• This would be a big blow, since in recent years Britain has been attracting up to 40% of the foreign investment going into the European Union.

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  • Despite being the country that invented soccer, England hasn't won an international tournament since 1966 and in recent years has suffered through a string of disappointments, failing to beat such soccer weaklings as Algeria and Montenegro.

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  • Lofgren , global director of the benefits consulting group at Watson Wyatt, which is working for the new employers' coalition, says that in recent years (since the IBM blowup), nearly all converting employers have protected employees 50 and above who are within five years of retirement.

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  • It also noted that while interest rates on cards have fallen since about 1990, in recent years major lenders' disclosures about the costs associated with their cards often "buried important information in text, failed to group and label related material, and used small typefaces"--thus vexing, often bewildering, consumers.

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  • Their influence has been increasing in recent years, particularly since the government, in 2003, set up the China Bank Regulatory Commission to oversee banking industry.

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  • Some offshore centers such as Isle of Man and the Cayman Island fell in the listing over recent years but have since recovered Jersey and Guernsey remain the leading offshore centers.

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  • But since 1986 or so, and particularly in recent years, they have diverged.

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  • Kansas City is one of only 15 cities with a population of at least 200, 000 in 1950 that saw substantial population losses since World War II but have rebounded in recent years, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by Jordan Rappaport, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

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  • Especially since Asia has matured as an NBA market in recent years after Yao began drawing fans in a decade ago.

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  • Now Quebeckers are hoping that the operations and several since mark a new era where the lawlessness of recent years is controlled.

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  • Chumlong Lemtongthai is believed to be the kingpin of an international rhino horn smuggling ring and is the most prominent smuggler to be convicted since South Africa intensified anti-poaching measures in recent years.

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  • Lee has not played Test cricket since December 2008 and has been plagued by injuries in recent years.

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  • Syria and Israel have been in a state of war since 1948 but the border had been relatively calm in recent years.

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  • "This is just another stage in the disaster story that has been Premier Foods over recent years, which has consistently struggled ever since its decision to buy Hovis in 2006, " said Jennie Formby, Unite national officer for food and drink.

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  • The privately-held Vatican bank, Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), located inside Vatican City, has been at the centre of several financial scandals in recent years, and has been under investigation since 2010 for allegedly omitting data in wire transfers from an Italian account.

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  • Many scoring records have been shattered in recent years but more than two decades have passed since Pakistan's Majid Khan struck a century before lunch against New Zealand in Karachi.

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  • Electricity is costly, especially since no new coal plants have been built in New England in recent years.

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  • Since we started three years ago keeping the scorecard of the most recent 12-months' closed out recommendations from Block Traders' Oil and Gold Monitor, the annual rate of gain has dipped down into the high 20%'s only once.

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  • Many big chains have shed permanent staff in recent years and resorted to temporary workers, who cost less since they receive fewer benefits.

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  • Gordon Polson, director of the Federation of Bakers, said the industry had been making improvements in recent years - salt content had been reduced by 10% since 2005.

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  • Latin America has long since ceased to be merely a drug producer, with consumption rising fast in recent years.

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  • Air ambulances are no answer since they have trouble flying in bad weather and have had several crashes in recent years.

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  • Despite the bursting of the market bubble in recent years, Greenspan, 77, who has been Fed chairman since 1987, is generally credited as a financial wizard.

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  • The original Wii has sold more units since its launch than both its rivals, but it has lost momentum in recent years as the novelty of its motion controller faded.

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  • Nowadays he's one of the wealthiest men in the country (No. 24 on our recent Thai 40 Richest list) and, since he took up polo eight years ago, has been found on the field playing with the likes of Prince Charles and top-ranked Adolfo Cambiaso.

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  • As for international soccer itself, only the Netherlands has come close to Spain in recent years, winning 89.7% of its most meaningful games since 2008.

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  • An increase in illnesses in recent years has been partially blamed on a version of the vaccine used since the 1990s, which doesn't last as long.

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