• Although competition from fixed-odds bookies limits the Tote's market power, the Tote still has a monopoly over some types of bet.

    ECONOMIST: The Tote

  • Although the lenses are fixed in shape, they are connected via a network of fluid-filled channels, containing a light-absorbing pigment.

    ECONOMIST: REPORTS

  • Most Britons, for instance, still have variable-rate mortgages, although the proportion with fixed-rate home loans is rising (thanks, in part, to lower inflation).

    ECONOMIST: The single currency

  • Although he is primarily a fixed income investor, Lehmann has been pushing some investors toward big stocks.

    FORBES: Will We See QE3, QE4, QE5?

  • Although the structural problems have been fixed, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has previously raised concerns about the CARPs.

    BBC: South Yorkshire fire trucks used after five years

  • The first is a spring-controller circuit that exploits the fact that, although the spring provides energy at a fixed rate, a radio needs less power when it runs at low volume.

    ECONOMIST: Clockwork technology

  • For one thing, he notes that the company did not originally subsidize the phone, although he notes that the company quickly fixed that issue by cutting the price of the original iPhone shortly after release, and then offering iPhone 3G at a subsidized price a year after the first version launched.

    FORBES: Apple's Big Mistake

  • Although the number of Units gifted is fixed on the date of the gift, that number is based on the fair market value of the gifted Units, which cannot be known on the date of the gift but must be determined after such date based on all relevant information as of that date.

    FORBES: IRS Position On Wandry Decision Makes 2012 Gifting More Difficult

  • Although some doubt remains about the status of tariffs fixed since 1993, the judgment sets a clear precedent against all increases on earlier ones.

    ECONOMIST: Life sentences

  • Three years later the then home secretary, Leon Brittan, provisionally fixed her sentence at 30 years, although bizarrely this decision was not communicated to her.

    ECONOMIST: Myra Hindley

  • Although the investments resembled bonds, paying buyers a fixed interest rate for taking on the default risk of corporate debt, the products invested in synthetic collateralized debt obligations held by Lehman.

    FORBES: Riding Herd

  • Now that the leak appears to have been fixed, the entire energy sector rallies, although the drilling moratorium is still in place.

    FORBES: Danger Ahead

  • The JDRF awarded 500 research grants last year, although it thinks it can achieve more by moving toward fewer but bigger fixed-term collaborations with brand-name research institutions like Columbia and Harvard.

    FORBES: The 2005 Investment Guide

  • Although they must absorb 100 percent of all the costs incurred above the fixed amount the government provides, if they should manage to deliver their vehicle concepts for less than the amount allotted, they only get to keep 20 percent of savings.

    FORBES: Why The Army's New Combat Vehicle Is Doomed

  • Fixed asset investment was up as was industrial production and retail sales, although these numbers disappointed.

    FORBES: China Tries to Rescue the Economy, Depositors May Say "No"

  • Although it did better on broadband complaints, TalkTalk generated the most negative feedback about its fixed landline phone services.

    BBC: Orange tops broadband complaints chart

  • We sometimes have modest exposure to ETPs and may invest in PCRDX, although at this point, most of our portfolios remain concentrated in diversified equity funds or fixed income funds.

    FORBES: Just Accept Inflation And Start Making Money

  • Apart from student loans, Discover also provides personal loans which are unsecured loans with fixed interest rates, fixed terms and fixed payments, and are primarily intended to help customers consolidate existing debt, although they can be used for any reason.

    FORBES: Discover Looks Ripe For A Haircut After Gobbling Up Citi's Student Loans

  • Although the nature of the transformation is still unclear, it will probably include more partnerships and outsourcing to turn fixed costs into variable costs.

    FORBES: Banks Can Add Two Points to ROE By Reducing Complexity Says IBM

  • Although robots are getting better at adapting to the real world, they still tend to tackle challenges with a fixed set of alternatives that can quickly become impractical as objects (and more advanced robots) complicate the situation.

    ENGADGET: MIT algorithms teach robot arms to think outside of the box (video)

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