This is a time when people want consensus, conciliation and common sense governance.

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Both Corus and Tata executives talk about their desire for a friendly takeover and their common line on governance practices and business ethics.

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The most common criticism revolves around corporate governance: Tracking stock subsidiaries seldom have a separate board of directors to look after shareholders' interests.

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And that distinction between a common currency and shared economic governance, coupled with continued political sovereignty is now proving to be a Frankenstein that is putting the world economy into a state of suspended animation.

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It always felt, when you covered a Brussels summit, that Britain was there on sufferance, but the rules said otherwise: technically we were and are an equal member of a 27-nation union whose oft-explained "three pillars" of governance were applied for the common good.

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Corporate governance experts say such connections are common in family firms but less common at big publicly traded companies.

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This authority supersedes common readings of the Constitution, the law and the customs of governance in America.

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