Typical double-B Cat bonds have rates five points above Libor, compared to three to four for corporate bonds.

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At a news conference after meeting with House members Tuesday, Boehner called his new proposal a "plan B" to prevent tax rates from rising on everyone next year as part of the fiscal cliff.

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It is worth noting that (a) the Shanghai stock market did not react well to another GDP report showing the economy to be growing at double-digit rates and (b) that there are other emerging markets also starting to play the tightening game.

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Rowe Price New Asia Fund, which FORBES rates a "B" in bull markets but a "D" in down markets, likes International Container Terminal Services, a port operator with headquarters in the Philippines and with other holdings in places as far-flung as Poland and Brazil.

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For a period of 20 years the existing Turkish customs tariff shall remain in force throughout the whole of the blue and red areas, as well as in areas (a) and (b), and no increase in the rates of duty or conversions from ad valorem to specific rates shall be made except by agreement between the two powers.

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There are health disparities like higher rates of diabetes and cancer and Hepatitis B.

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Rowe Price Latin America Fund, which FORBES rates A for bull market performance and B for bear markets.

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The highest rates are in Asia, where hepatitis B and C are common.

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Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel, shot back that the plan B proposal gave Democrats what they wanted -- higher tax rates on millionaires.

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Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel, shot back that the plan B proposal gave Democrats exactly what they wanted -- higher tax rates on millionaires.

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The measure would put online radio providers on the same footing as cable and satellite radio, applying the so-called 801(b) standard used for more than 30 years to establish royalty rates for cable and satellite to the Internet too.

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The stated goal is to create a sustained increase in employment by keeping interest rates so low that (a) the housing market more fully recovers and (b) the overall economy begins to grow more quickly.

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