Although competition from fixed-odds bookies limits the Tote's market power, the Tote still has a monopoly over some types of bet.
Although the lenses are fixed in shape, they are connected via a network of fluid-filled channels, containing a light-absorbing pigment.
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).
Although he is primarily a fixed income investor, Lehmann has been pushing some investors toward big stocks.
Although the structural problems have been fixed, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has previously raised concerns about the CARPs.
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.
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.
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.
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Although some doubt remains about the status of tariffs fixed since 1993, the judgment sets a clear precedent against all increases on earlier ones.
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.
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.
Now that the leak appears to have been fixed, the entire energy sector rallies, although the drilling moratorium is still in place.
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.
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.
Fixed asset investment was up as was industrial production and retail sales, although these numbers disappointed.
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Although it did better on broadband complaints, TalkTalk generated the most negative feedback about its fixed landline phone services.
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.
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.
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Although the nature of the transformation is still unclear, it will probably include more partnerships and outsourcing to turn fixed costs into variable costs.
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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.
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