This brings special responsibilities, reflected in the strings attached to cash injections in both America and Europe.

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Myhrvold has gotten his investors to lock up their cash with him in highly unorthodox funds with few strings attached for a very, very long time, in some cases as long as 20 years, or close to a generation, people familiar with IV say.

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Chalk it up to fierce competition and customers' continued refusals to part with cash very easily, even as they loosen the purse strings a bit.

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The expected announcement is the latest in a year-long string of efforts by government officials to put strings on executive pay by companies that have received bailout cash.

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