It has to do with who is owning what companies and the interlink between the ownership of the company and the politicians.

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Work is being carried out by Interlink M74 JV, a joint venture comprising Balfour Beatty, Morgan Est, Morrison Construction and Sir Robert McAlpine.

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KEK, by contrast, have simply designed the storage rings so that they interlink at one point, and the beams thus cross each other at an angle.

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It would make sound business sense for operators to interlink their systems too: "The big boom in SMS usage was when the operators opened up the gateways to other carriers, " he said.

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The most recent and perhaps final example came Tuesday when Paris-based Lagardere Active announced that Alain Lemarchand, who has served as CEO of Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. since June 2008, will be stepping down and that former Primedia Enthusiast Media and Source Interlink Media president Steve Parr will take his place.

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