That is partly because the number of pure wholesale banks has gone down, but also because they face higher borrowing costs.

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NATO's bombs because they would give him the excuse to face down his own hawks and make concessions that he sees as inevitable.

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The move shocked investors, who had already been bidding down Dendreon shares because of worries that the company will face difficulties in getting insurers and the government to pay for Provenge, which is designed to prime the immune system to attack cancer cells.

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She shut her eyes tight because it hurt very badly and also because she didn't realize that with all the water running down her face he couldn't tell she was crying so she was safe.

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Some, including Mr. Mohammed, now face military commission trials at Guantanamo, but the process has bogged down for years because of legal and logistical hurdles.

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The whole situation boils down to this: because a nonperforming bond is worth less than 100% of its face value, the Brady bond replaces the defunct debt as a new asset.

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