Only about 20 towns in the U.S. have adopted the land value tax.

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While the partnership is undoubtedly a plus for United and all airlines that have adopted the MileagePlus program, the biggest value may be seen by ScoreBig.

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Firms which adopted the governance improvements saw their stock market value increase between 3 and 5 percent.

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As a part of its growth campaign, it adopted measures to stimulate exports, including keeping the value of the renminbi at artificially low levels to give the country's exporters important price advantages.

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This was no short-lived effect since it was reflected in the market-to- book-value of the firm years after being adopted, and it was also reflected in an improvement in firm operating performance (especially for say-on-pay).

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Despite these cautionary words, many U.S. lawmakers are not impressed by the 0.8 percent rise in the value of the yuan against the dollar since China adopted its new policy.

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Poison pills are adopted by companies in order to prevent a hostile takeover by diluting the value of a shareholder's stake.

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The SEC had just adopted an obscure accounting regulation known as mark to market in 2006 (also known as fair value accounting).

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Businesses will likely find the greatest immediate value of these draft guidelines in helping to fend off trouble from rules which have recently been adopted.

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