If new schools join the plan, you get retroactive benefits--your previous contributions lock in whatever tuition the new school charged when you invested, at a discount equal to the median discount schools in the plan offered that year.

FORBES: Pay Now, Learn Later

After days of highlighting the Liberal Democrats' differences with the Conservatives, the deputy prime minister highlighted that they were in lock-step on the economy - backing a Plan A which he insisted was more flexible, more pro-growth than its critics accepted.

BBC: Nick Clegg's sticking to Plan A

Once upon a time the traditional defined benefit pension plan was a powerful means to lock employees in.

FORBES: Don't Fence Me In

Facebook says it will fund the withholding and remittance obligations with cash on hand and through existing credit facilities, and does not plan to execute an equity offering in connection with those obligations or the lock-up expiration in the fourth quarter.

FORBES: Facebook: Zuckerberg Won't Sell For A Year, But Employees Can Get Out Earlier

And he hopes that the Republicans will join him on that path and achieve this -- take advantage of this opportunity and lock in a plan that would achieve significant deficit reduction, would protect the middle class, and would help our economy.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

Like all Mobilicity devices, it does not come with a handset tab credit check, nor does it come with a contract to lock a customer into a multi-year service plan, as is often the case with Canada's incumbent carriers.

ENGADGET: Sharp Mobiflip channels Sidekick LX's vibes for Mobilicity