At Deauville, though, Mrs Merkel and Mr Sarkozy wanted default to become a possibility: current debt would be safe, they said, but leaders later agreed that from 2013 countries should issue new types of bonds that could be more easily forced to take a hit if a country ran into trouble.

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Mayor Bloomberg, however, was willing to have the trial in New York City, though he initially did express concerns about the economic impact on the City, which he later agreed could be obviated.

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Bear Stearns agreed to be bought by JPM Chase two weeks later.

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Any deal agreed by EU leaders later this month would have to be put to the Commons for approval.

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It wasn't until nine years later that he and his religious superiors agreed that he might be well-suited for a chaplain position.

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Later on Wednesday and on Thursday it will be voting on key austerity measures agreed with the EU and the IMF.

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Mr Panetta said the US had agreed to delay the reductions so that the impact would not be felt in the Azores until the later part of 2014.

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Three years later, Mr. Wey, again without admitting nor denying wrongdoing, agreed to be censured by the Oklahoma Department of Securities and to not apply to serve as a broker-dealer or investment adviser in that state.

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Two weeks later, Wei made a deal with prosecutors: the charges against her would be dropped if she agreed to attend counselling, serve three hundred hours of community service, and testify against Ravi, if called.

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