There are no quotas for regional groups, but it is established practice to ensure an equitable representation of different regions and cultures.

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But the concept and practice of deterrence in a regional setting bears little resemblance to how we have thought about deterrence in the past.

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While originally designed to protect regional exchanges from the NYSE, in practice it has protected the NYSE, with its floor-based open-outcry trading system, from new electronic exchanges.

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"If you don't, you're not giving them the same courtesy as other employees, you're treating them worse, " says Rania Sedhom, regional leader of the labor relations and employee benefits practice of the consulting firm BDO Seidman.

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Caroline Turner , author of Difference Works: Improving Retention, Productivity and Profitability through Inclusion , began her career as a successful lawyer in a private practice, becoming partner in a large regional firm in the demanding area of securities law and mergers and acquisitions.

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It is not clear what this might mean in practice, save that Russia is exploring yet again ways to strengthen its regional influence.

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