But for the most part, a Bond game is developed for the mainstream audience, not the hardcore gamer.
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The book was developed to introduce children and their families to bond through the game of golf.
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Nope, the basic game in the bond pits is to gauge the strength of the economy and stay in tune with the expectations for inflation.
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At the very least, fewer competitors in the business--and bond insurers would need to maintain the highest rating to stay in the game--would raise the cost of bond issuance for many smaller cities and make some projects too expensive to finance.
For so long as Britain remains in a minority outside the monetary union, its interests (such as the City of London bond markets) will be fair game for the majority inside it.
The BBC's sports editor David Bond said the state of the game was brought into sharp focus last year by England's poor showing at the World Cup, followed by the failure of the 2018 World Cup bid and growing concerns over financial inequality and instability.
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As for the Bond games, the original Nintendo 64 GoldenEye game is still hailed by purists as one of the best shooters ever made.
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You can even make this game work when you are buying back the very same bond, advises Robert Gordon , president of Twenty-First Securities in Manhattan and an expert on tax strategies for wealthy investors.
More hedge funds are in the game, and no one expects the ten-year Treasury bond to stay below 2% forever.
So Bond fans will be getting a triple play of Agent 007 with the new game, Blu-ray boxed set and big screen adventure.
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Meanwhile, as Agustino Fontevecchia pointed out here recently, the future of the Euro now rests largely on a game of bluff played out between the European Central Bank and the bond markets.
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The tale of the two financial institution is dense, convoluted and, until now, in dispute. (See: MBIA, BofA In A Billion-Dollar Game Of Chicken.) MBIA, once primarily just a municipal bond insurer, waded into the risky MBS space and came away badly damaged.
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Olga Kurylenko played Bond Girl Camille in both the Quantum of Solace movie opposite Craig, as well as the game.
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