In 2005-06 the company was caught spying on board members, its own staff and the press in a doomed attempt to plug leaks.

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Why did David Cameron take his own deputy as well as some senior figures in his own party by surprise by pulling the plug on all-party talks to create a new press regulator?

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Yet to plug away with citizen education and discussion, and to get the press involved in the effort, may still sometimes turn out dividends when the time and the issue are right.

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Hallier, who likes to press personalized toy cabs into the hands of executives he meets, got a plug for Show Media during the U.S. Open tennis tournament last summer when its displays were featured in a series of Nike videos starring boxing promoter Don King.

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