To buy a stock, the valuation screens are applied with historical prices that can date back to 80 years or more.

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You'll get different opinions about when those problems really started, but you can directly trace last week's launch event back to one date almost three years ago: April 9th, 2010.

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Perhaps the smart money is on vacations to Alaska, most of which is as close to the back side of the international date line as you can get.

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If the buyers (borrowers) fail to meet this date, the contract can be voided and the house goes back on the market.

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You can amend past returns and file for back refunds for up to three years from the original due date of a return, including extensions.

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If you do not pre-order Battlefield 3, you can still buy Back to Karkand separately and play it as soon as it is released, the very same date as anyone who pre-ordered.

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This leads me to the other advantage of bonds over bond funds: you can pick the maturity date and know with a high degree of certainty when you are going to get your money back.

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