Some observers now feel that in view of this reduced risk, the regulatory capital banks are required to hold may be excessive and could be better employed elsewhere.

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Apple have reduced any potential points of fragmentation from a hardware point of view on the iPad Mini.

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He said monetary easing in emerging markets and reduced policy uncertainty in advanced economies were behind his firm's more-upbeat view for risk assets in 2012 than in 2011.

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The bearish view from El-Erian of Pimco was that expectations of returns must be reduced on all classes of assets, whether stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate, what have you.

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Still, the company says overall fuel consumption's been reduced over the last model and you'll get other niceties like Porsche's Car Connect smartphone app to view and control different vehicle functions.

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