The legislation also increases the deficit reduction target for the Joint Committee by the amount of the cost of the jobs package and specifies that, if the Committee reaches that higher target, then their measures would replace and turn off the specific offsets in this legislation.

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Spanish security services believe another target of the alleged terrorist cell may have been a joint U.S.-Spanish naval base in Rota, Spain, near where they were based, and have not ruled out other possible targets in Europe.

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Target has revealed the highly anticipated items that will be part of its unusual joint holiday collection with Neiman Marcus.

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To that end, Tuesday's joint statement stipulates that the bank provide regular reports to the government on progress towards the inflation target.

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That's because forming a joint venture with a company before trying to buy it gives a company inside information about the target's worth and the value of the research it is seeking to acquire.

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