Meanwhile, the world looks on, recording here and there the desperate requests for asylum, all of it blending into yet more business as usual.

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We blame our politicians, hate business as usual, yet continue to elect and re-elect them to do just that.

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This puts our technical outlook in an odd position this week as it seems a large portion of the day traders surrounding the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has yet to return to business as usual.

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Yet the urge to revert to business as usual was strong.

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Yet, the head of the German Bundesbank suggests that its business as usual and key commentators are pulling their punches.

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Or, after the dust has settled on yet another human tragedy at a garment factory, will it be business as usual?

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You'd be mad at having to return your car to the mechanic within a month, yet rehospitalization after people get their hearts repaired too often is treated as business as usual, laments Dr. Ricardo Bello, a cardiac surgeon at New York's Montefiore Medical Center.

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