The interbank market tried in vain to trigger stop-losses sub-1.3460, ran smack into central bank support, got themselves short and now have been chasing the EUR higher ever since.

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Mr Sarbanes's law and the others may stop some of the most egregious practices of rogue sub-prime lenders.

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Already, by 2020, 57 million jobs will be needed in South and West Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab States just to stop unemployment rates rising above current levels.

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For 14 hours the sub was dead in the water while Higgins and his crew worked to stop the leaks and bring the reactor back online.

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Without my glasses, I could read none of the signs or sub-titles, so Louis would read them out loud until I quietly asked him to stop.

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