SPACs are simply vehicles that facilitate an IPO for unique companies that might not otherwise be able to get through the regular public offering queue in a timely manner.

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Friday morning's proceedings inside Dublin Castle were intensely detailed and dry in tone, but there was enough interest from the public for a queue to form for seats in the small gallery.

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Some of those funds would be better spent on collecting better data, yet the most useful fix would be for rough sleepers to go closer to the top of the queue for permanent public housing, as happens in London with good results.

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Public-opinion surveys have shown that a queue is regarded as the least-worst way to deal with non-urgent cases given the finite resources of a publicly funded health service.

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Take, for instance, Citizinvestor, a new service that allows municipalities (big ones, like Philadelphia, Chicago, Tampa) to put forth public works languishing at the back of the queue so interested parties can donate a few dollars that might get them over the financial hump.

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Not surprisingly, behind them there is a queue of tiny, profitless Internet companies jostling to go public.

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