There are many other family-friendly, fun-to-drive vehicles, like the Mazda CX-5 or Honda's own CR-V, that get better fuel economy.

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Visa in November said its own service, V.me, has attracted more than 50 banks that have agreed to make it available to their customers, and companies including Google Inc.

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Not surprisingly, several of these nations are actively pursuing their own variants of the V-22.

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