Hanley, who has signed a two-year contract, will return to Sydney to tie up his business interests before taking up the reins at Saints in December.

BBC: News | Rugby League | Hanley lands Saints job

Red tape continues to tie business up in knots, limiting economic growth and its contribution to state coffers.

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Its Italian managers are enjoying themselves hugely as they shuttle between the two hotly competing contenders for a tie-up with their defence and military aircraft business.

ECONOMIST: The defence industry

You also tie into already-established, up and running processes that have business buy-in.

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This week there was talk of a tie-up between Google and Salesforce.com, a firm that offers business software as an online service and thus also competes with Microsoft.

ECONOMIST: Microsoft

The trend will only start to accelerate as more marketers who grew up in the Internet era push for it and specifically, tie it to key business objectives like driving incremental sales or lowering marketing costs.

FORBES: Connect

If you're filling in the employment pages, do make sure the benefits that you list tie up to your P11D (Benefits Statement) and you make appropriate expense claims for things like business travel and professional subscriptions to ensure you are not over taxed on work-related expenses income.

BBC: John Whiting, tax partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Shortly afterwards, Japan Tobacco bought RJR Nabisco's international business, and France's Seita and Spain's Tabacalera unveiled a tie-up.

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But now all becomes clear: the bank knew that it would be given five years by the EU to 'dispose' of RBS business banking in England following the announcement this week, and it was trying to tie up potential loose ends early.

BBC: City Diaries: 5 November