"I can already buy one right now if I return my birthday presents, " he says.

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As I anticipate that this may well be the last time I find myself on the same side as Senators Paul and Cruz for the foreseeable future, I think I can safely now return you to your regularly scheduled programing.

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I'm really pleased now to be able to return to top-level racing.

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And so, arguably, three, four, five years ago people became unmoored from their long-term risk tolerances and became purely return-seeking and, now, I think, are in more cases, frankly, being more thoughtful about their capacity to absorb losses.

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"I take responsibility and I hope we redeem ourselves in the one-dayers, " added Ponting, who will now return to Australia for a break and miss the start of the limited overs competition.

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On a return flight from Macau to Beijing, I sat beside a former military officer, who now owns real estate and a string of factories.

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"The chance to return now would be a matter of good luck, like winning the lottery, but I think there is no way we would be allowed to go back, " he said.

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Now, obviously, much has been made of the fact that this marks my return to where I lived as a young boy.

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In my recent post (on how little has changed in the way the financial industry can find ways to return to business as usual), I noted that the SEC says 8% of stock trading is now taking place in dark pools.

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