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„Matt - this is English tea ceremony. Perhaps you could give lessons to kindly Japanese ladies in this fine art.“

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„As you know, we try to have these away days about once a year. But the purpose of today is to get away from the office environment and the daily grind and to take a step back, so that we can explore what we really do, what our main strengths are, and where improvements could be made in our systems. Right, well, we’ve got a lot to get through today - lots of exercises, role plays, and I think it’ll be a challenging day. But I also hope it’ll be fun, too.“

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BBC Learning English | Ten Days | Day 3 - Meet the People

„We attend a lot of international trade fairs and conferences. To give you some examples, we go to the Frankfurt book fair, the Bologna book fair and one of the reasons we go there is we actually think it's incredibly cost effective. We're an international business, we have partners in forty, fifty countries and it's incredibly expensive if you go to each of those countries individually.“

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BBC News | Business | Microsoft Tokyo offices raided

„In a statement issued from its headquarters, Microsoft stated that it is co-operating fully with the investigation. "We have great respect for the important role played by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission, and we are confident that its review will show that Microsoft is in full compliance with Japanese competition rules," said Brad Smith, a lawyer for Microsoft.“

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