These are a special type of share that pay a regular flat dividend in perpetuity, and which receive their payment in preference to the dividends paid out on ordinary shares.

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Just before regular trading began, the SPY was flat.

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Today some hold a view that the past's "deserving poor" have been replaced by families living in council houses equipped with flat-screen TVs, games consoles and regular holidays.

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" The lowest note of the fourth flute, a B-flat, is a fourth higher than the lowest note of the regular alto recorder, which is referred to by the English as the "common flute.

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Shares of Citigroup are flat after what was once the most powerful bank fell below a dollar a share in regular trading.

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Vollmer made regular trips to Australia to train in the ocean and swim with dolphins, which made racing in the flat water of an Olympic pool feel far simpler.

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It's a lot to remember, and some of the pieces (the cradle, kickstand) don't lie flat, so they'll take up more space in your bag than a device with a regular ol' keyboard dock.

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