Refiners must sell 40% of their output to the public distribution system at a loss.

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"When someone at the bottom of the income distribution loses their job, the loss of income is much more likely to involve losing things that matter for the family to sustain itself, " says Marianne Page of the University of California, Davis, one of the researchers.

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Calvin Klein's current troubles are related to the company's loss of control of the distribution of its wares in many countries.

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New York City system so that loss of one or two transmission lines or primary distribution feeders may compromise a significant part of the overall network .

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In reaction to legislation in several states that would force its hand, Amazon has pulled up stakes, shuttering its distribution centers or canceling plans to open them and noting publicly the consequential the loss of jobs and local revenue.

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Insect species may expand their ranges towards the poles, increasing the risk of crop loss and, in Africa, there could be significant changes in tsetse fly distribution.

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If the IRS follows the same rule for event-type CVRs, the issuer recognizes no gain or loss on the CVR issuance, the repurchase of the CVR, or the lapse of the CVR, but a target shareholder generally must recognize an immediate capital gain or loss taking into consideration the fair market value of the CVRs received on the date of distribution.

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