For the first time, the AP study presents payrolls for both active rosters and rosters following adjustments for cash transactions in trades, signing bonuses that are the responsibility of the club agreeing to the contract, option buyouts and termination pay for released players.

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The central bank keeps its eye on an overnight rate called Eonia, which is calculated by taking a weighted average of all overnight unsecured lending transactions between a pool of 43 of the most active banks in the Eurozone, along with four other international banks.

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The most active acquirer by volume between 2010 and 2012 was Google, with 49 transactions.

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The most active private equity software acquirer in 2012 was Vista Equity Partners with 12 transactions.

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Other initiatives under active consideration include global taxes on: gasoline, multinational corporations, carbon dioxide emissions, "securities transactions" and "portfolio investments, " use of air corridors and maritime shipping and currency transactions.

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