They are paid to screen managers, to pick the best and to diversify clients' holdings none of which they did properly in this case.

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But if Lee could choose other Marvel characters to give the big-screen treatment, which would he pick?

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Three months ago, Microsoft, which had promised to offer a "choice screen" from which users could pick the browser they preferred, was upbraided by the EU's competition commissioner, who said many users had not been able to view a choice of screen between February 2009 and July 2012.

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