The other three trade bodies that agreed to the new charter are the BCCA, a trade association for lenders offering short-term loans, the Consumer Credit Trade Association and the Finance and Leasing Association.
Thus, one could expect the study to show some hint of an association with long-term use if one exists.
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The American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance found in a study that applicants for LTC insurance who were in good health (typically, younger applicants) qualified for discounts of up to 20% a year.
Although it lacks Shell's overall economic muscle, that disadvantage, which shows up most on the investment side, will probably be balanced by its long-term ongoing association with ChevronTexaco, a partnership which includes chemicals as well as synfuels.
In the technology sector, semiconductor stocks slackened after the Semiconductor Industry Association gave a cautious near-term outlook.
The interbank association is responsible for approving medium-term notes and bills sold by companies, and most of those securities are held by banks.
And while 31 percent of those surveyed said their insurance would cover the costs of long-term care, the Health Insurance Association of America estimates that only about 6 percent of Americans actually have such insurance.
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Mr. CHARLES DREVNA (National Petrochemical and Refiners Association): For lack of a better term, we make plastic pellets, and those plastic pellets, whether they're ethylene derived or propylene derived or whatever, are transformed into products that we use every day.
Shop.org, an association of multi-channel retailers first to coined the term in 2005 after retailers discovered that online sales increased on that particular day.
David Romick is currently serving his first two-year term as the president of the Dayton Education Association, the Ohio Education Association affiliate in Dayton, Ohio.
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Llywelyn Rhys, head of renewable energy trade association RenewableUK Cymru, said any disruption would be short term, adding there could be opportunities for local businesses.
Until recently it seemed obvious that David Beasley, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, would be re-elected for a second term as governor of the state.
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The bill, a long-term goal of both the National Military Family Association and the Survivor Committee of the Military Coalition, would make the funds accessible once the retiree passes away and would allow children of deceased military veterans to remain qualified for federal assistance while still being able to access the funds in their special needs trust.
The Landlords Association in Kent said the scheme could encourage the long-term tenancies which everybody wanted.
The International Air Transport Association ( IATA) last year set itself a long-term, yet ambitious, goal to build a zero emissions aircraft in the next 50 years.
The decision "will have both short-term and long-term effects, " warned the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
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Cyber Monday is a marketing term created in 2005 by Shop.org, an association of multichannel retailers.
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But in the wake of his dispute with the Formula 1 Teams' Association he says he would be happy to run for a fifth term.
Airline stocks were reeling Monday, following a report from the International Air Transport Association reporting August passenger traffic slowed and offering a grim near-term forecast.
But the term family was now being used for many different types of association, with single parents created by death or divorce.
At Howard University, a tearful Belynda Dunn, who heads the National Association of People with AIDS, lamented the end of Clinton's term in office, saying she was "so afraid" about the future.
Supporters of the late-term ban got a last-minute boost from the American Medical Association (AMA), which endorsed the ban on so-called "partial-birth" abortions on Monday.
And by sacking a string of ministers accused of corruption early in her term, she largely shielded herself from the threat of taint by association.
John Lamidey, chief executive of the Consumer Financial Association which represents the eight largest payday loan lenders, said most long-term debt was on credit cards and bank overdrafts and he advised anyone with long-term debt to go to Citizens Advice (CAB).
Data from the National Association of Realtors, however, shows that sales have been improving in the long term, growing by 11% since last year.
The term was popularized by a public relations firm working for the American Medical Association in 1947 to disparage President Truman's proposal for a national health care system.
This follows the publication last year of an agreement between the government and the Welsh Local Government Association that sets out targets for the two establishments for the current government's term.
Indeed, in America, the Tourette Syndrome Association felt it necessary to issue a statement warning of the paucity of long-term safety data, especially in children, and the potential interactions of nicotine with drugs given to treat the syndrome.
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First, there is a huge difference between fee-only , a requirement to be part of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), and fee-based , a term created by the commisioned based world in the hopes that consumers would confuse them with truly fee-only advisors.
The International Capital Market Association, a lobby group, has warned that the tax would cause the short-term repo market in Europe to contract by at least two-thirds, with serious consequences for other financial markets and the real economy.
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