From the looks of it, on Friday President Bush will sign a bill to extend the 2003 cuts on capital gains and dividends.

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Albion have an option to sign him permanently in the summer, or extend his loan for a further six months and possibly sign him next January.

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Obama sidestepped a question Wednesday about whether he supports that initiative, saying that it's a "positive sign" that the government is trying to extend credit to consumers.

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And if those rising corporate mortality rates were real, it would also show that banks were feeling increasingly confident that they have sufficient capital to absorb the consequential losses - which would also be a very positive sign, in that banks would also have sufficient capital to extend necessary credit to viable businesses.

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The Dutch have indicated they will extend their commitment another two years, Britain shows no sign of pulling out yet, the Canadians are wavering but still there.

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The House should act to pass the tax cuts for the middle class -- 98 percent of American taxpayers -- and do what everyone in Washington agrees should be done, which is to extend those tax cuts, pass that law, the President will sign it, and it will create certainty for 98 percent of the American people.

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Tudjman wants the Europeans to extend their non-military observer mission, now limited to Slovenia, to his republic as a sign that foreign countries will help Croatia stand up to the Yugoslav army.

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Mr. Norquist says Republicans should tough it out even if it means going over the tax cliff, pass a bill one more time to extend current tax rates in January, and then Mr. Obama will be the one to bend and sign it.

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