Still, Albania's new-found if precarious stability has brought back Greek and Italian investors who shut up shop after the pyramid schemes collapsed three years ago.

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He thinks the mayor's threat to shut up shop may be just a bluff in an attempt to wrest more money from the state, which is busy with another racing-industry crisis.

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But now many are in the mood to shut up shop.

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So expect the adjournment debate led by labour's Nia Griffiths on extending the approved use of low-dose Naltrexone to start pretty rapidly - and for the Commons to shut up shop by early afternoon, unless some other business is added.

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De Bruyn went on to his first century for Somerset, off 214 balls, and a draw looked the favourite when Alfonso Thomas shut up shop.

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The large aerospace firms that had underpinned the southern Californian economy for decades shut up shop, and in their place has come an economy based on small businesses.

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Juventus appeared happy with their lead while Fulham, with an away goal in the bag, also seemed happy to shut up shop.

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In short, enjoy the (near) monopoly while it lasts and wring the last few cents out of it and then shut up shop and go home.

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"In today's world commercial banks, especially from Europe and the U.S., have pretty much shut up shop so our strategy has been going towards financing from export credit agencies, " referring to typically state-backed institutions set up to provide reliable export financing.

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