Are they too big for their boots - over-cosseted - or are they standing up for ordinary folk in the face of rapacious bosses?

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But, as the Competition Act finally comes into force, the jury is still very much out over whether or not this legislation will produce great benefits for ordinary people.

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In emerging markets such as China Japanese products are considered either over-engineered for the budgets of ordinary people, or lacking the baubles that delight the new rich.

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But many ordinary Tunisians share the fear that, if radicals took over, the far left or Islamists could come to power.

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