Further, as the year draws closer to an end, markets in general can be volatile, which makes some participants interested in closing up shop for now.

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Blackpool looked to be closing in on the win, but Dembele opened up their defence and former Preston man Etuhu applied a composed finish to earn Fulham a third consecutive draw.

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With each match lasting up to five days, the closing ceremony would be long over before the teams finished battling it out for a place on the podium.

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Maytag's profits should be up 53% in 1998, and the company is quickly closing the sales gap with Whirlpool and General Electric.

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Rather than closing American markets, more will be done to train American workers and open up foreign markets.

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Steve Webb, MP for Thornbury and Yate, said it would be set up on the site of the former Ashfield Young Offenders Institution which is closing.

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Finally, you have to pay a premium of up to 1% of the loan amount at closing (it can be rolled into your mortgage but that would increase your monthly payments) and a monthly premium of up to .9% of the loan amount each year.

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