-- Eastman Kodak, for years in the throes of one downsizing after another, looks like a tired, out-of-touch company as it struggles to sell off some of its peripheral operations.
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The German company said that while it has sold peripheral operations like Rofin for several years, this was the first time a disposal has been completed via an initial public offering.
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The other themes are the aging of the global population, which leads him to health care and financial services, and corporate restructuring _ the continuing trend of companies to focus on their core businesses by divesting themselves of peripheral operations.
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At issue is whether Vivendi could find buyers for its peripheral operations and whether it could convince investors to buy shares in a pay-television company, given the rocky stock markets and the failure of rivals Kirch Group of Germany and ITV of Britain.
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However, this force would be broadly defensive, acting to support the French Army, and he aimed to influence the course of the war by forming a second strong force in the Middle East, which would be able to operate in peripheral operations in the Balkans.
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To free up its processor when printing, a computer temporarily stores the file to be printed in a special memory buffer until the printer is ready for it; this process is called spooling . ( In this case, the word spool itself is an acronym for simultaneous peripheral operations online .)
