But the properties Inland Diversified is buying are outperforming the Las Vegas market with a 5% vacancy rate partly because they were built in populated areas that didn't depend on new homeowners to move in.

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In times of less turmoil, the central bank generally only deals with primary dealers, a group of 20 big banks and brokerage houses with which the New York Federal Reserve conducts its open-market operations, buying and selling government securities to guide the federal funds rate.

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The company also is increasing its semiconductor buying at a faster rate than other top OEMs, solidifying its hegemony over the chip market.

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Beaky would be buying at a 4% cap rate--a modest cool-off in the apartment market could fray Beakey's finances.

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For what has been happening is that the ECB has been buying bonds in the open markets as a way of reducing the interest rate that Greece must pay on market borrowings.

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