While I'm sure that the answer varies from company to company, there seems little doubt that the model itself is going bust.

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That post-war model in Japan is now bust.

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They are a mixed bunch, ranging from model EU citizens such as Estonia (recently smitten by a property bust, but all set to gain permission this year to join the euro) to Romania and Bulgaria, which have become bywords in Brussels for corruption and organised crime respectively.

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