The old paradigms are ready to shift, and Ouya capitalized on that story in the development phase.

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It's weird to be an economics journalist reporting this: because I am coming to the conclusion that this is the next phase of the economic story - penury at the edge of Europe eating away at both social cohesion and the resilience of the financial system.

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The satirical Web site TheOnion.com last year ran a spoof of a news story called "Starbucks to begin sinister 'phase two' of operation, " which detailed its expansion plans.

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The speculative story was that emerging market economies are in a long-run phase of rapid catch-up with the West unencumbered by all the toxic waste of the bubble and bust of the previous decade which now mean the advanced economies will be ailing for a long time to come.

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The drugmakers reported that their bapineuzumab compound failed to meet two primary endpoints and, consequently, they decided to discontinue additional Phase III research planned, although follow-up evaluations and final data analyses will be conducted ( back story).

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