While the terms of the deal are unlikely to change, if Mr Osborne holds out it will be the first time Britain has been outvoted on a financial services issue, a significant move overturning the informal convention that states are not overruled on law relating to their main national industry.

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Ministers and officials will be coming to Brussels fresh from an informal two-day session at UN climate convention headquarters in Bonn, where they've heard United Nations Environment Programme chief scientist Joseph Alcamo outline a few key issues.

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In fact, in summertime, Las Vegas is to the NBA what Crawford, Texas, is to the White House, because the league runs an informal competition for its young players there, and the Strip turns into an NBA convention.

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