Because of that , these people said , some participants in the new york fed talks decided that liquidation was no worse an option than selling lehman to a buyer such as barclays plc .
Dublin also prepared to take effective control of its second-biggest bank , allied irish banks plc , after the central bank said it requires an additional 3 billion euros before next year .
Royal dutch shell plc has even agreed to offer business training to former gun-toting militants in the volatile , oil-rich niger delta , following a government-sponsored amnesty here .
Meanwhile , intel and amd have both been limited in their exposure to tablets and smartphones , with their chips based on x86 architecture , viewed as too power-hungry compared to processors based on arm holdings plc architecture .