Reinvention can beg the question of what business a company is in.

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This and scores of other stories beg the question, then, who is benefiting primarily and most from the core activities of the financial industry?

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Hardly scientific I grant, but it does beg the question whether, far from being a disadvantage, left handedness might in certain circumstances give you the edge.

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Although in this particular case, there was never any danger of the plot coming to fruition, since the only people that Ferdaus was working with were undercover FBI agents, it does beg the question as to whether such a plot could succeed in the first place.

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The stories of both Orexigen and Intermune beg the same question: is the Food and Drug Administration going to begin feeling more pressure to approve new medicines more quickly?

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But, the findings beg the real question which is what were the insurers classifying as an expenditure towards medical care before the newly issued regulations that they will now no longer be able to include?

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When I suggest to Mr. Kalanick that Uber, in the fine startup tradition, was using the "don't ask for permission, beg for forgiveness" approach, he interrupts the question halfway through.

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If accurate, these leaks beg an important question: Would the United States be able to ascertain and judge such actions if Soviet communications were transmitted by secure fiber-optic lines?

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My observations are anecdotal to be sure, but they beg a question: What do you make of light crowds at commercial airports the day before Thanksgiving?

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