Short interest on the New York Stock Exchange alone rose to a record in May, with 11.76 billion shares sold short, up from 10.99 billion in April.

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Likewise, moves in the equity or foreign-exchange markets alone do not explain the steep surge in gold.

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VSP, which represents 28, 000 eye doctors around the U.S., has been lobbying states to make sure that in 2014, people who want to purchase stand-alone vision care from their state exchange have the opportunity.

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What would have been a sad and strange task for Charlotte alone became a lively evening, an animated exchange of opinions and experiences.

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Many have already been taken: 1, 350 symbols are in use on the NYSE Arca alone, the biggest U.S. market for exchange-traded products.

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By cutting transaction expenses, aggregating buying power, holding auctions in order to lower prices and exploiting the efficiencies of a single marketplace, the companies hope to save billions of dollars while simultaneously making a fortune on their stakes in the exchange itself, which is to be floated as a stand-alone firm next year.

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In exchange, General Augusto Pinochet and his otherwise modernising ministers left the system alone.

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Is Isaac (and his buddy) really alone in a terrifying stand-off with the necromorphs if the computer gods can bestow upon him blessings in exchange for a few simple tokens?

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This allowed Halle to transform a field that was often hermetic, with grad students working alone in the library, into a group exercise, characterized by discussion, Socratic interrogation, and the vigorous exchange of clashing perspectives.

NEWYORKER: Groupthink