Considering that Apple derives over 70% of its profits from iPhones, such a scenario will be a virtual death knell.

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Mr Parra was among those responsible for a controversial new hydrocarbons law, seen by private-sector sources (and Mr Lameda) as a virtual death-blow to prospects for foreign investment in the industry.

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They were collected primarily through police reports in 2007, death certificates and the number of fatalities registered by the Not-in-Traffic Surveillance system, a virtual data collector of details regarding nontraffic crashes nationwide.

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