For a net portfolio shift towards the euro to occur, foreign investors must hold more assets in euros than they did in its constituent currencies.

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As these pressures build, we expect the focus on net adds to shift to retention and subscriber acquisition costs.

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Committee staff briefed the press this morning on the ways Microsoft and Hewlett Packard, for example, are using the tax code and offshore entities to shift billions in net income to low tax countries.

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