Others tie them up outside so you can hear them barking.

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The cable industry is aggressively competing with the parent companies of Verizon Wireless-- Verizon Communications and Vodafone--and Cingular--SBC Communications and BellSouth--and it's tough to imagine a tie-up between them.

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Under 20th Century Fox's deal with Milchan, it can distribute pictures without having to produce them jointly or tie up lots of capital.

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The question is, is Samsung trying to charge a fair price for them (FRAND terms) or has Apple managed to license them through a tie up elsewhere?

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Both already have ties through the One World Alliance, and a tie-up with Iberia would allow them to extend their reach geographically into Latin America.

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As a result, the profits needed to justify these acquisitions and the ongoing tie-up of capital needed to support them must come from cost-takeouts, from the squeezing of the Medicaid turnip.

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Once the paper reaches terminal velocity, they can shut down Advance Central Services, the print wing, tie up any potential liabilities from the paper, and pitch them into the Mississippi.

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Insisting that they see the glass as half full may deny them the truth of what they know and the chance to tie up life's loose ends while there's still time.

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At a pilot's home in San Diego, he relinquished his jacket and tie, rolled up his sleeves and fielded questions from pilots for two hours while joining them in a lunch of ribs, soda and beer.

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But even before the companies announced their planned tie-up in February 2007, Martin noted that licenses granted to the satellite radio companies precluded them from being combined.

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