If the state ultimately balks at the Arden Hills site, the one the Vikings want, the club is facing the last season of its Metrodome lease with an unsettled future.

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Although the details vary from country to country, a widely used rule-of-thumb says that a lease does not have to be capitalised so long as the net present value of the lease liabilities (ie, future rents) amounts to less than 90% of the value of the asset.

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Warner has previously been outspoken over Gold's suggestion that a separate, much smaller venue should be built to house future athletics events, allowing West Ham to lease the Olympic Stadium.

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Underpinning all three movements is a powerful presumption enjoying a new lease on life, that that the future is ours to create.

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Leasing companies had raised concerns about their inability to repossess the planes, saying it would hurt future plans by airlines in India to take planes on lease.

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Those who learn how to manage money during this time will learn to build the savings required to make a down payment on a future home, buy cars without the help of a lease or high-interest loan and eventually afford the joys that real financial freedom offers, such as frequent vacations or early retirement.

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But even downloading, which opens the intriguing question of whether you own or lease a digital file (more on that in a future column), may be a thing of the future past: left in the dust as streaming becomes ever more available, reliable, and cheaper.

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Brighton's dilapidated Saltdean Lido is to be offered on a long-term lease in a bid to attract sufficient investment to safeguard its future.

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