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The reason it has massively increased pension take up is what's known in behavioural science as "default bias".
From BBC
Among its other proposals, the CMA suggests displaying a screen to facilitate changing a user's default search engine, and rules guaranteeing a fair ranking of results, which Google should be able to demonstrate.
From Barron's
Suddenly the hottest team in the league, the Clippers might simply back into the play-in tournament by default: Dallas, Memphis, Utah, Sacramento and New Orleans are the only teams behind them in the standings.
From Los Angeles Times
But avoiding a default in the third round, followed by a walkover and then a retirement, is an enviable pattern.
From BBC
The approval of proposed changes to bond repayments as well as a new loan from Shenzhen Metro signals local government support for Vanke in averting immediate default for now, Zhang said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
