Corporations should also use this opportunity to review their insurance coverage of losses due to cyber incidents, especially since the SEC has identified the extent and amount of insurance coverage as a risk factor to be considered in assessing whether to report.

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Yet, it is difficult to be certain that this is because they lack coverage or whether some other factor is at work.

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If you are a key factor with editorial endorsements and extensive coverage of their campaigns in getting office seekers elected, then they will usually do your bidding after they win.

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But U.S. states have no such registers, and the experience of other countries may not apply to the U.S., which has some different reasons for marriage such as getting access to a partner's health insurance, which is rarely a factor in countries with universal health coverage and, typically, higher rates of heterosexual divorce.

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Sean Tipton of the Association of British Travel Agents blames some inaccurate coverage of concerns about Greece's financial problems as a factor.

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Like with the recent "Factor" headlines, Fox has weathered plenty of second-guessing media coverage over the past several years of "Idol" panel changes.

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