We're talking about an actual (well, artificial) cloud that promises to be both a real structure and a massive digital display.

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While the capital raising efforts were viewed by some as a way to provide stability to the company, there was also concern that those benefits could be offset by Thornburg's corporate structure as a real estate investment trust and continued weakness in the mortgage securities market.

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Similarly, there is a very real risk that the penalty structure to enforce the employer mandate under Obamacare may have very perverse incentives for firms below 30 workers and 50 workers to stay below these thresholds.

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To prevent the use (or the manufacture) of chemical weapons requires a structure for deterrence backed by real capabilities.

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The real killer is the accountability structure within which a chancellor must operate.

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CommonWealth's share price has underperformed the market, a fact analysts attribute to an acquisition spree and to its unusual management structure for real-estate investment trusts.

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Second, you can overlay a tontine structure on any income-producing asset, including stocks paying high dividends or real estate.

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