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This morning, President Obama urged Congress to pass a clean extension of key transportation programs as soon as possible.
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But any extension to key parts of the private sector, according to former officials and security professionals, could be hamstringed by the government's own secrecy.
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Rand Paul has single-handedly stopped the extension of three key provisions of the Patriot Act until after they expire at midnight Thursday.
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The best performer in Hong Kong was gambling company Sands China, which climbed 2.4%, after Macau's government gave it a three-year extension to complete a key project in the gambling hub.
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Both would retain the ability to significantly influence the industry by having full control over the staffing of key positions and the extension of leases.
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Yet a key issue will be whether the extension applies to upper income earners.
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"The timing was right for this sort of product because people have become so used to their smartphones and using apps, that it was a natural extension they should have an app for the key as well, " Robertson says.
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Now Congress seems interested in bringing back those tax extenders (expensing, credits, AMT patch and more) and tagging them on to the explosive Bush tax cut extension debate, which is shaping up as a key battle-line vote before the midterm elections in November.
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Look for two key indicators - the closure of Guantanamo Bay and the extension of the ban on torture to the CIA, which means the end of waterboarding.
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So an agreement is actually key, but whether it will happen with our without a 48-hour extension of the deadline is another thing altogether.
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The tax compromise reached between President Obama and Congressional Republicans has a number of key provisions, but one that should be of particular interest to investors is the extension of the cap on stock dividend taxes.
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