Alt indicators at current prices, including changes in inventories and consumption of fixed capital, are valued at average prices of the accounting period.

UNESCO: Belarus: Report: Part I: Descriptive Section

During the mortgage crisis, the vast majority of jumbos were adjustable-rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages, which started at low fixed rates and switched to adjustable interest rates at the end of a set time period typically of five, seven or 10 years, said Keith Gumbinger, vice president at HSH.com, a mortgage-information website.

WSJ: Fixed-Rate Jumbo Mortgages Make a Comeback

Companies could be barred from using rolling contracts - where the contract is renewed each day so that at any given time directors have a fixed notice period to serve - to get around limits on the length of time they may serve.

BBC: 'Fat cat' pay proposals: At a glance

At a minimum, the Ottawa treaty will require the phasing out of such mines within a fixed period of time -- whether alternatives capable of performing the mission have been discovered, or not.

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