GE's primary role is distribution, primarily water and electricity.

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On the question of the role Netflix plays in the movie distribution business, Dunn has mixed feelings.

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The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said the severity of the economic downturn - and the need to make huge savings - might well force politicians to look much more fundamentally at the role of the state and the nature of wealth distribution.

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