Using a software program to compare the sequences of the genes that give the instructions for making egg proteins, they show that teleosts with floating eggs share a gene called VtgAa.

ECONOMIST: Fish genetics

My sources at the Treasury tell me that they are happy with RBS's current proposals to mend itself, which involve shrinking its investment bank and floating a share of its US retail bank, Citizens, on the stock market.

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This could discourage other buy-out shops from floating their shares, and may dent share prices for those that are already quoted on the stockmarket.

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As has been widely noted, much of the electorate seems locked into one side or the other in this campaign, and the share of voters truly undecided or still floating between the candidates isn't large.

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