Meanwhile Yahoo has been quietly amassing a basketful of credentials for being a leader in the field.

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In the Senate, the GOP should easily have won a basketful of new seats but a number of missteps by their candidates have made outcomes uncertain.

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Scott Kay, the pharmaceutical analyst at Banc of America Securities, wrote in a note to investors that while Bristol still faces a basketful of problems, the additional delay is not cause for additional worry.

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