Israeli and Turkish negotiators plan to meet this coming week to discuss Turkey's demand for compensation for victims of the flotilla.
Meanwhile, Ms Ambiga and other Bersih co-leaders (not the Malay one) have been issued with a bewildering demand for compensation from the Kuala Lumpur city council for costs incurred during the April rally.
All that mis-selling and all that reckless lending in the boom years that hobbled the economy seems to have so undermined the trust and respect of banks' customers that few seem to think twice before putting in a flimsy demand for compensation.
And many of them would demand compensation for past electoral moments they had missed.
AOL, which bought Netscape late last year, could easily demand compensation for the profits it has lost because of Microsoft's actions.
The higher the risk that the company won't repay, the more that any sensible investor should demand in compensation for lending to it.
If yields are low because investors demand less compensation for holding long-term assets, then financial conditions have become looser and the central bank, other things being equal, needs to continue tightening.
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The fact that he would be able to demand generous compensation for complainants sounds attractive, but ultimately the cost of this would be borne by non-complaining customers, so a balance has to be struck.
They ought to demand extra yield as compensation for the risk.
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Yes, they demand huge compensation packages, but only for the purpose of knowing how high they rank in your eyes.
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Condren fears that as the demand for courses grows, curricula developed by UCLA professors will be sucked online as well, without due compensation.
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