On Monday the professional hockey lock-out entered its 86th day, canceling 422 regular season games and threatening the entire hockey season.
The firm's bosses said the lock-out was needed to end the dispute, which had been costing millions of dollars every week.
As the professional football players face an impending lock-out by owners, with whom do you imagine the American public will be siding?
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And though not a model of financial perfection, the NHL is certainly on much better financial ground today than it was before the lock-out.
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While China-state ownership of rich Canadian assets is a big political issue in Canada, it does not come close to rivaling the national emotion generated by the NHL lock-out.
The NBA lock-out reduced rights costs and proved a boon for the network a stark contrast from Walt Disney, which missed revenue expectations partly because of the basketball labor dispute.
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In recent weeks, however, Edwards has played a key role in two of the most pressing public policy issues facing Canada: the National Hockey League lock-out and Chinese-state ownership in the rich oil sands.
Do not ever provide a service over the web that controls something critical (house lights, surveillance cameras, bank accounts, car lock-out devices, street signs, traffic lights, bank accounts, stock trading accounts, etc.) without having at least rudimentary controls in place.
With the biggest share lock-up expiration out of the way, it seemed like believers in the Facebook story found it safer to buy into the stock.
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And three minutes later the Scarlets conceded their second try when the Clermont forwards powered to the line following a line-out with lock Loic Jacquet emerging as the scorer as the French club led 12-0.
Messam's charge preceded an exquisite cut-out pass from lock Hayden Triggs which sent Gear charging over for his hat-trick score.
Hibbard prevented Tito taking a quick line-out and the Kiwi lock seemed to lash out at the Welsh international, who in turn seemed to head-butt the giant Blues star.
In a statement, Cuomo said he is investigating whether Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) forced its customers to lock out Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: AMD - news - people ) from the market for the so-called x86 processors that power the world's personal computers.
Even if you don't see that as a security risk, a system crash could lock the BlackBerry out of your in-box.
Advertising is shiny, so squint through the glare and find out about fees, lock-in periods, points and qualification requirements for what is being featured.
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Maybe the boom will last another 3 years and new deals financed today will be able to go public and the investors will get to cash out after the IPO lock-up period ends.
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Zamyatin commandeered a landing module and kamikazied himself out of the air lock yester-day.
The anodized aluminum cup stores a flip-out tripod stand, gas canister and self-igniting burner that all lock securely into each other (and weigh in at roughly one pound).
Blues lock Bradley Davies was foolishly sin-binned, sticking out a stray boot when he was on the floor in a ruck to disrupt Northampton ball.
That way, if rates rise dramatically, you can get out of your CD and re-lock at a higher.
Lydiate has been one of the stand-out performers for the Dragons this season and is one of just two Rodney Parade players - alongside lock Luke Charteris - called up for Wales coach Warren Gatland's 29-man autumn Test squad.
The Reva e-20 goes up to 100 kilometers per charge and equipped with the usual geeked-out smart phone connectivity that allows drivers to lock their cars and turn on the air conditioning from their phone.
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Position-traded money market funds are a different type of lock-up: Investors must place a trade to get into or out of the fund, which can take a day to complete.
Leinster suffered a blow 10 minutes before half-time when lock Leo Cullen received a yellow card for taking out a support player as Scott Morgan gathered a lineout ball but Dragons were unable to make their numerical advantage count.
So Leekley backed his boat out of the lock and waited on standby for another half-hour or so.
If no deal is reached by the end of this month the owners are going to lock the players out, threatening at least a portion of the 2011-12 season.
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Ulster surged into a 21-0 half-time lead with their second try in the 32nd minute when after a line-out take by Frost, the pack drove the big lock over the line.
Prop Kevin Yates, lock Tom Palmer and back-row James Haskell are the unfortunate forwards to miss out.
In a statement, Cuomo said he is investigating whether Intel forced its customers to lock out Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices from the market for the so-called x86 processors that power the world's personal computers.
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