Skyfall, the newest entry in the long-running James Bond film franchise, is now destined to ascend into the cinematic club of billionaires.

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Or even if you have some sort of theme park or casino that has a Bond theme running through it.

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We can see a similar sort of thing today, where the U.S. government has been running very large budget deficits, with the resulting bond issuance in large part absorbed by foreign central banks.

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What succeeding movies will do with Bond is another matter: our hero may be running out of enemies.

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One very early clue that the stock market bulls are running out of steam is price action in the U.S. Treasury bond and note futures Wednesday.

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One very early clue that the stock market bulls are running out of steam is price action in the U.S. Treasury bond and note futures Wednesday morning.

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Excluded from bond markets last year, and with a short-term loan from Russia fast running out, Cyprus had to ask for help.

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The long-running TV series has been narrated by the likes of former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan -- not bad for an unassuming kid's show whose setting is based on the windy and remote Isle of Man, which floats between Scotland and Northern Ireland in the middle of the Irish Sea.

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