For instance, Rio Tinto Alcan said it plans to close its U.K.-based Lynemouth smelter.
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The company is negotiating with unions to close two facilities in the U.K. by mid-year and recently struck a deal with unions to close an assembly plant in Genk, Belgium.
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For that reason, it would behoove all companies to join the U.K. government in a close examination of the risks.
We also need to close the revolving door between Capitol Hill and K Street.
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The U.K. has a population of close to 63 million, and roughly 26 million households.
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But investing more in index funds will not come close to fixing the broken, expensive 401(k) system.
Most 401(k) accounts don't come close to making up that gap.
In Europe, the company will close 11 big box pilot stores in the U.K., focusing on its 2, 500 smaller stores.
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If you divide individual rate by league rate, though, it comes out that he's striking out a third more hitters than average impressive, but no better than what Brett Myers did with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2005, and nothing close to what Gooden did at 19, when his K-rate was more than twice as high as the league's.
The FTSE 100 index added 0.4% to 5965.58, its highest close since July 8, further buoyed by the U.K. banks.
The original Keurig K-Cup brewers were generally sold at price close to its cost to increase the brewer adoption rate and were themselves not profitable.
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U.S. regulators are widening their probe of global interest-rate-rigging by scrutinizing what they claim is a pivotal role of two U.K. brokerage firms in the scandal, people close to the investigation say.
So far the antiresearch crowd has forced the company to close a small operation that distributed primates in the U.K. Remarkably, antivivisectionists have not pursued Foster in the U.S. A bigger challenge to preclinical research may be to beat out such competitors as Covance, which originally specialized in human clinical trials, and MDS, a provider of contract drug discovery services.
The U.K. communications regulator, Ofcom, has begun keeping close tabs on developments to evaluate whether News Corp. is a "fit and proper" owner for BSkyB.
According to a study by Hewitt Associates and Financial Engines, the median 401(k) participant who used investment help through their employer earned close to an average of 2% more per year in their accounts (net of fees) with less risk.
And this week DuPont announced it will cut by two-thirds its contributions to its traditional pension plan, close off the plan to new employees and boost contributions to employees' 401(k) accounts.
And this week DuPont (nyse: DD - news - people ) announced it will cut by two-thirds its contributions to its traditional pension plan, close off the plan to new employees and boost contributions to employees' 401(k) accounts.
But people close to the company say it has been impossible to ignore the negative effect of the U.K. tabloid scandal on the rest of the company.
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Still a young-looking 64 years old, Coach K will most likely be on the bench at least another five years and finish with close to 1, 100 wins by the time he retires.
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You may be reluctant to set up a 401(k) because you're worried that the stock market will crash when you're close to retirement, forcing you to work into your 90s.
The result of the singer's ambition is " Itica Pritica" (the "C" sounds like a "K"), an exhibition of more than 20 silk-screened works by Matthews and close friend Beezy Bailey at the Robert Miller Gallery in Hell's Kitchen.
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