It would give Carnival - currently banned under UK Takeover Panel rules from upping its bid again until after the 14 February meeting - an opportunity to put together a more tempting offer.

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Under UK Sport's rules, any governing body that fails to show that it is running its sport efficiently and successfully - ie producing as many current and future medallists as possible, without wasting resources - has its funding held back.

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Under Esa rules, the UK could expect some return on this investment.

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The argument about City regulations was about the danger of a newly united eurozone being able to outvote the UK - using qualified majority voting or QMV - under new rules which are still due to come in 2014.

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This would also be true of the WSJ, us here at Forbes, in fact, all news organisations that allow people in the UK to read their output could be caught under this set of rules.

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In the UK, rules are imposed on banks to ensure that they do not lend more than is sensible under normal circumstances.

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