In a whirl of transactions, the risk of sharp practice, including insider dealing, may well grow.

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In America lawyers are quick to file lawsuits against anything that looks like sharp practice.

ECONOMIST: Convertible bonds in Japan

Perhaps he believes that investors are best protected by those who have seen sharp practice at first hand.

ECONOMIST: Wall Street

But abuses on the internet are not confined to sharp practice: criminals also use the web for much nastier things.

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Medical journals frequently fail to perform basic checks on the papers they print, so all sorts of sharp practice goes uncorrected.

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Bear in mind that the man is a trained barrister, one who will know that 'chicanery' - to you and me - means sharp practice, deception even.

BBC: The war of words gets louder

In practice, the sharp downturn in economic performance has meant that Germany and France, among others, have breached the deficit limits.

ECONOMIST: Wait and see, again | The

The practice is a sharp break from Microsoft's tendency to telegraph its strategy well in advance, and it emphasizes just how much importance Redmond places on its self-developed Windows 8 hardware.

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On days when the dogs are not involved in investigations, their handlers hide the scents or objects they are trained to seek to keep them sharp and to maintain the work-reward practice.

CNN: Canines patrol grounds daily