The big switch to the foundation of the American financial structure at the advent of this period was the U.S. decision in 1971 to go off the gold standard.

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Set to kick off in the U.S. in early October, the plan aims to go beyond basic tracking and allow customers receiving packages to re-route or re-schedule deliveries to fit their schedules.

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The comedians Mike Myers and Robin Williams, among other celebrities, have sported Roots clothing, and Budman and Green get a somewhat surer way to increase the company's profile and, perhaps, boost sales at Roots' 140 stores, which include 8 in the U.S. "We hope that people get off the plane and go to a Roots store, " says Budman, 54.

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All of which would seem to leave Bayer in a bind: Slash margins to meet the U.S. government's price target or let the drug go off-patent early.

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Residential electrical bills from some local utilities still go to paying off the costs of the project, which remains the largest municipal bond failure in U.S. history.

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