"The American public understands the financial challenges of the Postal Service and supports these steps as a responsible and reasonable approach to improving our financial situation, " Postmaster General Patrick R.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's report supports these concerns.

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Proceeds go to the Opportunity Finance Network, a nonprofit organization that supports hundreds of Community Development Financial Institutions, local organizations that lend money at low interest rates to small business owners in under-served areas.

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But it provides them with several important supports, in addition to the financial lifeline offered by the Fed.

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Bill Gates is announcing that he supports the Robin Hood, or Financial Transactions, Tax in order to raise revenue to be spent on aid to the poor in the Third World.

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"If, in fact, the appointment of an emergency financial manager both stabilizes the city fiscally and supports our restructuring initiatives which improve the quality of life for our citizens, then I think there is a way for us to work together, " Mayor Dave Bing said in a statement.

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WHO's six principal paymasters supports the idea, and tightening of financial controls on the regions may, in practice, do the trick.

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The uncertainty in the markets regarding a possible slowing economy and whether or not the Fed will resort to some kind of new stimulus program ultimately supports gold, said Shawn Hackett, president of Hackett Financial Advisors.

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It supports the idea that scientific literature should be disseminated without any financial, legal, or technological barriers except those concerned with the intellectual property for the author.

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