Sources close to him say that his stakes are long-term and that he does not plan to cross the 15% threshold that would require him to make an offer for a further 20%.

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At this stage, the cost of implementing health IT is a high threshold for many providers to cross.

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Companies that cross a certain threshold will be forced to register for VAT in the EU, while smaller firms are expected to continue to be exempt from the tax.

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In the first 10 months of 2012, it took an average of 18 days for a new petition to cross the 25, 000-signature threshold.

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That "something" could be hormone levels in utero, epigenetic factors that turn autism susceptibility genes "on" and "off" during development, or the fact that young girls have in general better social skills than boys and so need a bigger "dose" of what causes ASD to cross that threshold to being impaired.

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The old outfit did not meet the 5% threshold, whereas the new lot, which aims to cross the ethnic divide, gained a surprising 8%.

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