Built initially to help deal with the floods that regularly threatened the city, it now co-ordinates 30 government agencies and provides mobile applications to keep citizens in touch with potential accidents, traffic black-spots and other city updates.

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Within its 176, 000 customers around the globe, SAP has the far-flung potential to touch each of the 500 million people who work for those companies.

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His second stint just before the interval saw him bundle Dale Ferris into touch to prevent a potential touchdown by York and he was given two further opportunities in the second half, the last ending when Mark Applegarth muscled past him for York's third try.

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The open letter also contained a plea for any potential rescuers to get in touch.

BBC: Game over for BarrysWorld

"He's got great potential in terms of his touch and the way he reads the game, " Federer said.

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If young people knew that Anabolic Steroids would stunt their growth and inhibit their bodies full potential, many would never touch the stuff.

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We see three principle reasons as to why mobile has tremendous potential: It is often the last touch-point before a purchase.

CNN: Will mobile kill digital advertising?

However, the Chinese skin care market dynamics make us believe that Estee Lauder could reasonably gain 7.2% by 2012 and eventually touch 8% in the coming years, leading to around 6% potential upside to our current Trefis price estimate of its stock.

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Almost every business today has some involvement in corporate giving and social responsibility, but HSBC has figured out that educating new and potential customers can be cost-efficient way to provide a personal touch and perform a public service while supporting the brand and the bottom line.

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