For decades, US government bonds were the gold standard for long-term, risk free fixed income investors.
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Gift certificates are a great deal for stores: Around 8% of all certificates are never redeemed, which creates a kind of long-term interest-free loan for the store.
That is a relatively optimistic prediction, for it would merely return the bankruptcy rate close to its long-term average after an abnormally trouble-free period, and it assumes only a mild recession in America.
We will eliminate the tax on qualified dividends and long-term capital gains to free up the billions of dollars Americans are sitting on to avoid taxes on the gain.
And our duty is now clear: For the sake of our long-term security, all free nations must stand with the forces of democracy and justice that have begun to transform the Middle East.
The IMF and the financial markets would probably like to see a combination of all of these: long-term structural reforms to free up economies and put government spending on a more sustainable path, combined with some short-term relief on austerity and (with luck) easier monetary policy as well.
Triple-net leases are typically long-term deals signed by retail tenants for free-standing buildings in which the tenants pay most of the expenses.
It uses high-tech medicine sparingly to treat the most serious conditions while employing nutrition, exercise, stress-reduction and other simple, low-cost (or free) interventions to foster long-term health and resilience.
She said she had investigated a further three cases where people had been denied free long-term care.
And whereas the Tories and Labour are making much of patient choice and multiple providers, the Lib Dems preferred to campaign at the last election on giving free long-term care to the elderly.
The plan would see those needing long-term care receive it for free but it would be paid for by employees, the self-employed and pensioners who would be expected to contribute 1.5% of their earnings.
Free of long-term debt, Leo Wells says that he has plenty of margin for error.
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Using gold mines as an example, he said when you buy shares in the company, you also receive a free, long-term call option on gold.
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For years, teams in markets large and small have tried to save money by signing their young stars to long-term deals well before they reach free agency.
If your symptoms resolve after one month on a gluten free diet, and the diet does not stop working several months later, this is probably the case and you should do your best to follow a gluten free diet long-term.
In the offseason, the Red Sox hired John Farrell as manager and overhauled their roster, avoiding star free agents and long-term deals.
The Ireland centre, who looked rejuvenated now he is free of his long-term hamstring problem, managed to spin over the line and dot down for the opening try, with Contepomi adding the conversion.
Some plants are even offering cities long-term contracts to dump their recycling for free so that the plants can sell it high again when the market rebounds, according to Bear Keeling, manager of Latham Home Sanitation in Georgia.
Certainly being able to take a deduction is desirable, but there are also long-term benefits to having an IRA, one being that your contributions grow tax-free until you take distributions, at which time you may be in a lower tax bracket.
Some governments are trying to keep GM plants out of their country, in the belief that there will be a long-term market for produce from guaranteed GM-free sources.
Banks have little incentive to make money the old-fashioned way (by lending) if they can lazily tap the Federal Reserve for free money and then buy long-term U.S. Treasurys yielding 3.5%.
We are also committed to working together to develop high standard trade and investment rules in the region and promote regional economic integration, consistent with the long-term objective of the APEC economies to develop a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).
We didn't think that we were going to cover 30 million people for free, but that the long-term trend in terms of how much the average family is going to be paying for health insurance is going to be improved as a consequence of health care.
Mr. Holtz-Eakin, a free-market-leaning economist, argues that immigrants should be viewed as long-term investments.
Unfortunately, nearly every government intervention carries with it unintended consequences, and, if such interventions interfere with the free market processes, they have long-term negative implications on economic growth.
But just as often, free spending clubs get burned by offering long-term deals to big name stars, since landing such players usually necessitates offering more years than the player has left in him productivity-wise.
It marks the fourth long-term support (LTS) release of the world's favourite free operating system, with maintenance updates guaranteed for five years.
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They have received a letter of support from Sir Stewart Sutherland, who chaired the Royal Commission into long-term care, and recommended that all nursing and personal care should be provided free to the elderly.
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