In any case, the time when whatever is on one side of the balance is weighed against whatever is on the other side -- whether it's your heart, your soul or your debts -- and the final reckoning is made.

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That is, the benefit to the capital market of improved financial information must be weighed against the cost of any changes in economic behavior induced by new accounting rules.

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U.S. equities were in a holding pattern Thursday as investors weighed a run of strong corporate earnings against the latest signals that the economic recovery is far from guaranteed.

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Another issue that Mr Ghamdi has weighed in on, for example, is Saudi Arabia's prohibition, unique among Muslim-majority countries, against women drivers.

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With property taxes rising across the country, we took a look at per-pupil spending in public schools and weighed it against student performance--college entrance exam scores (SAT or ACT, depending on which is more common in the state), exam participation rates and graduation rates.

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