Pre-borrowing is a much firmer commitment and eliminates the probability that a stock lender will lend out the same shares to several different traders.

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The SEC will be hosting a roundtable discussion on Sept. 30 to discuss securities lending, pre-borrowing and possible additional short sale disclosures.

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The concluding statement of the European Council meeting of March 24-25, 2011, addressing the terms under which EU sovereigns may borrow from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) confirms our previously published expectations that (i) sovereign debt restructuring is a potential pre-condition to borrowing from the ESM, and (ii) senior unsecured government debt will be subordinated to ESM loans.

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African-Americans, Hispanics, and those who live in lower-income households are more likely than others to say they would be interested in borrowing pre-loaded e-reading devices and take classes about how to use the devices and download books.

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In Asia, property-related borrowing is heavily curtailed compared with America's pre-crisis boom.

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"The growth and public borrowing forecasts contained in the pre-Budget report look very optimistic, " said Howard Archer, economist at Global Insight.

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And with 10-year yields recently breaching pre-crisis levels it should be no surprise to learn that Athens is having a hard time borrowing from the European capital market.

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