If the product or service can be obtained from a source that is not subject to a conflict of interest, that source should be given preference.
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Now all 14 of its 'berths' - areas of sea connected by cable to the shore - are booked, a sign of growing interest in this fledgling source of power.
This elevation of a uniquely shameful event in the history of Europe into a source of religious inspiration and even of national pride for Americans has happened as a result of successive surges of interest.
In 1972, he played a small benefit for George McGovern, at a movie theatre in Red Bank, but, as a young man, his interest in the music was almost completely as a source of personal liberation.
During the 2000s, companies lost interest in IT as a source of competitive differentiation and focused on trying to make it more efficient by shifting basic functions to lower cost countries.
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It ceased to be a tax-free haven for citizens of European Union countries in July, when a withholding tax (imposed at source on interest) was levied on their money.
While it is truly a dumb idea to use credit cards as a source of start-up funding, given the ridiculously high interest rates the credit card companies charge, people still do it.
Interest on margin loans has become a big source of revenues for some online brokerages (23% at Ameritrade, 17% at Schwab), which might suggest that they are less concerned than they should be that their clients are borrowing wisely.
Mortgage refinancing, a generous source of cash to consumers, has dried up because of higher interest rates.
And in this ambition Afghanistan's big neighbour, Pakistan, itself angry and disillusioned with the West, and still a vital source of support and sanctuary for the Taliban, might think it has an interest in encouraging them.
In late 2005, the Seattle-based retailer hired Dresdner Kleinwort to gauge interest in a sale of the European arm, said the first source, but the firm couldn't find the right buyer.
Apple is believed to source about a third of its display panels from Sharp, and it is therefore in its interest if the display maker manages to raise additional cash and stay in business.
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Low or negative real interest rates on deposits, including saving accounts, provides a low-cost source of funding for state-owned banks.
The higher costs will have to be passed along to bank customers, and there may not be a direct correlation between the source of the higher costs and the services that will experience higher fees or interest rates.
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ExxonMobil is publicly disdainful of government help, and says it has no interest in any energy source that requires a public subsidy.
Robert noted with interest that there is abundant natural light from dawn to dusk that might provide a renewable source of electrical power.
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In particular, providing the IBRC with a bond that could be used to source ECB funding at the MRO rate would mean 40 years of paying low interest rates on this debt.
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