But if Vodafone does pay a very low bill on the deal, the company risks a hostile reaction given the high profile political debate around corporate taxation, says Professor John Kay at the London School of Economics.

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As I speculated last week, Hypponen sees the crisis as a chain reaction, with each high-profile breach making Sony a more likely target for the next.

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Partly as a result of that reaction, she's kept a considerably lower profile in the build-up to the World Championships.

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The dispute provoked strong reaction on the internet, including from high-profile bloggers.

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After the bewildered public reaction to her call to Hill, Ginni decided to lower her profile.

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Blogger John Hempton, of Bronte Capital, set up a fake profile on girlsdateforfree.com that he deliberately made as unattractive as possible to test what kind of reaction he would receive.

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