While all that was happening, Novatel's card business in Europe was under pricing pressure from competitor Sierra Wireless as well as a European competitor, Option.

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The difference, perhaps, is that most European systems have a clearer default option for those who fall seriously ill with no plans or preferences.

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Derry's venue can only host 3, 000 spectators for European games and Lansdowne Road appears a likely option.

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With Bush sitting in the front row, Ryan argued that the budget proposed by Obama puts the U.S. on a path frighteningly like that of debt-addled European countries like Greece: toward a welfare state down to the nuclear option of austerity to keep the bond vigilantes off its back.

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He also warned that leaving the European Union would be a "one-way ticket" with no option of return.

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For the moment only a few cable companies operating in the European Union offer Internet access, but this option is certain to grow, Sarkar said.

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Assuming Papandreou and his new finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, manage to push their agenda through parliament, European policymakers are fettering over whether a debt roll over or a debt swap option will provide them with the best means to avoid a credit default and a change in credit ratings. (Read Papanderou Loses Support As Eurozone Hopes To Aver Contagion).

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No 10 have indicated that all Conservative MPs will be expected to support the government in rejecting the referendum option - the coalition agreement commits the UK to being a "positive participant in the European Union" .

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This idea that the euro is a take-it-or-leave-it option, an arrangement of convenience rather than a fixed and irrevocable union, has been a staple for European leaders over the past few years.

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