The payments system, in effect, is the plumbing for Britain's financial system, which is often said to be backward in comparison with other countries.
In the first quarter, the company expects off-peak seasonality to dampen on-quarter growth, although demand will be up in comparison with the previous year.
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But Mr Harvey said he expected the cost of the UK's involvement in Nato operations over Libya to be "modest" in comparison with other operations such as Afghanistan.
And even if there is some adjustment to the yuan's pegged rate against the dollar, it is likely to be modest especially in comparison with the 50% rise in the euro over the past two years.
"There are elements the sudden violence of the attack that could lead one to believe there might be a comparison with what happened in London, " Interior Minister Manuel Valls told France 2 television.
Growth may be slowing in comparison to the last few years, but with nearly 2000 patents to its name, Tessera is not finished innovating and miniaturizing.
Instead, pupils should be given a score that would show how they ranked in comparison with other candidates.
In showing greater restraint over the hostage videos, Arab stations may even be appearing to play down the emotional impact of the killings in comparison with the intensity of their coverage of Iraqi or Palestinian casualties.
It can certainly be an uphill battle, with a user base that pales in comparison to the iOSes ad Androids of the world -- and then there's the fact that the OS hasn't actually launched in the States yet.
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This would measure the total amount of debt that can only be paid back by tax revenue or selling government assets, and so would be a more apples-to-apples comparison with historical Treasury debt, govt debt in other countries, etc.
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The situation at Tufts and Brandeis, where pro-Israel students can't figure out why Israel should be defended and don't want to overload themselves with too many speakers defending Israel is downright wonderful in comparison to the situation at Berkeley.
In comparison with the last government's spending plans, a total of DM19 billion less will be spent on Germany's defence over the next four years.
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