Pundits predict that the new Conservative government will not last long, certainly not the 32 months of Mr Harper's first government.

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CIOs want to spend less, and certainly not get stuck in the kind of long-term, big-dollar contracts that Oracle historically has made its billions on.

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That tension between the corporate and retail side, long present (and certainly not unique to Citi) may have been Prince's reason for the name change.

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