The Munich Re spokesman also declined to comment on expected rate increases in the U.S. ahead of the industry's renewals releases in early February.

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Unlike previous embedded YouTube players, which simply streamed videos, these new tools would allow users on other sites to search the YouTube inventory, comment on and rate videos, and even upload clips to YouTube's servers--essentially everything that users would have done on YouTube's site.

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Bank of America ( BAC - news - people ) aims its bank- card pitch at employers who buy them in bulk as staff gifts. (BofA declined to comment on whether employers receive a discount rate for buying scads of cards at a time.) There's no dormancy fee with BofA's product, but after nine months the cards become worthless, whatever the remaining balance is.

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People can post an idea, comment on the ideas of others, and rate and rank ideas to provide the agency with an ordered list of categorized suggestions.

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While McDonald's declined to comment on its turnover, fast-food restaurants have an average annual turnover rate of 60%, according to a 2010 report from the National Restaurant Association.

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But it would be a mistake for me to comment further on -- or to characterize further what happened or how to rate our unhappiness about it from here.

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Another comment from the audience had to do with the pain caused savers by the low interest rate environment.

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The bill's anticipated passage provoked a bitter comment Thursday from White House press secretary Mike McCurry on why Republicans want to cut the rate of increase in the Medicare program.

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