However, for those companies with strong development teams, intellectual property, solid geographic footprints and growing consumer bases, the window is open for both financial investors and strategic acquirers.
Asked if the window for such military action was "almost shut", he said, "the window is still open to try to work towards a diplomatic solution".
Financial services firms are arguing for regulatory change, and the window is now wide open.
She didn't hear the host fellow, our neighbor, say, whatever you do here in New York City, the one thing you must not do is open the window.
"The window for dialogue is always open, " South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Friday following his meeting with Mr. Kerry.
Available only to those in its (slowly) expanding FiOS network, Verizon is out to give subscribers a kinda sorta new way to watch television, and, of course, to cash in on the time-shifting craze while the window of opportunity is still open.
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"Fortunately, the largest patch of open water is in front of the observation window where visitors can see the swans and ducks at feeding time, " a spokesperson for the centre said.
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"The window will open when the shuttle is on the ground, " Ham said.
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"The great thing about ALMA is that it will open up a genuinely new window on the universe, " said Dr. John Richer, an astrophysicist at Cambridge University and ALMA project scientist.
With the transfer window open until 2300 GMT on Monday, there is still time for the Blues to increase their offer for the Spaniard should they wish.
The Xvid CODEC works well but if I try to do anything else, such as open the stream information window while the clip is playing it causes the video to freeze and requires me to press pause then play again.
But this is a process that we are undertaking, because the window remains open.
The financing window for high yield bonds, even CCC credits, is wide open.
The buttons are active, but all they will do is open a new window for you.
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Smoke travels upwards, and if smokers are confined to the top level and adequate ventilation is in place (be it an open window or a small fan), then there can be no cause for concern to those non-smokers who sit downstairs.
If any further action is needed, it's possible the Federal Reserve could open its discount window to the mortgage buyers.
Countrywide is not a bank, but the Fed does have the authority to open that window to non-bank institutions, something that hasn't happened since the 1930s.
Exploiting the preview pane feature in Microsoft's Outlook e-mail program (which allows users to see a message in a small window before they open it) BubbleBoy can infect your PC even if you don't open the attachment it is hiding in.
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