It did this by classifying such subsidiary sovereign debt as the highest quality collateral - which means that banks wanted an ample stock of it, just in case they needed assets to swap for central bank loans.

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An unwinding of these bearish bets could supply the stock with ample fuel for a significant short-covering rally.

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Management is expected to buy back more stock and has ample room to maintain--or even raise--its dividend (currently yielding 2%).

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The stock has attracted solid new buyers in recent weeks who were more than ample to offset sales by Blackrock.

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European stock and derivatives exchanges saw themselves in competition with each other, as did their host cities and countries: finance was deemed a growth industry, and slogans abounded as governments saw a local stock or futures market as a way to create high-paying jobs and ample tax revenues.

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