More to the point, if a company tries to wind up, or stop paying into, its pension fund, it may have to buy annuities for its pensionable workers, which will prove an expensive escape.

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However, the banking industry argues that the majority would likely wind up fattening company profits, noting that a report by Congress's Government Accountability Office found that experiences in Australia and other countries did not demonstrate a clear cost savings for consumers.

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The result at Enron is well known: a failed company, ruined reputations and a jury trial that will wind up next week.

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They basically believe that billionaire founder Michael Dell and his investment partner, Silver Lake Partners, could wind up stealing the company from shareholders by offering only a slight premium.

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On the Blade Network web site (note the .net address or you wind up on a site about hand-crafted knives) the company illustrates a rack with two Intel Xeon quad core blade servers with other components for high speed messaging and switches.

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The deal is especially difficult to value since not only will the seat-holders wind up with some cash and shares in the new company, but so will a host of other parties--including the top executives of the exchanges themselves.

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The statement said proceedings to wind up the company were uncontested and the views of the Insolvency Service had not been found by a court to be accurate.

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