That machine routinely processes 70, 000 orders, cancellations and trades per second but can handle up to 250, 000 per second--enough to deal with trades on the Nasdaq plus the London and Paris stock exchanges with room to spare.

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Then he had a number of dead-end jobs, drawing cartoons in his spare time and eventually making enough from them to live on.

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And by losing in Brecon and Radnorshire, Mr Bourne should ensure the Tories have enough spare votes to ensure himself a place as one of the region's top-up members.

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Barclays Capital thinks the OBR overestimates spare capacity in the economy and that planned spending cuts will not be enough to eliminate the structural deficit.

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It is about 48 square feet, enough for a funerary bed and a few household objects (removed for the show) with little room to spare.

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Soon enough, this fast and beautiful smartphone is going to find a new life in a drawer that holds my spare change, sunglasses, checkbook and various receipts.

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