Without asynchrony, the federated UNION operator initiates the blue leg first, waits for the remote join to complete, and retrieves its result set.

Little girls in red, white and blue tutus were running around with youngsters who had American flags painted on their cheeks, all of them eagerly awaiting their soldiers' return.

Executives at the firm and other shareholders in Carrefour are now waiting to see whether Blue Capital will force through a sale.