During that time he or she has traded down and shopped to stretch the value of their dollars.

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Its operations stretch across all links in the natural gas value chain, with the exceptions of exploration and production.

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Barclays, whose own bid seems like a stretch, needs to convince ABN shareholders that its deal is somehow more value-enhancing than the RBS consortium's, and perhaps plug the point that it will keep the company in one piece and in the Netherlands.

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Indeed, a rising cost-of-living during the 1980s and 1990s saw the yen-value of gold fall, down by 75% over that 20-year stretch.

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The result: Stretch says the Treasury might allow taxpayers to use the depressed Dec. 31, 2008, value of their IRAs to calculate 2008 RMDs.

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