Twitter DogHouse, a new service that lets users stop following other users for a specified amount of time, has seen its traffic rise significantly as word spread that it was an option for muting Olympic spoilers.

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The option-adjusted yield spread is more like 57 basis points (hundredths of a percent), according to Bloomberg.

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This week, Cedar Point introduced a payment plan option for guests, letting them spread out their lodging bill over four payments.

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Now option-type schemes are beginning to spread to smaller companies.

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However, for those whose cancer is more aggressive, either already spreading or liable to spread beyond the prostate, or surgery is usually the first option.

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In short he noted that the spread betting companies offered contracts for differences (not unlike an option but a gambling contract, not an option itself) based upon the best bid and offer prices on the London Stock Exchange.

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Second, a special provision Congress adopted (as a budget gimmick) allows those who convert in 2010 (and 2010 only) a special option: they can either recognize all their income from the conversion on their 2010 tax returns or spread that income over the 2011 and 2012 tax years.

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