Treasury yields rose a bit in the session after having fallen to record lows last week.

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Meanwhile, the five-year yield held at 2.83% and the three-month yield rose a bit, to 0.48% from 0.43%.

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Her 2007 film La Vie En Rose was a bit of summer counter-programming.

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His vehicle hit April but "there was no thud there, just the car rose a little bit", he told police.

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Though housing starts slipped a bit, existing home sales rose sharply again in August, to the highest rate since May 2010.

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"In mid July what we found was the bees had been visiting primarily rose, blackberry and sweet pea, with a bit of oilseed rape, " said Professor Newbury.

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European stocks rose early in their session, but have retreated a bit this morning.

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If there is any silver lining, it is that while the recession was a year old in December, its first half was not especially deep: net GDP actually rose in the first half, and the downturn is actually a bit milder than the median post-war recession after 12 months.

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Although net income dipped a bit, operating profit (a better reflection of its underlying business) rose by 17%, boosted by robust loan growth in a booming economy.

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The second bit of bad news is that the cost for banks of trading in Italian government bonds rose, because an organisation that clears and settles such transactions, LCH.

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As soon as you walk past the billowing white curtains of the Rose Bar at the Delano (1685 Collins Avenue), you know you're somewhere a little bit special.

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