Without an extension, the lowered rates are set to expire on July 1 and return to 6.8%.

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It is known that Bush wants to see tax incentives for businesses and that he will not seek permanent extension of tax cuts that are set to expire in 2010.

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The orphan drug act only gives them eight years of exclusivity, but it does set a precedent for giving companies an extension of their monopoly that is not based on patent protection.

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It unveiled first-person shooter Killzone: Mercenary, an extension to a popular franchise, and Tearaway, an adventure game set in a world made of paper, developed by Media Molecule - the team behind the best-selling LittleBigPlanet.

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While big data is an extension AND augmentation of traditional analytics, it requires data scientists with a new skill-set.

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By 1920, there were seven thousand federal extension agents, working in almost every county in the nation, and by 1930 they had set up more than seven hundred and fifty thousand demonstration farms.

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Proponents of nuclear power say construction of new plants would likely require the extension of a federal loan guarantee program, also created by the 2005 energy act, that's set to expire in 2009.

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This came to a head last week because the 2008 version of FISA is set to expire at year's end, and the US House passed a five-year extension with strong bipartisan support.

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You can set up and fund a Simplified Employee Pension plan until Apr. 15, or if you get an extension, the date you file your return.

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