No doubt the Kremlin needed to increases its TNK-BP rent given growing fiscal pressures in Moscow.

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Fiscal pressures will force politicians to make Medicare less generous and more Medicaid-like.

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If it weakens, the fiscal pressures driving weapons cuts grow worse.

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The top-bracket federal tax rate has climbed since 1988 and, what with fiscal pressures from Medicare and the military, it may be higher still in 15 or 30 years.

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Are you concerned that the fiscal pressures the United States is under at the moment may compromise its ability to sustain its plans for the region, including the initiatives announced today?

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The IMF paper said moving the budget to balance would put the U.S. in a better position to deal with the massive fiscal pressures it will face as the baby boom generation starts to retire this decade, Reuters news agency reported.

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Therefore being disciplined in fiscal terms "will have downward pressures on the economy, " he explained.

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Instead, the government's main hope of containing spending pressures lies with a Fiscal Responsibility Law approved by Congress last month.

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Disney will report its Q2 fiscal 2013 earnings on May 7, and the focus will be on the impact of ratings pressures on broadcasting business against the growth in licensing and affiliate fee.

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