Beyond risk assessment, companies outside of TARP also implemented numerous changes indicating that good governance had become synonymous with the practices the government had mandated under TARP, such as the widespread adoption of clawbacks and reductions in perquisites, tax-gross-up payments, golden parachutes and supplemental retirement plans.
However, we expect this figure to decline in the future on account of growing competition from newer players such as Qihoo, as well as rising adoption of mobile Internet in the country.
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In the post-mortems being carried out on his term of office, the media focus has inevitably been on Pope Benedict's handling of contentious issues such as gay marriage and adoption, homosexuality and other social issues.
Economic factors were cited by 76% as an important driver for cloud adoption, bringing strategic benefits such as transforming their business models to gain a competitive advantage.
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But the Home Office said admission to the UK would not be automatic if the child had an interim adoption order, such as the one granted to the Kilshaws in Arkansas last month.
Not only does this deal with a host of important issues around such issues as special education needs and adoption, but quite a number of backbench MPs have ideas they want to add in.
Instead many prospective parents go to countries such as Guatemala or Vietnam, where the adoption process has, in the past at least, been easier.
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But since then the currency has steadied somewhat, thanks in part to adoption by key websites such as Reddit and Kim Dotcom's file storage site Mega.
Adobe ADBE executives, on a conference call with analysts this evening following better-than-expected results, touted accelerating adoption of key programs such as Creative Suite 5 and Flash.
This collaboration, coupled with the testing process, creates solutions that are optimized for SAFE devices and enterprise use including adoption within regulated industries such as healthcare, financial services and government.
Myriad cases have come before the courts concerning not just counselling or civil partnerships but such issues as the placing of children for adoption by same-sex parents and the turning away of gay couples from guesthouses.
Other benefits included the adoption of important life skills such as learning how to win, to lose and to cope with setbacks.
According to Benbrook, the negative effects of genetic engineering have resulted from the widespread adoption by farmers of crops such as corn and soybean engineered to be resistant to the herbicide glyphosate.
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Alternative livelihoods such as ecotourism and fish farming could provide an alternative to intensive crop farming, while better management of crops and irrigation and the adoption of alternative energy sources such as solar power would all contribute to environmental sustainability.
And once companies extend health benefits to domestic partners, must they also offer such other benefits as tuition assistance, relocation expenses, adoption expenses and health club memberships on an equal basis?
Seniors also are especially lagging in their adoption of Internet-enabled mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.
The author gives us such delicious tidbits as the fact that the date of human adoption of clothing can be determined by the genetic history of the human body lice, which requires clothing (ours, not theirs) to sustain itself.
Oilfield services firms such as Halliburton, Baker Hughes and Schlumberger have played a large role in making shale extraction economically feasible in the U.S., and adoption of their technology in foreign markets such as China can result in a significant upside potential for the revenues of these firms.
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This eventually translated into a series of government programs, such as state-funded primary and secondary schooling, the adoption of a five-day, forty-hour workweek, elimination of child labor, introduction of welfare and unemployment services, senior income support, workplace safety regulations, environmental regulations, and eventually some form of universal healthcare.
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This may mean rapid user adoption but sacrifice of enterprise-class requirements such as security across your organization.
Leaders can encourage the adoption of new technologies that enhance productivity, such as videoconferencing that cuts travel budgets and allows everyone to utilize time more effectively.
The good news is that through the adoption of a number of measures by winemakers, such as adding higher levels of sulfur and using more reliable corks, we are undoubtedly over the worst of it.
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"We believe that restricting imports through measures such as local content requirements only serves to raise prices, limit solar adoption, and hinder the growth of domestic solar industries, in which manufacturing plays a relatively minor role in overall economic value creation, " said a spokeswoman for Tempe, Ariz.
The Alliance accelerates worldwide adoption for HomePlug technology by collaborating with international standards organizations such as the IEEE and through market development and user education programs.
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In some countries, such as the Philippines, the government is keen to push ahead with the adoption of GM crops in order to safeguard the competitiveness of the agricultural sector, but faces public resistance.
Global trends such as urbanization, digitization of governmental documents, improved banking security and growing NFC adoption means that security chips are being adopted more than ever to protect user data, credentials and finances.
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Bellini believes Microsoft could cut the price of the tablet, or potentially lower the price of Windows to original equipment manufacturers such as Dell ( DELL), HP ( HPQ) and others to drive adoption.
This mandate of UNESCO has been further emphasized through a variety of resolutions and initiatives, such as the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the adoption of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
Eventually the organisation of car manufacturing may begin to resemble production in the consumer-electronics industry, where the adoption of industry-wide standards (along with de facto standards, such as the Intel microprocessor) has enabled suppliers to become highly specialised.
Additionally, LG Display's adoption of WRGB OLED technology addresses limitations inherent with large-sized OLED, such as productivity and lifespan issues.
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