This is due to the continual decrease in the costs of on-line bandwidth, improvements in content compression, the proliferation of mobile viewing devices with smaller screens (and thus lower resolution requirements) as well as increased levels of cloud storage to support download and streaming markets.

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Thus, the information requirements for conducting truly comprehensive macroprudential surveillance could be daunting indeed.

FORBES: Transcript

Refineries are running out of headroom to expand existing capacity (refineries routinely run at 95% of capacity now, increasing maintenance requirements and thus downtime) while NIMBY-ism blocks new refineries from being built.

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In granting the injunction, Boasberg noted that two of the three preparers said they would likely shut down their tax businesses if forced to comply with the new registration requirements and thus would suffer irreparable injury without an injunction.

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Thus, it failed to fulfill GAAP requirements as part of its Q2 2008 auditing.

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Google's Gmail currently lacks a calendar function, and some believe the firm would like to add one - albeit perhaps a limited version that could serve home users well without meeting the requirements of corporate users, thus avoiding a head-on challenge to Microsoft's business model.

BBC: Analysis

Finally, the Soviets have thus far failed to meet the minimum data disclosure requirements for a legitimate bond offering.

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Banks are thus forced to go to the Fed for money to cover their funding and reserve requirements.

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For many activities, and thus for a fair few banks, the new regime implies big changes in capital requirements.

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