The bill attempts to compromise by allowing the government to issue extra permits, but only by borrowing from the stock allocated for future years.

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However, town centre managers have told Money Box that street collecting has become the biggest cause of complaints from the public and are lobbying for extra powers on the issue.

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As we have always strived to be highly attentive to potential security and privacy problems, we quickly patched the issue and took extra precautions to never ever expose raw transaction data again.

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One official, who declined to be quoted, said all subscribers received their copy of the June issue but confirmed that extra copies were not distributed at the upcoming American Library Association, as was the custom.

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But some companies are balking at the extra time and expense needed to reach out to Europeans when they can issue bonds relatively cheaply in Hong Kong.

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He also said that as well as his extra funding for the UK authorities, it was also necessary to work at an international level on the issue.

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Short of moving to France, you can just rip your music from CDs, avoiding the DRM issue in the first place (or if you just love DRM, be prepared to carry extra batteries).

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