Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has also hinted the corporation pays executives too much and wants to force it to open its accounts to external auditors.

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Countrywide, the second-biggest mortgage bank, is even treading on WaMu's toes: as part of its plan to triple its sales force by 2008, it plans to open perhaps a dozen new offices in Washington state.

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The impetus behind it was not scientific evidence but pressure from the airlines to force out older pilots, keeping the pipeline open for younger and cheaper replacements.

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The company will open more small Best Buy Mobile stores, where it uses a device-savvy sales force to sell smart phones and other mobile devices.

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Instead of waiting for possibly more government intervention to force vendors to open up their silos of patient information, they formed the CommonWell Health Alliance to do it themselves.

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Asked by the BBC whether Dorner's claims would damage the relationship between the force and those it was meant to serve, an LAPD spokeswoman said Beck's decision to re-open the disciplinary case would ensure there was "no misunderstanding between the police and the community".

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"Overwhelming force", when it comes to providing liquidity support for markets, has to mean support that is potentially unlimited - open-ended.

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