One of his first moves: compressing the remaining employees onto fewer floors and subleasing the empty space.

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The singer moves on to Portugal and Spain next week and has 63 live dates remaining on his world tour, which lasts until August.

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But Smith, who now moves to rugby union side Wasps, did make it two when he slid over with eight minutes remaining.

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However, as the bond moves closer and closer to maturity the total amount of interest that the bond will pay during its remaining lifetime is also moving closer and closer to zero.

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The biggest risk associated with this scenario is that the moves towards debt mutualisation and a banking union might not, after all, be enough to stabilise the remaining euro area, resulting in a total break-up of the euro zone and triggering a savage recession with hugely damaging economic consequences.

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