Chief constables will be required to disclose pay packages, gifts and hospitality on a national register.

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Congress in 1965 required that all cigarette packages carry warning labels, ones that were made under the surgeon general's name five years later.

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Under its rules, shareholders are required to approve or reject executive pay packages every year.

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GoPhone customers can choose from new data packages with no long-term commitment required.

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Greece has effectively been in recession for four years, and with tough austerity measures required as part of the conditions of two bailout packages worth more than 200bn euros, its economy is unlikely to grow in the near future.

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Colleges aren't required to use uniform language to describe their financial-aid packages.

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Until the Australian decision, the nation that required the most prominent warning was Uruguay, where 80% of packages contain graphic health advisories.

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In the U.S., where the average CEO makes about three times the salary of his French, German or Japanese counterpart (according to Towers Perrin, a compensation consultancy), most boards wouldn't dare put specific remuneration packages to a shareholder vote (and they aren't required to).

FORBES: I'll pay yours if you'll pay mine