In an era of rising seas and extreme weather events, we are only going to face more giant post-disaster price tags, which will increasingly compete with rising entitlement costs and other runaway expenses for political attention.

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The three giant post-Romney funds, however, would be considered failures if liquidated right now, all succumbing to the same traps too many other firms fell into: The huge sums raised made generating returns difficult and forced them to chase deals at nearly any cost, creating an asset bubble in the process.

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On Thursday, the Basel, Switzerland-based drug giant will post earnings.

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In the post-IPO era, however, investors are starting to require a slightly stronger narrative from the social media-giant, preferably one that involves profits and growth.

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But besides plug-ins for host applications in post production work, Red Giant is moving in new directions as well.

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To Gursahaney what he saw tucked deep inside giant Tyco was the perfect business for the post 9-11 environment: an aging population in an increasingly unsafe world and a highly fragmented home security business that ADT already dominated.

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However, there is fear at the Russian oil giant that this concession could become worthless in an era post-Saddam Hussein.

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It will make its way slowly down The Mound, past the giant symbol of the Paralympic Games and cross Princes Street on to Hanover Street where a post-box painted gold in Sir Chris's honour stands, officials said.

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The computing giant, with 14 retail stores across the U.S., is diving into the post-Thanksgiving shopping madness with a slew of substantial new discounts on laptops, phones, software, games and its Kinect gaming system for the Xbox 360 console.

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