It now hopes bankruptcy reorganization will allow the same kind of cost cutting and work-rule changes that have boosted operations at other airlines, said Jon Snook, American's vice president of operations planning and performance.

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There is little doubt that the match fixers' sophisticated inter-continental operations have put them a long way ahead of the rigid rule-bound tactics of those trying to stop them.

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Companies have suffered crippling financial losses, been forced to eliminate jobs, and scaled back or even terminated their operations because of trade secret theft in countries where there is weak rule of law.

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There's also almost counter gang operations, countering criminals who are taking advantage of the absence of the rule of law.

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Every rule you learned about the true stuff of business--growth, operations and profit--begins to dip and flutter like a knuckleball when YourWorstNightmare.com walks onto the field.

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