While proponents see matkot as a symbol of the cooperative spirit in Israel, critics denounced it as emblematic of rudeness.

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The suburban Chicago drug and medical product giant is splitting into a medical products business that will be called AbbVie, and trade under a new ticker symbol, ABBV, while the other company will retain the Abbott name and largely be focused on medical products including devices, diagnostics and nutritional products.

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This is remarkable, given the different approaches that France and Britain have taken towards their nuclear deterrents (Britain depends heavily on American kit, while France's force de frappe is a supreme symbol of national sovereignty).

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