The chief constable of Cleveland Police has failed to get a misconduct hearing postponed until the conclusion of a separate criminal investigation.

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If we really look critically at how we spend money, I think the one conclusion is that we get a heck of a bargain when paying for the public sector.

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Democrats have come to a different conclusion: They want to get rid of the deductions and raise tax rates at the same time.

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Plyming didn't state it specificially, but if you take this view to its logical conclusion, a regular 42-inch HDTV would get pushed into a no man's land somewhere inbetween -- it's not portable, not immersive, and therefore not able to compete in the long-term.

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While the Court ultimately concluded that there were sufficient disclosures to inform a reasonable investor, the analysis the Court used to get to that conclusion provides the basis today for the materiality analysis.

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And I think if you look at it, he said from a standpoint of attrition, if you do an attrition analysis, you get to his conclusion.

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Sceptics will lean toward another conclusion, wondering whether the capital boost is an effort to get ahead of a massive surge in bad debts that will emerge from the remarkable surge in credit last year.

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Fans in other markets may get tired of the unfairness of it all, but everyone senses that this is building toward a fascinating conclusion.

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So, with that I invite you to kick back and celebrate the conclusion of the first few days of work in the new year, and get excited for a crazy week to come.

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