• Under the draft legislation, the Treasury would have the authority to decide which banks ring-fencing should apply to, as well as specific activities to be undertaken within ring-fenced banks.

    BBC: Business

  • The Prudential Regulation Authority, which will become the UK's regulator for deposit-taking institutions in April under the Bank of England, would have the power to ensure the ring-fenced bank to carry on with its business.

    BBC: Business

  • Puma calls sports fans with their favorite team ring-tone to connect them with 10 other fans every time their team scores.

    CNN: Playing games without frontiers

  • Last month, it emerged money from the planned toll increases would not be ring-fenced to fund improvements at the site, despite previous assurances.

    BBC: MP calls for action on Dartford Crossing traffic jams

  • His big break came at the age of 24 when he earned his first million dollars by selling Hip-hop ring-tones to mobile phone subscribers in the United Kingdom.

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  • That's why he decided to throw his hat in this ring -- not to just make all the easy decisions, because when you're President there are very few easy decisions.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • She also pointed out the government was going to ring-fence the public health budget to protect it during the tough times ahead.

    BBC: Fears public health may be hit in shake-up of NHS

  • It won support from its bondholders only when it agreed to ring-fence its London airports and to use their assets and income to back new bonds.

    ECONOMIST: Breaking up BAA: A new departure for London’s airports | The

  • You waited for the door-to-door salesmen to ring your bell.

    FORBES: A Foot in the Door No More

  • European policy makers are considering a host of proposals to eliminate implicit government guarantees, including a new resolution regime, turning some liabilities into bail-in debt that will automatically take losses, depositor-preference regimes that would subordinate unsecured bondholders, and U.K.-style plans to ring-fence certain activities.

    WSJ: Agenda: Basel III��Don't We Have Enough Problems?

  • Children with Asperger's also had abnormal index-to-ring finger ratios, though less so than full-blown autistics.

    ECONOMIST: Autism

  • Andrew Tyrie MP, the commission's chairman, told Today presenter Evan Davis they wanted to give ring-fencing a chance and to change the culture in banking.

    BBC: Andrew Tyrie MP: 'Robust rules' needed for UK banks

  • Cassanges went on to become a well-known kite-maker, developing a series of ring-shaped kites to celebrate the Olympic Games.

    CNN: Etch A Sketch creator Andre Cassagnes dies

  • Moreover, new welterweight king Cory Spinks and the wild-talking Ricardo Mayorga look likely to share a ring again in 2004 - a prospect to make the mouth water.

    BBC: SPORT | Boxing | Year of promise for fight fans

  • It says that schools that manage the cash well are likely to have ring-fenced it, will aim to support disadvantaged pupils to achieve the highest levels and understand that all teaching must meet the needs of each pupil.

    BBC: Schools could do better with pupil premium, says Ofsted

  • "The government needs to ring-fence some money that's dished out to ensure it's spent on road safety, not frittered away on some council initiative, " he added.

    BBC: Road safety cuts 'catastrophic', says campaigner

  • He seems to see ring-fencing social spending as a way to cement his legacy.

    ECONOMIST: Brazil

  • Nineteen years later, Mandy semi-survived, had three months clean, some fluorescent key-ring tags to prove it.

    NEWYORKER: Deniers

  • They all want a shot at the brass ring--aiming to become public companies by the end of the year.

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  • Or to put it another way, it is difficult to embark on the disposal of RBS and Lloyds until we know how much more of Lloyds might be hived off by government fiat and how far the profitability of RBS could be reduced by the ring-fence expected to be erected around the retail activities of universal banks like it.

    BBC: Bank casino capitalism for all

  • The government used to ring-fence money for road safety, but the pot was too small to meet demand - Manchester alone has 500 traffic calming bids, and can only do a handful each year.

    BBC: Spending plan 'snubs road safety'

  • But because of the decision to ring-fence the massive health budget from real cuts (together with a commitment to keep raising overseas aid), the cuts in the unprotected areas will be 25%.

    ECONOMIST: Britain's emergency budget

  • What seemed to be something of a threat then - the Royal's already shed half of its investment bank, so force us to ring-fence and see what happens - has turned into more of a prediction.

    BBC: Lloyds co-operates, RBS shrinks

  • "It is absolutely critical that at this time of public sector austerity measures, we do all we can to ensure the now un-ring-fenced School Lunch Grant continues to be channelled towards catering and that school meals remain high quality, nutritious and above all, as affordable as possible for parents, " she said.

    BBC: School lunches take-up increases

  • The 36-year-old Oliveira makes his way into the ring to the strains of Frank Sinatra's My Way - to the jeers of the London crowd.

    BBC: SPORT | Boxing | Live: Hatton v Oliveira

  • We really appreciated all the manual controls on the RX1 -- from the aperture ring to the exposure compensation and shutter adjustment dials -- as they allowed for speedy adjustments on the fly and kept menu fatigue to a minimum.

    ENGADGET: Sony Cyber-shot RX1 sample images and video Hands-on

  • "Remember at the moment banks will probably behave, but in the long run they will find a way to gaming the ring-fence if they don't have a strong disincentive to do so, " he told the BBC.

    BBC: Business

  • The Conservatives argue the Welsh government is wrong not to ring-fence health spending in the budget.

    BBC: In the red, in the firing line

  • By contrast, Mr Cameron has already pledged to ring-fence the education, health and international aid budgets.

    BBC: What can the UK learn from Canada's budget cuts?

  • Among the other proposals being considered are plans to ring-fence those assets on banks' balance sheets.

    BBC: UK 'bad bank' plan to boost loans

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