Health insurers powered the gains a day after the government released revised reimbursement rates for Medicare Advantage plans.

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The expectations of a rate hike are building up even as banks announce their revised lending rates in response to the 25-basis point increase in rates last month.

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Once the rates are revised, I would amend certain deductions.

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ChicoBag founder and CEO Andy Keller says that stat came from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), but that agency has since revised its stats, putting plastic bag recycling rates in about the 6-percent range.

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Low currency exchange rates are also to blame for the revised outlook.

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Supporters say the 2000 cancer plan in England and its 2002 equivalent in Scotland, both recently revised, have led to important advances, such as reduced waiting times and increased survival rates.

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Wim Duisenberg, the ECB's president, noted during his weekend visit to Washington that euro-area inflation is currently close to the ECB's target apparently implying reluctance to cut rates further, even though Mr Duisenberg acknowledged that European growth prospects have been revised downwards yet again.

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The Monetary Authority's Yam revised interbank trading rules to boost liquidity in the banking system, making it harder to manipulate local-dollar interest rates.

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