Somewhere in the last 50 years finance pros, and a lot of expensive strategy consultants, led business leaders to believe that if they simply did enough number crunching they could eliminate all risk and plan a guaranteed great future.

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In return, Beijing gets a big stake in future oil production and a guaranteed oil and gas supply.

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But now, a handful of companies are rolling out lower-cost versions of these investments for those willing to give up some benefits, such a feature that bumps up your future guaranteed income if you delay taking withdrawals.

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Women may be pushed into a burdensome and costly medical procedure that cannot provide guaranteed future fertility outcomes.

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But another letter, from the premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and signed by 10 state governors, stressed that the pipeline guaranteed energy supplies into the future from a reliable source.

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He warned that cuts in funding would "severely damage" future facilities for sports but lottery funding "guaranteed over a long period" could improve facilities in the inner cities and elsewhere.

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Future Medicare recipients will be able to choose a plan that works best for them from a list of guaranteed coverage options.

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