Thus they might well be better off forgoing access to the U.S. market than accepting crippling restrictions on their growth.

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We might well be better off with no patent system at all.

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And if he were to lose this battle, he might well be better off launching a takeover bid to acquire all of RBS - to nationalise it fully - than recapitalising the bank through an exercise of the existing rescue mechanism.

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Some automotive experts foresee a day when our cars will be so well informed that we'll be better off leaving some of the driving to them.

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"If the Democrats don't overplay their hand and don't try to rush this too much, the process will go well, they'll be better off, she'll get confirmed, " Hatch said, again adding that his prediction is based on no new concerns coming to light.

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And we think that the more we are making sure that banks aren't competing by how obscure their fine print is, but rather competing on the basis of the quality of their service and the terms of their loans, the better off consumers are going to be, and ultimately the better off banks are going to be as well.

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Since foreclosures are costly for lenders as well as painful for borrowers, both sides could be better off by renegotiating a mortgage.

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Given the perilous state of a great number of corporate pension funds and the firms that stand behind them, many pensioners may be better off in the hands of well-capitalised and -regulated insurers, especially as official compensation is more generous if an insurer fails to honour its obligations than if a company goes bust leaving an underfunded pension scheme.

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While many people would be well-served by rolling over their 401(k) after they leave their job, others would be better off leaving it in place.

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Well, if a breakthrough discovered by researchers at the University of Michigan pays off, we may be well on our way to building a better bucket to capture all that loose solar energy.

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So as frustrating as it may be for the college grad or the MBA, the fact of the matter is you are still going to be much better off than if you didn't have that education short term as well as long term.

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