In a bid to limit the misalignment, hard drive makers are producing software that ensures 512 sectors line up with 4K ones.

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Mr Hughes also described the adoption of the working time directive in the UK as a "mistake", telling MPs he supported the government's bid to limit its application.

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In a bid to limit damage to his selection hopes, last week he posted a video apology on the internet and later issued a contrite statement following his omission.

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North Carolina Treasurer Richard Moore held a press conference Friday in a bid to limit damage after a Forbes story (see "Pensions, Pols, Payola") garnered a lot of unwanted scrutiny.

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The best way to protect yourself is to use limit orders when placing an order to buy or sell a stock or an exchange-traded fund. (See How Your Buy and Sell Orders Get Filled for more.) Look at the bid-ask spread and set your price limit at the bid for selling a stock and at the ask for buying a stock.

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However, Lord Triesman, chairman of England's 2018 bid, has attempted to limit the impact of Warner's scathing assessment.

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That limit appears to be a bid by Google to hinder the service from being used to spread pirated music.

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Gas Natural is half the size of Endesa and stretched its financial fire-power to the limit with last year's bid.

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But though his call for the resumption of oil sales (he is now demanding a time limit) had some political and commercial support, his bid to dictate the nationality of the inspectors has none.

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As is always the case with ETFs, limit orders and stops must be used because quite often the spread between the bid and ask can be very wide.

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