To be fair, counter-offers can provide an opportunity for employees to voice issues or concerns about their jobs.

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The US and Canadian ice hockey league cancelled the additional games after rejecting three counter-offers from the players' union.

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And it is rumoured to have made multi-million-dollar counter-offers to keep especially valuable personnel from jumping to Facebook or elsewhere.

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Both have made counter-offers.

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Latin American and Caribbean governments have complained of U.S. clumsiness, short-sightedness, failure to counter vastly more generous offers from Chavez, and failure to support a realistic alternative candidate.

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Frances Rice offers a counter-example.

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Using nonsteroid drugs to counter brain-tissue inflammation offers another avenue of promise.

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Beginning 16 years ago with the most active stocks, securities authorities required over-the-counter marketmakers to electronically display bids and offers that bettered their own quotes.

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And if you should meet your one true love on your morning trek for doughnuts, Voodoo offers legitimate wedding services at the counter.

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