In making this split, BP is now looking to create a new safety unit that will rule the groups operations like an inquisition as Dudley grants it powers to audit on an ongoing basis every single operation around the world.

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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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This rule permits banks and finance companies to conduct operations in foreign countries without being subject to current U.S. taxation.

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Also, it was not until 2009 that Ex-Im put in place a rule requiring borrowers to certify they have no operations in Iran's energy sector.

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Thank Paul Volcker whose so-called Volcker Rule is forcing banks to wind down prop trading operations.

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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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Once you rule out ground forces, then there are going to be some inherent limitations to our air strike operations.

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In its most extreme interpretation, the rule would require a company that hires a labor-law firm to evaluate a potential acquisition with unionized operations, say, to report the relationship even if that blows its cover on secret due diligence activities.

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