In the time Coke spent trying to acquire Huiyuan, in negotiating the deal, in conducting due diligence and in waiting for regulatory approval, it lost time it could have spent building up its own juice labels within the market.

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That way complex programs can be executed with a minimum of latency, or time lost, for the person waiting for results.

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And there is no waiting around, nor any risk of being lost in transit and trapped horribly in sub-space limbo.

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