Verigy , a Singapore-based company that is in the semiconductor automatic test equipment business.

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He liked the prospects of Verigy , a Singapore-based company that is in the semiconductor automatic test equipment business.

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They say they lack night surveillance equipment, automatic weapons and other items they believe would help them.

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They are business services provider Automatic Data ( ADP), global electrical equipment maker Emerson Electric ( EMR) and paint and specialty chemicals supplier PPG Industries ( PPG).

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There are eight categories of weapon, ranging from automatic hardware and machine guns which are prohibited, to hunting equipment allowed with a hunting permit.

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The telephone-equipment companies want voice dialling (useful in cars), automatic call-centres, computerised operator-services and messaging that allows users to pick up and send e-mails and faxes on an ordinary telephone anywhere in the world.

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