And yet it is Labour politicians that have approached the prospect of a powerful new gig with the most gusto.

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It is the prospect that the new owners will have a free hand to manage their properties, unhindered by politics.

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And I hope voters will take them at their word that many of their friends and many of their neighbors would have been out of work, without the prospect of a lot of new jobs coming to town, manufacturing has taken a beating.

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And the NHS is facing even more as primary care trusts have been given the power to set local targets, raising the prospect of a plethora of new targets to sit alongside the 20 national ones.

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The research agency Forrester says NFC has only had a limited impact to date as retailers have been put off by the cost of the equipment and the prospect of having to pay a new fee to banks and credit card companies that handle the transactions.

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Yahoo would have been forced to put in place a new CEO in mid-restructuring, which is never a happy prospect as Best Buy will tell you.

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Earlier in November, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara may have hooked his biggest insider trade, after unveiling new allegations against a SAC Capital Management trader that raises the prospect the worst is yet to come for the hedge fund and its founder Steven A. Cohen.

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At a time of recession and a lack of employment opportunities, the prospect of 6, 000 new jobs, you would have thought, would be welcomed with open arms.

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