Retail banks may have less to change operationally (their funding profile is the obvious exception) yet they still got into a ton of trouble.

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The European Financial Stability Facility announced an expanded funding profile Wednesday, with plans to start selling short-term paper with three-, six- and 12-month maturities.

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The second, related doubt concerns their funding profile.

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In fact, cuts to programs like public TV and the Jobs Corps may even hurt AHRQ, since a Democratic Senate (if it remains that way) would be more likely to spend political capital on a compromise that saves higher-profile funding victims.

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Like Y-Combinator, TechStars and other U.S. incubators, Innovation Works attracts top entrepreneurs and engineering talent with seed funding, office space and high-profile mentoring from the likes of Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and Guitar Hero founders Kai and Charles Huang.

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Target seats qualify for extra funding and resources and will receive lots of high-profile visits.

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It will also assemble an advisory board of high-profile executives, with the mission of gathering input on transportation needs and funding possibilities.

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Party machines are out there trying to mobilise their voters but there are also some high-profile independent candidates who are in with a shout, despite their complaints of a lack of official funding for a mail shot.

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