Some stations also sound better than others, which is a function of how much audio processing that stations add to the music before it's broadcast.

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The development follows an Indian court order that went in favor of Ericsson, which had sued Micromax for using some of its patented technology to make mobile phones that function on the global system for mobile communications platform.

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The disparity is partly a function of Citigroup's overlapping and inefficient computer systems, some of which date to the 1970s.

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These men and their colleagues made up the "Chicago School" (who some say practised the "Commercial Style"), which stressed economy, simplicity and function.

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Twitter has a private messaging function which Talia is now aware of, and she has also taken down some of her previous posts from public places.

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While such data has been a benchmark for European-based companies for some time, we are now seeing a more global adoption and interest in this, which should be another forcing function for more corporations to act as good corporate citizens.

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