Reno stressed the Justice Department's investigation of campaign finance was not closing up shop.

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Once that starts, we will see a wave of businesses closing up shop and moving elsewhere.

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Further, as the year draws closer to an end, markets in general can be volatile, which makes some participants interested in closing up shop for now.

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Before closing up shop for 2007, the House of Representatives Wednesday abandoned its strict budgetary rules, voting 352-64 to keep the AMT from rippling across America's upper-middle class.

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In fact, most non-emergency services are closing up shop.

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Not only does China have the blessing of favorable geology (ample resources), but the country actively supported its rare earth mining operations at a time when Western miners were closing up shop.

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But, despite these apparent reassurances and the realization that turning the company over to foreign management beats the alternative of closing up shop and selling off the parts to diverse interests, employees at HBC are still on edge and uncertain about their futures.

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The SEC said it suspended trading to tamp down the well-worn scamster trick of buying publicly traded shells, launching them on an eye-catching new trajectory like green energy or social networking with a blizzard of press releases, and dumping millions of shares of stock on mullet investors before closing up shop.

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Diane Roberts, who works in the shop, said she thought her boss was winding her up when he told her he was closing for the team's meal.

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