Gemma Smith of the Association of Payment and Clearing Services (Apacs) told the programme that the clearing service technology is not date sensitive.

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Clearing is carried out by the Universities and Colleges Admissions service (UCAS), which runs a clearing service specifically tailored to Scottish Highers candidates wanting to go to Scottish institutions.

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"The start of yuan clearing service in Singapore is one more step forward to the internationalization of the renminbi, " said Matthew Cannon, HSBC's head of global markets in Singapore, referring to the Chinese currency by its official name.

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Those who fit neither tier are offered a community-service job, such as clearing up the parks.

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In addition to content-clearing software, LoJack will offer a service in which "recovery specialists" attempt to return lost phones to their owners.

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Mr Leakey's last act as head of the Kenya Wildlife Service in 1998 was to prevent the government clearing swathes of Mount Kenya's forests.

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Visa earns revenues by charging fees for its transaction processing service, which involves routing payment information to facilitate the authorization, clearing and settlement of transactions.

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CSX, which is clearing the debris from the tracks, on Saturday night was "working as hard as we can to get service restored on our lines, " company spokesman Bob Sullivan said.

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