Meanwhile, partners still are defecting from the Kleiner team in China.

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He joined the TUV in November 2010 after defecting from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) but when charged with the offences, his membership was put on hold.

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Tweed joined the TUV in November 2010 after defecting from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) but when charged with the offences, his membership was put on hold.

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Thanks to the impending launch of Fox Sports One in August 2013, the time table of the Catholic 7 defecting from the tatters of a decaying conference was expedited.

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Firms that try to charge different prices to different customers for non-transparent reasons are defecting from this social norm, effectively imposing costs on the rest of society for their own benefit.

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Ann Miletti, analyst for Strong Capital Management, says options for stock in Go.com, Disney's Internet property, can keep its executives from defecting to rivals like Etoys.

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Lucent botched a shift in demand to cutting-edge gear for fiber optics, failing to recognize telecom companies' hunger for bandwidth and then reacting too slowly to stop them from defecting to archrival Nortel Networks.

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It has 20 million household customers, and Capellas claims hands-on service for big clients has prevented a single major account from defecting (although FedEx, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have taken some business elsewhere).

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