But it is not so easy to rid Islamic finance of its spirit.

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If investors twig that European companies aren't such bad investments after all, he says, it will not be so easy for America to finance its current-account deficit with European savings and that points only one way for the dollar.

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"AirPlay functionality is a bit hidden from users and not super easy for developers to implement, " Allaire said of the feature in its current state, so there's ample room for improvement.

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Now that the currency exists, for the moment alongside national ones, Mr Solbes has, among other things, to promote its use by ordinary Europeans and by businesses great and small: not easy, when the currency has made so feeble a start.

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"It's a great aircraft for us because of its short take off and landing capability, but they are not easy to get hold of because they are so popular, which is why we had to go to Canada, " Skybus chief executive Jeff Marston said.

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And I'm wondering if you could comment on some of the other things that she said in that speech -- essentially saying that she opposes easy solutions that risk backfiring, and that Germany's power is not infinite and so its responsibility is to deploy our strengthen credibly so we can be of full use to Europe.

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