The new 12% figure will only be for the first round of the World Cup in South Africa, with the total returning to about eight percent for matches in the knockout phase.

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The poll suggested Labour would gain 109 seats in total, returning a total of 367 MPs to parliament, a majority of 84.

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However, the total spent saving and returning him is estimated to be at least three times that.

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By contrast, high-yield stocks have trailed the total return of the overall market more recently, returning 6.4% annualized from the beginning of 2003 to the end of 2011, versus 7.26% for the overall market.

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Inc. was a close second, returning negative 5.2% on a total return basis.

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And with 17 returning series, his network, No. 1 in total households, doesn't need to.

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Municipal bonds underperformed treasuries in July returning 1.3% compared to 2.11% total return for treasuries.

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Over the last several months, the chief executives of a number of major gold-mining companies said they are putting more emphasis on spending restraint and returning capital to shareholders, rather than a race for more total production.

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So far a total of 800 schools have recovered from being under special measures, with a majority returning to the mainstream of achievement.

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