The global accounting powerhouse, Deloitte, is sitting between a bullet and a target in a global battle over the future of free enterprise.

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The bottom line is that there is mounting evidence between prolonged sitting time and reduced longevity.

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And where current crime reporting tends to dwell on the emotional impact, what is striking sitting on the edges of these meetings between the victims of serious violent crime and the commissioner, is that the overriding mood is one of anger.

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First, it could mean that the iPad is proving to be an extremely meaningful category sitting between laptops and smartphones.

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Pinched between the Andes ranges and sitting 2, 600m above sea level, Bogota is unexpectedly one of the world's great biking cities.

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There were roughly 29m house sales in the United States between 2004 and 2007, compared with 115m households, and anyone who bought before then is probably sitting on a nominal profit.

ECONOMIST: Home ownership