In order to make this book accessible to nonspecialists, I have taken the risk of disregarding that prime directive.

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First, the prime directive of U.S. antitrust is to protect competition, not competitors.

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Whatever else he does is secondary to that prime directive.

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The prologue is a delight, a bright and colorful mini-episode that both plays around with the Prime Directive problem as well as highlighting our heroes actually helping people in peril.

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Surely this is the prime directive of any business.

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It was a prime directive.

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The second objection is that the directive seems to require everyone from managers through prime brokers to custodians to be based in the European Union.

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Some reports suggest that a tentative deal was agreed during the prime minister's visit to Berlin, under which Germany would allow an examination of the impact of the directive, which limits the working week to 48 hours across Europe.

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