It could have acted on warnings that bankers were financing a house of cards, critics claim.

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Another blunt reminder came Sunday that the White House opposes the financing mechanism favored by the Finance Committee chairman, Sen.

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Unfortunately, the bubble burst soon after, and Kaufman was unable to obtain the construction financing necessary to develop the intended spec house.

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After living through several boom and bust cycles, he said he "believes in the long term" and he began construction on Mercedes House before he had obtained financing.

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We in developed countries take for granted the relative ease of starting a business and the existence of a uniform property rights system--you can buy a house in Idaho and get financing for it from a bank in London or Hong Kong.

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In 2002 the Institute of Medicine (which is not part of the NIH, but is the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences) called for the creation of a National Vaccine Authority that would have sweeping responsibilities, including market research, the establishment of priorities, control of intellectual-property rights, the conduct of in-house research and development and the financing of clinical trials of candidate vaccines.

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As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Kennedy has brought the mystique and glitz of America's premier political family to the rough-and-tumble job of financing the party's drive to reclaim a majority in the House of Representatives.

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In a speech Friday in Tampa, Florida, en route to Cartagena, Obama announced a new program that the White House is calling the Small Business Network of the Americas, which he said would help businesses get financing and counseling on how to access new markets south of the U.S. border.

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