Within 24 hours of taking control, Google announced it was seeking to buy up Nortel patents, which would put it on more equal footing in the Wireless space.

佩奇重新掌舵公司24小时之内，谷歌即宣布希望收购北电（Nortel）所有专利，这将使谷歌在无线领域拥有更平等的竞争地位。

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The situation can turn into a damage control mission to maintain a stable footing in a company or end up in the next big search for an alternative.

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With Winter mode and traction control reactivated, the wheels stuttered for a second before the car got its footing and took off with ease.

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Before coming to London the German Chancellor was in Brussels talking not about the EU Budget but, instead, about the need for long-term EU reform - in particular the need for "more Europe" to control the tax and spending decisions of member states as the price of the German Treasury footing the bill for their problems and debts.

BBC: German chancellor Angela Merkel