Efforts will be made to tie remuneration more closely to long-term value creation more paid in restricted shares, with employers able to claw back a portion if trades lead to big losses and multi-year bonus guarantees to be avoided.

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While HP's solid OpenView management software brings in "billions in revenue, to deploy Web services you need to closely tie in application development, " says Governor.

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In any event, though most bishops did tie themselves closely to Franco after the war, and turned a blind eye to his harsh purges, many priests and nuns suffered grievously at the hands of republicans and communists, who sacked monasteries and convents, burned down churches, and killed hundreds of the clergy.

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Countries that tie their currencies closely to the dollar, such as Argentina and China, stand to gain in competitiveness.

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In TV interviews Friday, Mr. Romney dodged questions about his pick but rebutted criticism that a choice of Ms. Rice would tie him too closely to the Bush administration.

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Also, the technological revolution of recent years has served to tie Falintil closely into the wider East Timorese diaspora of support and permit a far easier movement of funds from offshore bases such as Portugal, Macau and Australia.

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Investors will also be watching the two-day Fed meeting closely, although a recent improvement in US data would seem to tie the hands of the FOMC.

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Mr. Donovan and others say European leaders have missed a chance, with the Spanish bailout in particular, of using the crisis to put in place structures that tie the euro zone more closely together and thus make each country more responsible for its peers' situation.

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