Particularly so for GE, still struggling to recover from its near-death experience in the financial crisis when it was suddenly deprived of the commercial paper it needed to fund its daily operations.

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Although the ferry service will operate on commercial lines, hoping at least to match the 700-900 passengers who reach Iraq daily from Jordan, the United Arab Emirates' government has been the impetus behind its launch.

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According to the New York Daily News, large fleet owners had pushed for the Ford Transit Connect, a van used for commercial purposes in Europe and that has been approved for use as a cab in U.S. cities like Boston.

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But in Bahrain police are still engaged in near-daily fights with protesters, mainly in the rundown Shia villages that surround the wealthy commercial hub of Manama, the capital.

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This meant that, unlike its two broadsheet rivals, Shenzhen Special Zone News and Shenzhen Commercial Daily, it was not hamstrung by any web of political or business connections in the city.

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"The buyers have drawn a line in the sand on commercial ratings and the networks have drawn a line on 'live plus three, ' " he told Daily Variety.

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