But assuming it does close, what does it mean for the book publishing industry?
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Failing that, use your regular credit card, assuming it has good terms and conditions.
Assuming it gets the green light from MTV, the show will be The Hills' second spinoff.
Also worrying investors is what comes after the bank tax, assuming it is passed by parliament.
It may be more like 20 years before Greenlandic oil is produced, assuming it is even found.
Investors would love to see the cable firm sell the DBS service after it launches--assuming it ever does.
Twitter latched on to the name, many assuming it was true even though it hadn't been confirmed by the authorities.
This move from Beijing, assuming it will be backed up with action, will allow the G-20 to get back onside.
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And, assuming it's technically feasible, it would be nice if Bentley were to offer the GT V8 as strictly rear-drive.
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Assuming it avoids catastrophe, Mr Blair's government, like the civil service that serves it, could go one of two ways.
Showing off cutscenes and video shots this way makes it hard to tell how much is prerendered so we're assuming it all is.
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Assuming it passes that test, the ESM cannot be used for direct bank recapitalisation until a European supervisor is put in charge.
That is, of course, assuming it will be safe enough to stay.
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It will (assuming it functions at all) be able to fly inside buildings slowly enough to manoeuvre around obstacles and avoid hitting walls.
"Mr Hazare's team - assuming it is still a team - wants power without working for it, without responsibility, " writes Mr Tripathi.
Venezuela's entry, assuming it goes ahead, puts a question-mark over Mercosur's newly established dispute-resolution tribunal, as well as its plans for closer macro-economic co-ordination.
But the interesting lesson that would come from Pettitte being voted into the Hall (assuming it happens): the huge role of the Yankee hype factor.
And, yes, assuming it includes chat-feature Facetime, Dick Tracy fans could actually live out those decades-old dreams of having a video-enabled Two-Way Wrist Radio.
And questions remain as to whether, assuming it was his intention, he really could have altered the Honduran Constitution in order to prolong his rule.
I'm assuming it wasn't my administration's policies that accounted for that.
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Volokh concludes that courts could find the San Francisco ban unconstitutional, assuming it passes (you know it will: San Franciscans banned Happy Meals, for chrissakes).
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The B-Corp status is meant to reduce investor suits, and gives consumers an easy way to spot genuine social commitment, without assuming it is a non-profit.
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Assuming it gets the go-ahead from competition regulators, the new company, to be called United Continental Holdings, will be the world's largest airline by passenger numbers.
In the longer term, however, some experts believe the Francis report could prove a watershed moment in Stafford's rehabilitation - assuming it can survive tremendous financial pressures.
At the upper levels of the silos, even assuming it gets that far, managers are competing with each other for resources, so combining them may be highly unlikely.
Either way, assuming it survives at all, GM will look a lot different than it does today: leaner and--keep your fingers crossed--more capable of competing with foreign nameplates.
"I don't know anything about them, we need to see what kind of team they are but I am assuming it will be a hard game, " added Chisholm.
Tomboyism involves not courting male attention in the obvious ways, but, rather, assuming it, knowing it's there and doing whatever you want: It telegraphs independence, seriousness and freedom.
While it appears they were founded in 2009, Uber did not launch until 2010, and, assuming it qualifies for this question, is a big contender in my mind.
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Which is why Lloyds - which has to sell Verde by the end of next year - is still hoping the deal will happen, but rather assuming it won't.
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