An institutional unit is considered to be resident within a country when it has a centre of economic interest in that territory, i.e. is engaged or is going to get engaged in some economic activities or transactions during a long period, usually assimilated to one year.

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He introduced a congestion charge in the centre of town (piquing the interest of other cities) and a more efficient ticketing system for public transport, expanding the bus service.

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More revealing, however, was the more awkward and equivocal reaction of newspapers closer to the centre, reflecting the reluctance of many commentators and interest groups to incur Mr Berlusconi's wrath, in the expectation that he will win.

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The timing of the IMF loan covers the current term of the centre-left government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and may allow the central bank to lower interest rates in the run up to the election in December 2002.

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The joint venture will also purchase a 25% interest in the Whitgift Centre, following completion of Hammerson's conditional acquisition agreement with Royal London, which had a 155-year head lease on it.

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Only lower interest rates can lift the centre's huge burden of internal debt.

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The US Centre for Science in the Public Interest campaigns for Quorn to be withdrawn because of the reported allergic reactions.

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Lee Kreindler, a New York lawyer, says that some of the families of those killed in the World Trade Centre and on the hijacked airliners have shown interest.

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The potential for mobile devices to transform the urban environment is of particular interest to Anthony Townsend, an urban planner at the Taub Urban Research Centre at New York University.

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