Mr Willetts said ministers were considering ways of allowing universities to recruit extra students in addition to their student number allocation.

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One of the principal preconditions of a free market and the optimal allocation of resources is an unlimited number of buyers and sellers such that none can influence prices.

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In Malaysia, a share-allocation scandal was but one among a number of revelations that tainted politicians and infuriated citizens.

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Of course, everyone knows that it is better to be number one than number two, but the Wallet Allocation Rule makes it possible to calculate precisely what this impact is.

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Nonetheless, a survey by Cerulli Associates shows the number of advisors employing some form of tactical asset allocation is now at 61 percent, up 8.3 percent from 2010.

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Meanwhile, former British number one Tim Henman believes there should be a review of the allocation of the wildcards in future.

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