Export controls seem to be understood by the international community as a method for enforcing US foreign policy.

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It does not yet seem to be well understood, but Facebook has just launched a bazooka against Google, Apple, Microsoft, and BlackBerry.

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And I'm glad to say the lines towards budgetary consolidation and structure reforms, however painful they may be in the short term, seem to be widely understood by the Italian public opinion.

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That attempt does seem to be running into some legal trouble given that the Feds seem not to have understood the laws of that country.

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This makes it seem not only like Goldman is being disingenuous, but it also makes it seem like Goldman Sachs understood the deal was destined to be a bad one.

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