.

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Mr Vasella is due to step down after the company's annual shareholders' meeting on 22 February.

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Algerian gas and electricity company, CEEG opened the tender late last month to local and international outfits, marking one step towards a progressive national goal of 650MW by 2015 and building towards 22, 000MW by 2030, with output almost evenly split between domestic and export demand.

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Hartley, who has 22 Scotland caps, made 36 appearances for Celtic last term but feels the Championship is a step up.

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"To do something like this, everyone needs to step up, " said Battier, who was part of a 32-game winning streak at Duke, a 22-gamer with the Houston Rockets and now played a role in this epic Heat run.

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