Star lawyers still can fetch a premium, and some of them won't budge on price.

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They are saying - in effect - this is the best we can do with ministers who won't budge any further.

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So if the ECB won't budge and eurozone countries are unwilling to cough up, how else will Greece plug the gap?

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If lenders won't budge, though, borrowers may need help refinancing into a new mortgage, especially if they owe more than their home is worth.

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While competitors' pods are available on grocery-store shelves, the company says it won't budge from its direct-to-consumer model, selling coffee capsules online, in its boutiques and over the phone.

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Now, Mr. Bacon won't budge and, along with other hotel tenants, has hired lawyers to argue to Toronto City Council that the development breaches its own legal requirements on maintaining rental stock in the city.

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He won't likely budge on issues that he has used to build a career -- say, controlling spending and earmarks.

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