That wastes a lot of time and money and hobbles the instant feedback that makes online advertising compelling.

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Designed at a time when U.S. companies competed mainly with each other, the code now hobbles them in global competition.

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One critical reason: Mexico still hobbles its economy with excessive, growth-stifling regulation.

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At the headquarters of Under Armour, a collection of harborside buildings in downtown Baltimore, Kevin Plank hobbles his way to a product-review meeting.

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It hobbles away with a slightly wild look in its eyes.

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But when Sheldon Adelson hobbles into the room, past his walker and motorized scooter, his physical frailty, stemming from a nerve condition, belies his muscular perch.

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The company has a distinctive core business: rather than dealing with middlemen, it deals directly with 250, 000 suppliers and thereby squeezes out some of the waste that hobbles farming in poor places.

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The step faces several pitfalls, though, and could have unintended consequences, including an unstable exchange rate or a strengthening currency that hobbles the country's nascent export sector just as the country is re-entering the global economy.

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The annual-venture structure hobbles Lloyd's.

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