In the space of two weeks the December bill futures contract has shifted from implying a three-month yield of 1.50% to discounting a cut from the 1.00% policy-rate to 0.78%.

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However, there could be about 10% upside to our price estimate for Nasdaq if the daily volume of options contract traded in U.S. exchanges increased to 27 million by 2017 because of the proposed bill.

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About a year after Clinton made his proposal, the legislation was dead, and Republicans used the bill as the basis of their "Contract with America" to retake control of the House and Senate.

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Earl Howe said the government wanted to choose a route that has the best chance of working, which is why its preferred option was to place a duty of candour in the NHS standard contract rather than in the bill itself.

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The daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton and her financier husband have signed a contract for a marvelous 4-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom apartment in the Flatiron District of Manhattan.

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But it seems Apple might have to foot a part of the subsidy bill and take a hit on margins for such a contract to happen. (see Apple Faces China Mobile-Sized Stumbling Block Limiting China Upside Potential) Penetrating China could mean long-term margin pressures as well as the company seeks to compete against the rapidly growing Android market, mitigated to an extent by the carrier subsidies.

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The law creating the First Employment Contract (Contrat Premiere Embauche or CPE) was passed by parliament as part of a broader bill on equal opportunities.

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"The airlines are not honoring their contract with passengers, " agrees Kate Hanni, founder of the Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights.

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