Parties which were quick to adopt new policies lost out.

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The failure to adopt radical new policies to jump-start the economy and in one fell swoop to resolve the insolvent bank situation by ridding the overhang of toxic bad paper "increases the risk of a further dramatic equity sell-off, " says Christopher Wood, CLSA emerging markets analyst.

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To ensure that the hopeful trend continues, government and employers should adopt a new generation of savings policies that are both innovative and simple.

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And the government has as much business ordering Google to display search results in a particular order as it does telling The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times what editorial policies to adopt.

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Already, 10 local authorities have voted to adopt "nil" policies, refusing permission for any new venues.

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President Obama's fixation with "devaluing nuclear weapons" has prompted him to adopt policies, to take programmatic actions and to sign a flawed new arms control treaty that will leave the United States and its allies significantly less secure.

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As the US Federal government moves quickly to adopt cloud computing, these and other attacks serve to highlight the implementation of new continuous monitoring security policies.

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