Sterilisation also sends a signal to stalwarts at the Bundesbank and elsewhere that this is not - really not at all - about printing money to finance government deficits.
"The governments get cold feet for one reason, Desertec needs too much support in tax money - all the public budgets are over borrowed - and tax money is not easily available, " Mr Fell said.
This is not to say that all anti-money-laundering policies should be tossed.
It all equals a mind-boggling sum, not including the interest on all that money.
Stock exchanges, it has become clear, are not public utilities at all: they are money-making enterprises.
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He took it personally, as he puts it, but it's not all about stopping the flow of oil money - the man also has a green streak a mile wide.
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After all, their own money is not at risk--it's a fee. (By contrast, when they invest their own money in the funds, the profit is obviously a capital gain.) Let's be honest: It is a charade that private equity firms have claimed their 20% performance fees at the lower capital gains rate.
Gordon Brown's recent Budget did not change his broad fiscal parameters - as all the money he gave away in tax cuts was accounted for by the extra tax receipts he received this year.
That inconvenient truth is that even when London Interbank Offered Rates are not "fixed", they may still not bear very much relation to reality - because banks are not actually offering much unsecured money to each other at all.
Illegal immigrants, the poor, the homeless and minorities all have high non-response rates, which means that the places where they live do not get all the money they are entitled to.
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An alternate strategy is to not employee A-list actors at all, but spend money on concepts audiences already know.
The prosperity that comes with more money is not by itself a cure-all against an ill-led life, and may be a source of dangerous foolishness, as Aeschylus warned centuries ago.
It turns out that most of the governments in the world have some sort of stable-value policy, in this way also giving up most, if not all, of any ambitions to manage their economies with money-jiggering.
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That would have involved politicians having, for the first time, to tell their tax-payers that they would not get all their money back on their loans to Greece.
Another element of the usual story is that the dollar will be trashed because of all this new non-existent money that is not being spent but will cause inflation.
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After all, consulting firms would not have transformed themselves into such formidable money-machines if they did nothing but pillage their clients.
The only problem is that all these cloud-based services are not necessarily persuading people to pay money for music.
After all, our huge long-term corporate losses stem not from easy money or mark-to-market rules but largely from the incorrect short-term incentives that compensation plans give to key executives.
The ruthless attention to detail and complicated build means it is very doubtful that it will make them any money - and yet I'm not sure they care all that much.
All very gratifying for tablet manufacturers, no doubt, but not exactly a money-spinner.
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Under pressure from rich countries, the legislature this week passed two laws that make money-laundering illegal for all ill-gotten loot, not just that of drug-smugglers.
But reports suggested the players did not want a straight winner-takes-all pot and were concerned how the money would be shared between squad members, backroom staff and injured players.
"All consequential money we receive in Wales, comes not as a UK government handout - it's money which rightly comes back to the Welsh taxpayer, as a consequence of spending decisions made in England, " it added.
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The over-all bills are not nearly as bold because of the influence of money.
And particularly, can you talk about what you're doing about these so-called dark pools, all the money that is largely not regulated and I don't think you're really touching upon?
It means doctors can no longer work the hours they used to - either pacing the wards or on call - and so it is just not possible in a day-and-age when money is tight to employ all the new medics needed to staff specialist services in each hospital.
The way you approach all aspects of your life, not just money, has a significant effect on your long-term financial growth.
The final persistent myth that HR skeptics favor, is that HR costs money and that shareholders do not appreciate all sorts of soft measures, such as work-life programs.
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Although the European Central Bank, unlike all other big central banks, has not cut interest rates this year, broad-money-supply growth has quickened, to 5.0% in the year to March.
They were all under 35 and had gathered to talk money--giving it away, not making it.
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