The commission requires a third-party participant to be polling at 15 percent in order to participate in a presidential debate.

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Many banks cut the value of their super-senior CDO holdings to around 80% of face value at the end of the third quarter, according to one market participant.

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Organizers also added an additional computer test for the semifinals, imposed time limits on computer-based spelling and vocabulary tests and added a rule that resulted in automatic elimination for any participant who misspelled a word on stage in the second or third rounds.

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