• Open Harbor, in San Carlos, California, wants to be global trade's equivalent of a radar detector, replacing with a fast Web service the practice of thumbing through thick tomes of trade rules and restrictions.

    FORBES: Customs Solution

  • Ryan recommended ending Medicare, the government health-insurance program for retirees, and replacing it with a system of direct payments to seniors, who could then buy private insurance. (The change would not affect current beneficiaries or the next decade of new ones.) He proposed ending Medicaid, the health-care program for the poor, and replacing it with a lump sum for states to use as they saw fit.

    NEWYORKER: Fussbudget

  • United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, serving the first of a five-match touchline ban, was in regular telephone contact with the United dugout and acted to change his side at half-time, replacing the injured Brown with Fabio da Silva and replacing Hernandez with Berbatov.

    BBC: Manchester United 1-0 Bolton

  • We can create new jobs by replacing heavy construction equipment with shovels and then replacing the shovels with spoons.

    FORBES: The FCC, Jobs And Rainbow Stew

  • With Calderwood replacing Pascali with the more defensive Simon Ford and Pressley going for striker Mark Stewart in place of defender Scobbie after 63 minutes, the strategies were clear.

    BBC: Kilmarnock 0-0 Falkirk

  • Overall benefit eligibility will be capped and all claims will be means-tested, taking away the child benefit from families with higher incomes and replacing it with a child tax credit that is targeted to lower incomes.

    FORBES: The Stiff Upper Lip and Its Discontents

  • On March 19th, six days after the schoolgirls were killed, Jordan's prime minister, Abd al-Karim Kabariti, submitted his resignation, which the king accepted with little grace, replacing him with Abd al-Salam Majali, a former prime minister who signed the 1994 treaty with Israel.

    ECONOMIST: Jordan

  • Spurs boss Ramos mixed things up with 20 minutes left, replacing King with Adel Taarabt, but the hosts were indebted to a brilliant Robinson save on the stretch from Farfan's drive to keep them at least in touching distance.

    BBC: Tottenham 0-1 PSV

  • You can make your own sea monster by taking the shell off a remote controlled boat with a decent sized motor and replacing it with a plastic crocodile head.

    FORBES: Still Waiting for the Iceland Sea Worm

  • Airline gas mileage has improved over the years, the result of filling more seats on each flight, replacing multiple trips on small planes with fewer trips on larger aircraft and replacing older planes with newer, more fuel-efficient jets.

    WSJ: How Airlines Spend Your Airfare

  • But on the other, you suggest ending mortgage-interest tax deductions, doing away with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without replacing them with support for long-term, low-interest mortgages, ending exemptions on capital-gains taxes, and requiring up to 15% down payments on homes from first-time buyers.

    ECONOMIST: Letters

  • But the prevailing theory begins with a scam artist buying an iPad, replacing it with something of similar size and weight and then repackaging the box so it looks ready for the sales floor once again.

    CNN: Open that iPad before you buy it

  • Scotland went in search of a winner, with McLeish replacing Scott Brown with Kenny Miller.

    BBC: Scotland 1-2 Italy

  • Companies with low investment grade rating are calling outstanding 7 percent preferreds and replacing them with paper yielding 5.5 percent.

    FORBES: Let 'Em Beat Up On Banks

  • Regardless, Tierney stuck with what he had been doing throughout the season, rotating goalies and replacing LaPlante with Jamie Faus, who allowed seven goals on 11 shots in the second half.

    WSJ: Syracuse rallies to beat Denver in lacrosse semis

  • The education secretary then refined his plans and came back with the idea of, in effect, scrapping GCSEs in the core subjects alone and replacing them with a new exam.

    BBC: Michael Gove on exams: U-turn or tweak?

  • After striking out with its "Thrive" Android tablets and then coming up a bit short with the "Excite" line, the company is completely scrapping its tablet lineup and replacing it with three new models.

    ENGADGET

  • With that in mind, here are three companies that should consider bagging the current CEOs and replacing them with ones that are more likely to get the company back on track.

    FORBES: Three CEOs Who Should Go in 2013

  • In early June Barclays was reportedly drawing up contingency plans to restructure its all-paper offer for ABN Amro with a "significant" sweetener, effectively reducing the shares it would issue for the Dutch bank and replacing them with cash. (See: "Barclays Gets Creative") All-share bids are less favorable than cash offers because their value can be volatile.

    FORBES: Barclays Wins A Round In ABN Battle

  • The UK government has said the Welfare Reform Bill would save billions of pounds by replacing Disability Living Allowance with a personal independence payment and replacing a range of other benefits with a single universal credit.

    BBC: Welfare Reform Committee 2

  • Both sides made half time changes, with Milan Baros replacing Heskey and Pompey replacing Dejan Stefanovic with Richard Hughes.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | FA Cup | Portsmouth 1-0 Liverpool

  • How about swiping gulls' eggs from nests and replacing them with fakes, so they never hatch?

    BBC: MPs declare war on aggressive seagulls

  • Replacing it with a new market-based model is as important as undoing Obamacare itself.

    FORBES: What Health Care Program Should Replace ObamaCare?

  • The party leader, Walter Veltroni, astounded his longest-serving parliamentarian by replacing him with a 26-year-old woman.

    ECONOMIST: Italy's election

  • Replacing carpet with tile or wood floors is also beneficial, since carpets tend to trap dander.

    CNN: What to do if you're allergic to your pet

  • That means scrapping the House of Lords and replacing it with a new, elected second chamber.

    BBC: How would you change Parliament?

  • This vision includes shutting down large-scale scientifically run farms and replacing them with small organic homesteads and urban gardens.

    FORBES: America's Agricultural Angst

  • Gore criticized Bradley for his idea of replacing Medicaid with a private voucher system.

    CNN: By Brad Leighton/The Telegraph of Nashua, New Hampshire

  • They run a version of Android that strips out all Google services, replacing them with Amazon's equivalents.

    NPR: Facebook Barges Into Google Turf With Home

  • The idea that seems to have the most potential is the notion of replacing jockeys with robots.

    WSJ: Kentucky Derby: Do Horse Races Really Need Jockeys?

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