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Not everyone is convinced that the tie-up is worth celebrating.
并非所有人都相信这次合并是值得庆贺的。
It may hasten a tie-up with local savings banks, or with another Landesbank.
可能也会促使地区分行之间或与其他总行的联系（更加紧密）。
The new tie-up, due to be launched later this year, builds on existing cooperation between Baidu and Bing on mobile platforms and page results.
此次新的合作将于年底推行，它的成功是建立在百度和必应在移动平台和页面搜索结果方面已有合作的基础上的。
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That appears to pave the way for a rumored tie-up between Skype and Facebook.
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Still, the betting money is on some sort of tie-up involving Nokia's Lumia line.
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But Luxembourg, which owns nearly 6% of Arcelor, has also expressed reservations about the tie-up.
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(CONNECTION) a connection or agreement that joins two things or organizations
(DELAY) a temporary problem that delays progress, such as too much traffic on the road

A tie-up between two organizations is a business connection that has been arranged between them.
A tie-up or a traffic tie-up is a long line of vehicles that cannot move forward because there is too much traffic, or because the road is blocked by something.