What's more, workers can invest in collective trusts only in ERISA-qualified plans, according to Ms. Nordquist. (ERISA stands for Employee Retirement Income Security Act.) That means CITs aren't available to retail individual retirement accounts, 403(b)s, government-sponsored 457(f) plans or any executive deferred-compensation non-qualified plan.

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It says the US - which is leading the F35-B project - is likely to cancel its orders, as Washington struggles with a government debt crisis.

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Senator Joe Lieberman b a supporter of the King-Collins legislation and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee b indicated yesterday in the conference committee that he wants to "work with" Rep. King on his amendment.

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On the other hand, Company B, the recipient of the government largesse, is Massachusetts- based A123 Systems.

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B-shares leapt in price during September amid rumours that the government might allow the share classes to merge.

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The central motif of this Autumn Statement is that "there will be no Plan B" - whereas Mr Balls can barely draw breathe these days without begging the government to re-think.

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The legislative initiatives that provoked the ire of the US Secretary of State are the bills now under discussion which seek to curtail the ability of foreign governments to subvert Israel's elected government by funding non-representative, anti-Israel political NGOs like B'Tselem and Peace Now.

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For Labour, and even some senior figures inside the Fund, this downward revision in Britain's economic prospects ought to re-open the argument over the government's deficit plans and the need for a "Plan B".

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