And I think that when we look at how we're going to integrate further and take advantage of increased opportunity in the future, it's very important for us not to ignore how important it is to have a clean, transparent, open government that is working on behalf of its people.

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"The threat is increased, and we've seen terrorist activity take on more of a global stance, " Paul Bassett, Aon's executive director of counterterrorism and political risk, told CNN.

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However, even consumer-driven processing models with operations in Europe are facing increased scrutiny with slower consumer activity expected to take hold as we head into the second half of 2012 and 2013.

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Since the global recession hit in 2008, many of us have had to shoulder increased workloads, as our companies have laid off our colleagues and insisted we take on more responsibility.

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