In the legacy report, non-commercial traders added a small number of gross shorts and cut gross longs, slicing the net-long position to 19, 894 contracts.

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The fall came from a small decrease in fresh gross longs, down 476 contracts, and an increase in gross shorts, up 180 contracts.

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The comparable legislation that mandates user-fee waivers for small medical device companies, the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA), specifies different criteria: Whether or not a company is small is determined by gross receipts or sales for the company and affiliates.

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The IMF expects the government to run a small budget surplus this year, and gross government debt is 53% of GDP, well below that of most of its European neighbours.

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On top of this, the small well owner gets a depletion deduction of 15% of the gross revenue from the property.

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While recovery from the Great Recession of 2008-2009 has been stymied by weak housing and high unemployment, recent economic data suggest a quickening pace of growth in gross domestic product, which should benefit small-cap equities.

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Now the small nation, whose financial sector had grown at a blistering pace to outweigh vastly its gross domestic product, is resting its hopes on Russia, along with funding from the International Monetary Fund and potential entry into the European Union.

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U.S. real gross domestic product (real GDP shown in constant 2005 dollars) grew every year except for a small decline in 2009.

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