The Treasury cannot, for example, force them to write down mortgage principal to mitigate defaults, even though taxpayers rather than shareholders would bear any associated costs.

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Such contests can continue into the small hours, since the government is understandably keen to preserve the substance of their proposals, but peers know that ministers will be reluctant to force them to climb down.

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Also, carriers have switched many flights to smaller regional jets, which don't fly as fast as bigger planes and can also force planes behind them to slow down.

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These were much lower than those of its rivals, drawing accusations that it was trying to force them to mark their portfolios down to the same level so that it could pick up assets on the cheap in the ensuing wave of firesales.

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If they do, security services break down the doors and force them to open, they said.

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He added these people must realise that the government intends to come down on them with every bit of force and authority it can.

BBC: Blair makes fresh IRA appeal

The negotiations over their release had broken down, although the army was still insisting it would not use force to free them.

ECONOMIST: Fiji

Troubling for more traditional regional banks a layer or two down from the very biggest U.S. banks are rules that may force them to raise capital and, bankers argue, restrict lending.

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If the production line were kept open to make stripped-down versions of the stealth jet for Japan, the Air Force might try to buy some more of them for itself in the future.

FORBES: A new Japanese government could strain ties with America.