SecondMarket and Sharespost enable people to grab shares of companies like LinkedIn but up until now no company has gone public to prove that the prices trading on those platforms would stand up in public markets.
For Mr Obama now to take up the no-protection cause at the G20's forthcoming meeting in Pittsburgh would, alas, be laughable.
Of course China does not normally allow those things anyway and, having staked so much prestige on the games, is in no mood to loosen up now.
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Celtic Crusaders and Salford used to mop up all the talent, but now it has evened itself out because there is no immediate prospect of promotion to Super League.
From the tireless and tiring festivities of the Jubilee, to the ultimately deflating Euro 2012 run for England's soccer team and, now, up to the Olympics, there is no let-up in sight.
In any case, no British government could now consider signing up to the euro without first winning a referendum, and opinion polls have shown a fairly consistent two-to-one majority against joining the single currency.
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That entire period will be under a cloud, no matter what Selig does now to make up for his own willful negligence.
Facebook Messenger (for Android) in certain regions now allows people with no Facebook account to sign up for the service with just a name and phone number, without any Facebook account.
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The chain of events is deeply contested, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports, but what is certain is that the Ossetians clutching candles and soaking up this music amid the ruins of Tskhinvali now have no desire to reunite their breakaway region with Georgia.
Gareth Davies, Chief executive of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association, said past studies had indicated that taking folic acid may help prevent cleft lip and palate in so called "high risk" groups but until now there had been no conclusive evidence to back this up.
No wonder the manufacturers are now working together to draw up common software standards.
Positioned at fine leg, the youngster made no mistake - and England now go back up a place to fifth in the ICC Test rankings.
The prosecutor was so diligently neutral, despite repeated questions, that no one now knows whether he has merely some cleaning up to do or plans to pursue charges against Mr Rove or others.
Mr Fitzgerald was so diligently neutral, despite repeated questions, that no one now knows whether he has merely some cleaning up to do or plans to pursue charges against Mr Rove or others.
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But that's what the importance was of what you have heard up to now, the complete record woven together, step by step, so that no one in this chamber at this juncture does not know all the facts that are pertinent to this case.
The cap on large letters and parcels of up to 2kg is now directly linked to this, meaning that prices can rise by no more than 34% from the end of April 2012 until 2019 in addition to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation.
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There are no land lines and now the city is trying to hook up a satellite phone service.
They are in no hurry to give up their independence or raise children just because they now can.
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They have moved to a small town to get away from a long-haired ghost named Samara (Kelly Stables), who made their life hell in the previous movie and who now, needless to say, wastes no time whatsoever in rolling up to finish what she started.
That is the urgent matter at hand, and that is why he is out here in North Carolina and Virginia, talking to the citizens of these states, and trying to put pressure on Congress to take up that legislation now piece by piece and pass it, because there is no higher priority.
The 8GB of flash means the MinoHD can now record up to two hours of 720p video, and while there's still no image stabilizer, it's not like that's stopped anyone from loving the MinoHD before.
While the official government rhetoric up until now has shown no changes in the One Child Policy, we are starting to see experimentation in a few selected demographics, and the creation of small policy loopholes that are allowing more Chinese families to legally have more than one child.
But now they have woken up hung-over, to find that reform can be put off no longer (see article).
Stadiums will now be free to rile up crowds with video displays, and public-address announcers will no longer be restrained from inciting racket when the opposing offense faces a crucial third down.
Donald is now up to fourth in the race to qualify for the European Ryder Cup team and has no doubt that his debut in Detroit two years ago helped him win at Mirasol in Palm Beach Gardens, where he now owns a house.
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