One alternative you could consider amid the global uncertainty is a stock-replacement strategy, where you sell stocks that you like and buy in-the-money or longer-dated call options on those same equities.

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The government has also made the use of nicotine replacement a central part of its anti-smoking strategy.

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Advocating a cheaper, simpler replacement for its own products may seem like an odd strategy for a hardware vendor like Palo Alto, Calif.

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Prudential said the replacement of Mr Bloomer did not signal any change in strategy, adding it remained committed to its businesses in the UK, Asia and America.

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In the early 1990s, as executive vice president of American Home Products, he helped devise a strategy to defend the firm's Premarin hormone-replacement therapy--derived from pregnant mares' urine--against generic competition.

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In the early 1990s, as executive vice president of American Home Products, he helped devise a strategy to fend off the firm's Premarin hormone-replacement therapy--derived from pregnant mares' urine--from generic competition.

FORBES: Ready For Battle