The price of YPF bonds briefly rose with the announcement of the oil firm's nationalisation in April by Argentina's government, because of a clause demanding advanced payment in the case of an expropriation, before falling back as investors worried Argentina wouldn't much care.

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"Africa has the most advanced cell-phone-based payment systems using simple text, " Mr. Palella says.

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In the dark of the evening they talked about the crippled man, concerned and worried as their conversation advanced since the understanding about payment for the painting had been made with him and it could easily be that when the work was finished the woman would say she knew nothing about what had been agreed, that the sum they claimed as due to them was excessive.

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While the Obama administration defended the legislation, opposition to such reimbursement kept Medicare payment to doctors who bill specifically for discussing advanced-directives and related end-of-life counseling out of the Affordable Care Act.

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As of this morning, you can buy Finavera well below expected net cash on hand after the Wildmare deal closes and the Cloosh payment, and get an additional 234.5 MW wind projects under development (some quite advanced) essentially thrown in for free.

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