Initially, Russia hoped to sign a contract to deliver its T-50 fighter plane to India, but in the end India insisted on the joint development of a new aircraft, based on the T-50 but with modifications for the Indian Air Force.

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Virgin Mobile, a 50-50 joint venture between Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Germany's T-Mobile, parent of the One2One network, claimed year-on-year customer growth of 34%.

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The cold and stiff o-rings at one joint didn't flex and seal as designed.

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While the joint central-bank effort didn't address the fundamental problems associated with European government debt, it underscored a "sense of urgency" to address the broad issues ailing the global financial system, said Seth Setrakian, co-head of trading at First New York Securities.

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Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, said she doesn't see a joint ticket in the future.

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Bales hasn't yet entered a formal plea in the pretrial proceeding at Joint Base Lewis-McChord outside Tacoma, Wash.

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Medicaid has been a joint federal-state mess for so long that we don't know exactly what states would do if allowed to innovate.

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Lutz says other homerooms haven't been assigned yet, but GM's new Daewoo joint venture seems a shoo-in as the focal point for small-car development.

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Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, made it clear Thursday that she thinks Clinton and Obama shouldn't run on a joint ticket this fall.

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