Whatever governments do, the combined effects of information technology and globalisation are likely to make it easier for businesses to hide in the shadows in future.

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But Mr Sarkozy insists that he would prefer to deal with such groups openly than have them hide in the shadows.

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These trends make it easier to hide in the shadows: concealing a computer consultancy run from home is far simpler than concealing a whole computer factory.

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" Working with post-Smiths bands like Modest Mouse or the Cribs, his goal as a guitarist, he said, was to "hide in the shadows, to do something meaningful and expressive.

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Although the tools of communication and financial privacy are granting the small thieves an unprecedented ability to carry out their business with impunity, the large thieves that have so far been able to hide in the bureaucratic shadows of governments and large corporations are finding themselves more and more thrown into the limelight.

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The tipsheet advises militants to hide under thick trees, stay in the shadows, cover up their vehicles, stay away from their parked cars, hold meetings indoors, and avoid using cell phones.

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