And that in turn will make it easier for the administration to persuade Congress to extend TARP beyond its scheduled expiry at the end of the year.

反过来，这又方便了行政部门说服国会延长本来预定到年底到期的TARP。

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Despite its trifling size, the deal hints at a promising new strategy for a troubled industry. Patents on many lucrative drugs are on the verge of expiry.

尽管交易数额不大，但是它给处境艰难的业界暗示了一条有前景的新的战略思路。

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Generally, milk bottles at the front of the shelf in the supermarket have an expiry date of only a few days.

通常，超市中架子前的瓶装奶仅有几天的有效限期。

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If FTSE is above 6000 at the time of the option expiry calls at 5800 or 5900 will offer the maximum payout.

FORBES: Optional Opportunity

That leaves one, rather distant, hope: that, in the lame-duck period between the election and the next Congress, prompted by the imminent expiry of George Bush's tax cuts at the beginning of 2013, America's politicians will sit down and finally hammer out the grand bargain the country so desperately needs, with the tax increases delayed in exchange for sensible reforms to spending and the tax code.

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In any case, throwing out the suit helps remove the worst-case scenario for Pfizer, and makes it more likely that the Lipitor patent expiry could actually lead to an upside earnings surprise at the end of the year, as detailed here.

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