So far no bill has bounced between the Houses more than 15 times, but one constraint on the process might be finding a different ink to signify the exchange of amendments.

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But no sooner had the ink on that agreement dried than the French stock exchange was raiding its offices as part of a probe into the group's financial disclosures since January 2001.

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The company attributes the red ink to expenses associated with the cost of listing on the American Stock Exchange and complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as development expenses in Kazakhstan.

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