An agency spokesman said when the agency was closed next spring, the wave hub would continue as a stand-alone company.

BBC: Sea bed wave energy hub not yet used

As a result of this strong civil society, Pakistan had its version of the Arab Spring long before the wave of demands for accountable governments emerged in the Middle East.

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This is the second migration wave sparked by the Arab Spring.

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As the European exchanges link up and trading fees collapse, Greifeld expects trading volumes to increase rapidly and a wave of new computerized exchanges to spring up.

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There is a lot of talk about a great wave of shareholder activism against excessive executive pay, a so-called Shareholder Spring - and there has been a 100% increase in the number of rejections by investors of FTSE 100 companies' remuneration policies, from just one decisive rebellion, in some years, to a grand total of two this year.

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