Several stores in Shanghai and Beijing agreed to stop selling the device until the court case was settled.

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Now stop imagining: the device in question is the mobile phone.

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"It is without a doubt the most complicated problem I've ever had to solve, " says Kensey, who also invented a device to stop arterial bleeding during surgical procedures.

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The relay, put online late last year, triggered unexpectedly, causing another device to stop supplying power to part of the building, Entergy New Orleans told city officials Friday.

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It must stop thinking like a device maker and start thinking like an experience creator, one that builds platforms for consumer engagement, one that freely enables consumer choice rather than tying it down.

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The only way the IRS can stop the spread of this tax-saving device, Grundeman says, is to persuade Congress to change the law.

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His device showed that he had properly stopped at a stop sign, thus ensuring that her insurance would cover the damage to his bike.

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British oil company BP, one of the firms operating the rig, has not been able to activate a device known as a blow-out preventer, designed to stop oil flow in an emergency.

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