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The timing is surprising given that the valuation differential between the companies has shrunk in recent months, but there is industrial and financial logic to the deal, he says.

The result was "not very surprising," said Oliver Tallowin, senior programme officer for wildlife use and trade at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

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These 10 surprising signals could mean it’s time to disengage from the workplace.

But data for September, finally released last week, showed a surprising pick-up in hiring after a lacklustre summer.

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We discovered surprising color relationships, varied edges, nuanced paint application, shifting proportions and dislocations of apparently continuous space—a lot to look at.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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