Shell Energy Australia would buy ERM in an all-cash offer valued at A$2.465 per ERM share, the company said in a statement.
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Sterling's exit from the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) in 1992 was broadly a good thing; the high interest rates needed to keep it within the ERM were economically damaging.
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"Erm … Just a large chips please," said Fred meekly.
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Erm, sorry, I let my imagination get ahead of myself.
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Although, erm, I would like him to podcast about it.
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Erm… wow… isn't that kind of a little bit racist?
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Erm excuse me mr toblerone, where are all my triangles!!
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Especially when you've just gotten home from the, erm, bar.
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LONDON — Who knew that gingerbread houses could be so, erm, naughty?
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""Erm… I'm sorry mate, we basically just do British stuff.""Grime?
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HSBC & Investec, White & Case, LEK, Deloitte, ERM and EY advised Bridgepoint.
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Spotify's previous big name suitors have included Google and, erm, MySpace.
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And, erm, some odd statements about the natural splendor of Thailand.
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Croatia hopes to be allowed to join ERM-2 next year.
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This ain't Sesame Street—counting riders really, erm, counts in public transit.
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This doesn't stop her from, erm, enjoying herself in her new double.
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I think Rachel — erm, I mean Lea — didn't like sharing the spotlight.
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USGS: Erm...we're going to have to say no, that's not safe.
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Shepherd's pie without, erm, any of the proteins that shepherds actually herd.
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Here, in Bong Joon Ho's future, the metaphor works more, erm, literally.
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They tell Becca that they like her, but, erm, they liked Lauren, too!
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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835, erm, platform seems likely, given Samsung's involvement in its creation.
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Riffing on erm, riffs, is not what Noisey first dates are made of.
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Not you, or, erm, your friend, when they're living that couch potato life.
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"Following on this work on these pre-commitments there will be formal Bulgaria's application for ERM-2," Dombrovskis said, noting that once an application is made to join the ERM-2, it could take just a few days to accept it.
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The ERM had been intended to reduce exchange rate fluctuations ahead of monetary union.
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It's not as good as organic, but it is, erm, better than regular cotton.
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It's become so popular that it's even spawned an, erm, new genre of porn.
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But fathering a child is one, erm, adventure that escaped him — until now, that is.
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Luyendyk's followers were upset at the joke because having a baby, erm, isn't a joke.
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Erm. Well, it's more that I feel I'm understanding things, participating in things up here.
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But, erm, he's capitalizing on them, and this isn't something the movie wants to discuss.
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Click on to take your boot game up a notch — erm, an inch — or two.
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He's a nefarious enemy, based on his actions, but, erm, he doesn't look that threatening.
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The rumors have been heavily supported by photographs of the two, erm, kissing in public.
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It has everything: totalitarianism, Tchaikovsky, and a masked man who is somehow, erm, very attractive.
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They are cold and should be kept that way to preserve there...erm...wight-ness.
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Take spring as an opportunity to give your legs (and, erm, crotch) some breathing room.
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Filler words, such as um, erm, hmm, or urh, may go unnoticed if used sparingly.
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He's also a gamer himself, and a Star Trek—erm, sorry, "Space Fleet"—fan. Surprise!
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To be in the ERM II, a country has to request it, and none had.
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Click on for the six styles we can't wait to get our hands — erm, feet — on.
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Their, erm, fruitful partnership, only got underway thanks to a dating algorithm, made specially for gorillas.
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The Kray Twins had their three-piece suits and Pablo Escobar always wore ... erm, nautical sweaters?
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IRL is meant to be a place for users to share their, erm, real life experiences.
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Jefferson was also a slaveholder, who had an, erm, complicated relationship with the institution of slavery.
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And it seems safe to assume she's not a fan of U2's...erm, entire career.
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But with Beck, erm, out of the picture, the show has room to introduce new faces.
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I am bouncing with excitement in my chair as we speak (erm, as you read this).
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Rules stipulate that after two years in the ERM-2 a country can join the euro.
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And she wants to do all of this while creating millions of green — erm, blue — jobs.
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It's always around this time of year when I want to channel my inner (erm, outer) Olsen.
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" The USGS replied back , "Erm...we&aposre going to have to say no, that&aposs not safe.
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It's unclear whether Joan and Roger...erm, Hendricks and Slattery will star together in an episode together.
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Here are just a few of the most, erm, impassioned, responses on Twitter to the reported engagement.
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Like man leaving the cave, the contestants are all slowly realizing that they can just, erm, leave.
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For now, all that matters is that they're having fun and, erm, concealing themselves amid the flora.
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The euro was formally established in 1999, 20 years after the EMS unveiled the ECU and ERM.
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Each brags about their achievements, and rags on the other for their personal and professional, erm, shortcomings.
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Natural redhead Lindsay Lohan is not okay with natural brunette Lea Michele stepping into Ariel's, erm, mermaid tail.
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A travel blogger, Murphy's never been on BIP, and she has, erm, transgressed the same way Unglert has.
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For months, we all assumed he was single because, erm, he didn't say he had a significant other.
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There's just one — or, erm...two — things that can get in the way, and they're called your boobs.
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Remember when Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter canoodled in a bathtub and Sutter very clearly got, erm, excited?
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She's been teasing photos of the mansion on Instagram, and one room in particular is quite, erm, festive.
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The first response may be the truest response, but could it be worded a little more, erm, diplomatically?
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After months of promises, trailers, and, erm, tattoos, Drake has finally released his long awaited More Life project.
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The answer is yes, but as we all know by now, the show — erm, class — must go on.
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"I am sure that Bulgaria will, or should, join the ERM-2 as rapidly as possible," Juncker said.
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Not sure I'm too convinced but have a watch for yourself if you've got a spare, erm, hour.
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As he sees it, the "economics establishment" was proved wrong about the ERM and wrong about the euro.
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The photo is erm, not subtle, and is only for those who aren't exactly phased by disturbing content.
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Here's what popped up on the British crooner's Twitter feed yesterday (not that we, erm, follow him or anything).
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It also revealed that, erm, Five Feet Apart is very similar to a season 7 episode of Grey's Anatomy.
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Then when Chrissy came up with the idea on set, and with John, I was like erm… YES please.
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The European Monetary System (EMS) introduced the European currency unit (ECU) as well as the exchange rate mechanism (ERM).
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"It will cost, erm, it will obviously cost a lot to do," he said during a prolonged awkward exchange.
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Reva DeVito "Bet You Stay" To change, erm, streams — here's a track to add to your makeout/seduction playlist.
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Private sector owners use Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) systems — akin to supply chain principles — to match needs with resources.
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Good intentions aside, a husband getting his wife an exercise bike doesn't exactly send the most, erm, loving message.
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Then there's the backstory for Grizabella, Jennifer Hudson's once-glamorous dance cat who's now, erm, a fallen cat prostitute.
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English sparkling wine has won awards across the world, and the Welsh valleys are producing Bordeaux to rival … erm, Bordeaux.
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Being among the first to what may well become a (erm) wider trend in the industry certainty has its perks.
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No one knows exactly what went down yet, and even the police are making light of the mysterious, erm, light.
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He is not very well-favored, and, erm, his fans aren't interested in what his basketball career is looking like.
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Changes in urination, increased pacing, and erm, butt biting, could be all useful indicators for when they're looking to breed.
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The problem is, the tome has a couple of pages that might be, erm, problematic in an elementary school setting.
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Pippa first caught the world's attention with her, erm, asset-highlighting white dress she wore as Kate's maid of honor.
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"Preparation for joining the ERM-2 is improving governance," said Jaewoo Lee, head of the IMF's regular mission to Bulgaria.
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Last week, Zagreb formalised its bid to enter the European Exchange Mechanism (ERM-2), the waiting room for euro adoption.
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It is also yet not clear how Bulgaria would combine the applications to enter the banking union and ERM-2.
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Although Clinton's 89 minutes count as the longest speech, Carter's, erm, wordy address is still counted as historically the longest.
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ERM identifies what needs to be done, where, when, at what cost, and with what effect on level of service.
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Despite warnings of the launch, some people on social media wondered if what they were seeing happened to be erm, aliens.
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Still, we bet you'll be surprised by just how, erm, impassioned some A-listers are about their favorite reality-TV shows.
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Reinhart and Sprouse play love interests Betty and Jughead on the show, and have been spotted together seeming, erm, romantic-ish.
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Online at the Entertainment Weekly pre-Emmy's party that the two will be, erm, consummating their relationship in the new series.
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Sophia agrees and heads to the studio to surprise Shane where she finds him being, erm, serviced by someone else already.
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Thus far, we think you'll find this one to be the most, erm, entertaining: Mr Richie's challenge to myself day 22016.
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Both Arlen and Daenerys start out kicking and screaming, and are surprised to later develop feelings for their, erm, captors/protectors.
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However, he said the country was likely to postpone its target to join ERM-2 in April by a few months.
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This week, we have this incredible walk-in closet (erm, bedroom) going for $850/month located near University of Toronto campus.
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Erm, Mike, most people don't have friends on the first day of kindergarten, unless you somehow collected a posse in pre-school.
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It existed in parallel with the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) which attempted to narrow fluctuations between the currencies of member states.
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Goranov said he expected Bulgaria would join the euro after spending the 24 months in the ERM-2 required by EU laws.
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Neal Reddy of Queer Eye fame rightfully pointed out on Twitter that, erm, walking around in your boxer briefs is pretty common.
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Plus, the UK's level of geothermal activity means hot springs are never going to be — erm — springing up all over the place.
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The singer chose Styles over celebrity hunks like Nick Jonas, Zac Efron, Brad Pitt, The Weeknd, Prince Harry, and, erm, Chris Martin.
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But after things got a little, erm, personal, we wouldn't be surprised if Consuelos stays far away from the set of Live!
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Bulgaria hopes to join the banking union and the ERM-2 mechanism in July, enabling it to adopt the euro after 2022.
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Other characters fit the mold as well: Imagine a side quest where you have to return testicles to Scruffles' (erm—sorry, Snowball).
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Timothy Olyphant plays Sheila's husband Joel, struggling to adapt to the change in his wife's physiology while helping her stay...erm, alive.
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Well, we quizzed two polar bears — erm, we mean bartenders — at Minus 5 to get the scoop on their cold-weather cures.
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It still needs to change some laws affecting its central bank and be a member of the exchange rate mechanism ERM-2.
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He tweets about Colin Kaepernick; he tweets about LeBron James and Michael Jordan; he tweets about, erm, Zionism's impact on the #AmericanPeople.
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Another new rule (erm, rather an important relationship and personal-finance lesson): No spending income that hasn't hit our checking accounts yet.
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But as the smarter business analysts know, superhero movies are relatively low on the list of concerns that, erm, animate this deal.
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Earlier on Friday, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said an entry into the ERM-2 would be an acknowledgment of Bulgaria's reform efforts.
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Admission to the ERM-2, the two-year waiting room for euro membership, would trigger an upgrade by S&P, Vartapetov said.
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This is perhaps, erm, a bit shady, especially coming after this weird and public mutual declaration of love on Twitter earlier this month.
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When Fallon politely implied that Davidson should stop, the comedian pointed out that, erm, you can't fire a guest from The Tonight Show.
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O) on Thursday said it will sell its B2B business units, The Deal and BoardEx, to London-based Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc (ERM.
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Her successor, John Major, was forced to pull sterling out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) on so-called "Black Wednesday" - Sept.
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The move follows Shell's acquisition last year of Australian industrial electricity retailer ERM Power and a stake in Australian solar developer ESCO Pacific.
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Another upgrade trigger could be Bulgaria's admission into the European Union's exchange rate mechanism (ERM-2), commonly known as the euro's waiting room.
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It means that, erm, Jon Snow and Sansa Stark are reunited (which happened during season 7) and they are both very, very worried.
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Justin Kosslyn leads product management at Jigsaw, the Google (erm, Alphabet) subsidiary working on technological solutions to problems like online censorship and radicalization.
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You can use the pumpkin syrup in this spoopy fall cocktail for, erm, recreating another favorite fall coffee beverage, if you're so inclined.
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Her successor, John Major, was forced to pull sterling out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) on so called 'Black Wednesday', Sept.
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He did not comment on whether Bulgaria will still apply to join the ERM-2 by the end of June as initially planned.
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"Yeah, erm, just let me… hang on a sec," you say, fingers fumbling on the track pad as she stands in the doorway.
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Borissov suggested on Thursday it would push to apply to join the ERM-2 at a meeting of EU's finance ministers next month.
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The law on stricter controls over state companies was part of Bulgaria's commitments for entering the euro zone's precursor, the ERM-2 mechanism.
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The small and open economy hopes to join the two-year ERM-II by next April and to balance its finances in 2020.
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"Let's carry on with Vorglühen [pre-drinking]—erm, yoga," our unflappable instructor shouts, still balanced on one leg with her arms in the air.
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Her own mother has died, but that doesn't quite explain her daughter Charlie's (Milly Shapiro) strange behavior... like, erm, cutting off a pigeon's head.
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Bulgaria expects to join both the EU's banking union and the ERM-2 mechanism, the two-year precursor to adopting the euro, this summer.
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She even makes a clean break from Colton, our burly idiot NFL-er, but only to discover that, erm, all men are disgusting crabs!
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When she presented the award for best director at the 75th Annual Golden Globes, Portman noted that the category was, erm, a little homogenous.
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It also needs to prove its banks are healthy before it can get a green light to join ERM-2 and the banking union.
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MORE, erected (erm...) by cover of night in Times Square and on the boardwalks of Los Angeles, the sculptor's artistic license given free reign.
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"His teacher asked us at pick up on the last day of school, and we were like, 'Erm ... OK." We found it funny, though.
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The salt and peppered man strolling alongside her is Sean Larkin, erm, Sergeant Sean Larkin: a Vans-wearing, fully-tatted, Crossfit-loving influencer cop.
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A quick Reddit search pulls up scores of colloquial definitions, theories, and lists to explain the concept in much more, erm, forceful language than Clatterbaugh's.
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Their relationship got a bit (erm, a lot) of publicity in early January when they were photographed leaving the Romantix Adult Store in Los Angeles.
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He is trying to will a connection to Lauren B., despite the fact that she is, erm, a pain blanc, as they say in France.
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Donaldson allegedly treated herself to some, erm, relatable purchases (although we never, ever endorse scamming beloved children's book authors in order to treat yo self).
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In August 1992 alone, a month before the ERM exit, foreigners sold a net 1.58 billion pounds of gilts, according to Bank of England data.
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Instead of wearing soccer — erm, football — jerseys, the two donned mostly black ensembles, with Sprouse sporting a a leather jacket and plain white T-shirt.
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Bulgarian officials said on Thursday they wanted to file a formal application in the middle of this year to lock their currency into ERM-2.
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Glapinski also said during his speech in Warsaw that he wouldn't allow the country to enter the ERM-2 euro waiting room during his term.
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"Erm, you don't have a nail appointment, sorry!" she told him, closing the door on his confused face, and walking me through a narrow walkway.
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As one of EU's poorest states, Bulgaria has been trying to build momentum for its entry to ERM-2 while holding the rotating EU presidency.
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Sofia has made wide-ranging commitments to secure banking union and ERM-2 membership, including strengthening its banking sector and its anti-money laundering systems.
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Mr Lyons was an early critic of the "exchange-rate mechanism" (ERM) of the early 1990s, in which the pound was pegged to the Deutschmark.
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Systems that rely on ERM and open procurement are routine for the governments of England, Scotland, London, Holland, the Australian states, and all of Canada.
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In 1979, the European Monetary System and its exchange rate mechanism (ERM) were introduced in the hope of achieving currency and exchange rate stability in Europe.
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Britain opted out of the ERM, but briefly joined in the early 1990s, only to unceremoniously leave it during the Black Wednesday currency crisis in 1992.
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There's a demand for this music and this... erm, "Attitude" right now and by God, Post Malone is going to be the one to supply it.
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"In August and September, Bansal and Jiampietro used the non-public ERM framework in at least five pitches to potential and existing clients," the Fed charged.
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Since it's difficult to build flood defences to prevent a flood plain being, erm, flooded, one pair of residents has come up with a unique solution.
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Last July, Bulgaria, an EU member since 2007, applied to join simultaneously the union and the ERM-2 currency mechanism, prerequisites for eventually adopting the euro.
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But soon, you'll also be able to access, erm, a DNA testing kit that can help you see if there's a genetic explanation for your problems.
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Chapman evoked "Black Wednesday", the day in 1992 when Britain was forced by market pressure to withdraw sterling from the EU's European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).
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I cannot think of a more on-brand costume than a faddy, ostensibly healthy serving of food for the man with his own salad cookbook, erm, manual.
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The Bulgarian government plans to join the ERM-2 mechanism, a preliminary stage for the adoption of the euro currency, in the first half of this year.
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At Super Bowl LIV on Sunday, both Mahomes and Lovato saw those dreams come true, proving that you can speak, erm ... tweet, your wildest ambitions into existence.
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ERM agreed to the offer, pitched at a big 43% premium to its last closing price, and recommended shareholders should accept it in a vote expected in November.
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ERM Chief Executive Jon Stretch said there was little overlap with Shell's existing business in Australia, so he expected most of ERM's staff would remain with the business.
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Croatia last month submitted a formal bid to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM-2), an early stage on the path to membership of the euro currency.
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"(We're) looking forward to another good budget, and the debt-to-GDP ratio will open the space for the start of talks on joining ERM-2" he said.
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He has both spoken eloquently about what serving in the military adds to experience in government, as well as, erm, tastefully burned, others for their inflated military claims.
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A 1,100-page study of the project, conducted by the British consulting firm ERM and issued five months ago, reinforced the notion of how much is at stake.
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Now, fans are speculating that the show is trying to, erm, smooth over the fact that they cast a white man in a Latino role by changing his heritage.
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"Intervention (then) failed because the ERM countries could not keep rates high enough for long enough to discourage speculation," he said in a note comparing the two this week.
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If you're thinking that McDonald's just saved dessert, you should probably know that there's one, erm, small catch: according to Cosmopolitan, the pie is only available in South Korea.
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Gold rallied in 1993 after the U.K. pulled out of European system known as the Exchange Rate Mechanism or ERM, as new pressures on the system began to emerge.
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But back to business: below is the first track from Zipper Club, a band made up of Cerebral Ballzy founding member Mason James and Lissy Trullie's, erm, Lissy Trullie.
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Its southern neighbor Bulgaria plans to join ERM-2 this spring and adopt the euro currency in 2023, the head of the International Monetary Fund said earlier this month.
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He was right: Britain crashed out of the ERM, the BoE blew billions of pounds of its foreign reserves, sterling plunged and he made himself an even bigger fortune.
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" Janet—who was supposed to be recording her vocal the same day—saw this, turned to me and said, "Erm, I think I'll do my vocal down in Minneapolis.
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With everything readily accessible via social media and fast-fashion retailers drastically speeding up the production cycle for the industry, fashion week — erm, month — is going through an identity crisis.
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But when his wife Andrea (played by a starkly out-of-place Zoe Kazan) pushes him to the brink by doing, erm, I don't know what exactly, he moves out.
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Having seen them perform this live and pull a bunch of ladies up onstage to, erm, booty sweat, we can confirm it does do what it says in the title.
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At this point, you might be wondering whether swallowing a pill filled with one of nature's most efficient killing machines might have some, erm, unfortunate side-effects on the host.
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Ben Lord, a UK fund manager at M&G Investments, noted this was similar to levels seen during the ERM crisis or Britain's 1976 bailout by the International Monetary Fund.
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Looks like Apple is done with the cylinder-style (or, as it's sometimes, erm, lovingly referred to, "trash can") Mac Pro, with the company returning to the classic tower look.
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The new feature comes after Facebook's dating ambitions were revealed at F8 earlier this month, forcing competing dating services try their best to win hearts, and erm, your GPS location.
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Such improvements include a formal board-approved enterprise risk management (ERM) policy and the implementation of BSA/AML oversight tools and processes to monitor and manage potential high risk activities.
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"Completing these commitments and joining ERM-2 and the banking union would further underpin the credibility of policies in addition to many benefits that EU membership has brought," he said.
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They can't do battle with Decepticons, but they can turn their heads from side to side and move their arms and fingers and, erm, shoot smoke from between their legs.
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A new study conducted by interior landscaping firm Ambius (because, erm, nothing enhances an interior space like anxiously munching coworkers) delves deeper into the precarious world of eating al desko.
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There's a whole class related to how water impacts sex, whether you can get pregnant through your other, erm, orifices, or if you do some sort of post-sex dance moves.
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Plenkovic said Croatia wanted to enter the European exchange rate mechanism II (ERM-2) within the next three years, before the country takes the presidency of the European Union in 2020.
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But the material, as raunchy and, erm, anatomically confused (Flintstone seems to think "cervix" and "vagina" are interchangeable terms) isn't even the most interesting part; the author, Rocky Flintstone himself, is.
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Seeing as Madden was a Stark, his reaction might be a bit different from Jason Momoa's (Khal Drogo), whose, erm, colorful Instagram Stories live stream wasn't exactly the most positive review.
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While there, they also took the time to take a few group pics, one of which gained some attention for an, erm, unfortunate reason: Tom Holland tagged Zendaya on his crotch.
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Bulgaria had hoped to join the ERM-2 much earlier but under pressure from its European Union peers accepted a series of wide-ranging commitments that may prolong its waiting period.
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Because of the, erm, flexibility of Trump's rhetoric, they were able to pick policies where Trump had, at some point, taken both a liberal policy position and a conservative policy position.
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Because in the end, it's just a distraction from what Fuller House ultimately teaches us is the most important thing in life: extreme, unhealthy, unchecked co-dependence...erm, I mean, family!
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The request for the first must be filed at least five months before an expected entry date, while a reply to a request to join the ERM-2 takes three days.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has made its first foray into Australia's highly competitive power sector with a A$617 million ($419 million) takeover offer for ERM Power Ltd, the country's no.
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"We expect to join simultaneously ERM-2 and banking union by July 2019," Bulgarian Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and the country's central bank's governor Dimitar Radev said in a letter of commitments.
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Though the birthday girl's big day isn't until Monday, the former Spice Girl and soccer (erm, football) superstar pulled out all the stops to kick their little one's birthday week off right.
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He added that Bulgaria would need to be a member of ERM-2 for two years, and then another year would be necessary for "practical preparations" before it could join the euro.
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Ginsburg, a top law student who could not secure a job at a top firm (because, erm, sexism) called BS — sparking a quest for gender equality that would last her entire life.
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Once this process is completed, Bulgaria will be able to apply to join the bloc's ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism - a waiting room of at least two years, that precedes euro membership.
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"The commitments that will be made to us ... need to be definite," Goranov said, stressing that the ERM-2 entry should not resemble Bulgaria's efforts to join Europe's passport-free Schengen zone.
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It had initially argued that entry to ERM-2 and the banking union should be separate processes, while the European Commission and the European Central Bank have said they should be linked.
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EU members that have not yet adopted the euro are expected to participate for at least two years in ERM II, a mechanism aimed to ensure currency stability before joining the euro zone.
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In the past couple of days, fans of both King Krule—a wunderkind who hasn't released music since December 2015—and erm, U2—some dads—have received items of interest in the mail.
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The 20-year-old star made her grand appearance on the 2017 Teen Choice Awards red — erm, in this case blue — carpet wearing the most divine pair of sparkling pajamas we've ever seen.
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The night — erm, technically the day in Australia — began with Cameron sharing a pic of his sister and their mother, Sarie Kessler, on the red carpet with the hashtag #excitementoverload on Instagram Stories.
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Jiampietro coached Bansal on how to land a job, then used him to get confidential "enterprise-wide risk management" (ERM) information through a contact Bansal had at the Fed, according to the complaint.
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But Goranov said he remained hopeful that Bulgaria will be allowed to enter the bloc's banking union and the ERM-2 mechanism, the two-year obligatory precursor to the euro currency, this summer.
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Sparring on both sides of the aisle got, erm, heated, and what each candidate said to and about the other online was just as newsworthy as what was said at an in-person debate.
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"We welcome the intention of the Bulgarian authorities to put in place the necessary elements for a successful entry into ERM II," the statement issued at the end of the finance ministers' meeting said.
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Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov told an economic forum in Sofia that Bulgaria, which has its lev currency pegged to the euro, can only benefit from joining the ERM-2 and the euro zone itself.
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Outside the 24.7 global financial crisis and Britain's ERM ejection, this week's fall has only been bigger on around 22.7 occasions since the era of free-floating exchange rates began over 21999 years ago.
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The musicians behind Coexist and the xx, otherwise known as the album your ex-boyfriend always used to put on to erm, "set the mood," have been recording its follow-up in recent weeks.
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The ERM acquisition fits well with Shell's recent takeover of German solar battery maker sonnen, which has a presence in Australia, giving Shell a small foothold in selling to households alongside ERM's big business customers.
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Once this process is completed under the supervision of the European Central Bank, Bulgaria will be able to apply to join ERM-2 - a waiting room of at least two years, that precedes euro membership.
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Friday morning, NBC News learned that while the White House says it still believes the executive order will ultimately prevail in court, it's also considering revising the order so that it would, erm, prevail better.
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Soros used Quantum Fund in 1992 to bet successfully that sterling was overvalued against the Deutsche Mark, forcing then-Prime Minister John Major to pull the pound out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).
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"The final result, as I see it, is that within a year we will be able to enter simultaneously in close cooperation with the banking union and in the ERM," he told a business conference.
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It followed loans a few months back for supermarket chain Woolworths, Infrastructure Capital and ERM Power's Neerabup gas-fired power station in Western Australia and electricity network Ausgrid, all of which also attracted institutional investors.
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In today's edition of "things we can't believe really exist," there is now going to be a full-size replica of the Titanic in China, complete with a simulated iceberg crash, for tourists to erm... enjoy.
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He said that timeline for the application did not clash with expectations of Bulgaria's prime minister that the Balkan country would be allowed into the ERM-2 — a stability test for the currency — within a year.
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The Balkan country said it is committed to implementing a number of prior commitments in policy areas highly relevant to a smooth transition to joining the bloc's ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism in the next months.
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"It takes at least another three years" to adopt the euro from when Bulgaria joins the ERM-2, Dombrovskis said, effectively setting the date for Sofia's accession to the euro zone at not before mid-2022.
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Sofia has made a number of commitments, including cooperating with the ECB, so that next July it can join both the banking union and ERM-2, the two-year obligatory precursor mechanism to joining the euro.
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Soros bet successfully that the pound was overvalued against the Deutsche Mark in 1992, culminating in so called 'Black Wednesday' when John Major was forced to pull sterling out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).
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So erm, if you're at a loose end today and you fancy hanging out at an airport and listening to Brian Eno then you could probably do worse than getting yourself down there, to be honest.
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Soros used Quantum Fund in 1992 to bet successfully that sterling was over-valued against the Deutsche Mark, forcing then-Prime Minister John Major to pull the pound out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).
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If the night's winners were not emboldened by, erm, Ashton Kutcher, who kicked off the ceremony by welcoming "everyone in airports that belong in my America," they surely were by the first winner, Ms. Louis-Dreyfus.
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SOFIA, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Bulgaria is likely to delay plans to join the precursor to euro zone membership, the ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism, until the summer, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Thursday.
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Another upgrade trigger could be Bulgaria's admission into the European Union's exchange rate mechanism (ERM-2), commonly known as the euro's waiting room, the agency said, noting that political hurdles to the process were still high.
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A recent analysis by Environmental Resources Management (ERM) finds that 40 percent of wells on federal lands could be shut in permanently because they would become uneconomical to continue operating as a result of that rule.
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Bulgaria had hoped to join the ERM-2 much earlier than this process seems to foresee, but under pressure from its European Union peers accepted a series of wide-ranging commitments that may prolong its waiting period.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria hopes to join the precursor to euro zone membership, the ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism before year-end, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said on Wednesday, pushing back Sofia's initial target of joining this summer.
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"I hope that ... entering into the ERM mechanism, can happen by the end of the year, even sooner than the end of the year," national radio BNR quoted Goranov as saying at an economic forum in Plovdiv.
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So this is the thing: Oberhofer released their second album Chronovision back in August last year, but here we have the deluxe version of the album which contains not one, not two, but 12 new tracks. Erm.
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In order to join the ERM-2 mechanism, the two year "waiting room" for the euro zone this summer, Bulgaria has committed to improve financial sector supervision, anti-money laundering measures and management of state-owned companies.
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Even though the cast of the movie, based on the popular Broadway play, did look, erm, memorable, the effects made the actors look more like furry humans than actual cats, which led many to mock the film.
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Generally, British interest in gold has been lukewarm in modern times because of the pound's role as a global reserve currency, even when sterling was tested by crashing out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) in 1992.
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Bill Kristol, the late John McCain, and Peggy Noonan also made the cut, as did reporters on the Romney beat when the account was created back in 2011, as "Delecto" — erm, Romney — was launching his presidential bid.
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Which brings us to the America First Energy Plan's, erm, strategy for bringing back jobs: The Trump Administration is also committed to clean coal technology, and to reviving America's coal industry, which has been hurting for too long.
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SOFIA, April 27 (Reuters) - Bulgaria wants to apply to join the ERM-2 mechanism, a waiting room for the adoption of the euro currency, in the first half of this year, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said on Friday.
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In her new music video — her first release since her 2016 album Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande seems to have been caught in the hipster Upside Down, a highly Instagrammable dystopia where, erm, gravity does not appear to exist.
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Of course, it's always a bit of a bummer when someone (erm, at least 10 other people) has the same Zara outfit as you do, but with a suit this cool, can you really blame any of us?
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That combined with the blacklit settings and Mic's typical ferocity on the, erm, mic, makes this video feel like a particularly tense game of Halo or whatever the upcoming Call of Duty is called, the one in space.
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British interest in gold, by contrast, has been lukewarm in modern times because of the pound's role as a global reserve currency, even when sterling was tested by crashing out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) in 1992.
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And this, this brings us to a very specific moment: French and Saunders, beloved comedy duo, doing their version of James Corden's Carpool Karaoke on Comic Relief, with erm, a "version" of Skepta's genre-defining grime track "Shutdown".
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Erm, modern Italian school lunches look a lot like the food my friend Anthony made during his first year of university, when he decided to see if he could survive off rice and ketchup for an entire month.
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Sofia, which is preparing to enter the eurozone's "waiting room", the ERM-2 mechanism, in April, aims to balance its fiscal books in 103 and keep it that way till 2023, when it hopes to adopt the euro.
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T-Boz and Chilli dropped their latest last album in 2017, so if you are planning on heading to Nevada for the free concert, erm, Steyer rally, you will likely hear a mix of new and old songs.
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Bulgaria does not have a target date for euro adoption, but has stepped up its efforts to convince its EU partners it should be allowed to join the ERM-2 currency grid, commonly known as the euro's "waiting room".
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That's right, the emoji woman is now rocking what appears to be a variation of a chic, loose bob with sideswept bangs (do we think she brought a picture of Taylor Swift to her stylist, erm designer, for inspiration?).
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If you were into that browser-based mock Roland 909 drum machine we wrote up last month, and still, erm, have moments at work when you don't want to do work, we've got the perfect follow up for you.
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The new deficit target will still be below EU's 13% threshold for fiscal shortfalls and is not expected to put the brakes on Bulgaria's plans to join the precursor to euro zone membership, the ERM-2 mechanism, this year.
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But somehow, standing inside Mike Perry's vibrant Brooklyn studio with nothing (and I mean nothing) between me and a group of eight exceptional artists who are about to draw me completely nude, my overzealous confidence is suddenly, erm, stripped.
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov reiterated Sofia meets all the formal criteria for adopting the single currency and said he expected the country to be allowed into the ERM-2 mechanism - the two year obligatory precursor to the euro.
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Bulgaria has rejected the recommendation of the European Commission and the European Central Bank that it first enter the banking union, putting its top banks under ECB scrutiny, then begin the waiting period, membership in the ERM-2 mechanism.
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Boyko Borissov said Sofia was ready to allow scrutiny of its banks by the European Central Bank, but needed a commitment from euro zone states to a firm date for entry into the bloc's exchange rate mechanism, ERM-2.
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SOFIA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Bulgaria hopes to join the precursor to euro zone membership, the ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism, by April 30, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said on Wednesday, pushing back Sofia's target of joining before year-end.
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Though the presidency of the EU offers little direct power, it offers Borissov a platform which he used to renew Bulgarian demands to be allowed to join Schengen and the euro's "waiting room", the ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism.
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SOFIA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament approved a balanced budget for 2500 on Thursday while boosting public wages and funds for education as the small and open economy prepares to join euro zone's precursor, the ERM-2853, next spring.
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Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov has said boosting capital at the two lenders will allow Bulgaria to enter the so-called ERM-2, a "waiting room" for the euro zone, which he expects to happen by the end of April.
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Lumpish pace and thin plotting has blighted other Marvel Netflix shows, and while this one isn't exactly breakneck (it still has the steady, unhurried canter of a cable drama), it only takes three episodes for our heroes to... erm... assemble.
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Read on to learn a few hacks that will make your own bathing experience more fulfilling, dispel quite a few stereotypes, and make you realize that Americans are actually kind of, erm, behind when it comes to post-bathroom hygiene.
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The pound did get back to its pre-1992 levels against the dollar in the mid-2000s but to attribute that to "post-ERM strength" would be the height of absurdity (and the pound, of course, is below $1.50 now).
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In 22016, she was photographed in a fetching sweater patterned in European flags while campaigning to stay, and in 21940 she signed the Single European Act, whose purpose was to strengthen the European Monetary System with its Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).
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Literally everyone (including, erm, Danny DeVito?) wants you to register, and the music world is very much on board, with everyone from grime MCs to Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice encouraging you to sign up: Do as Ellie says, okay?
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Sofia, which has one of the lowest public debt levels in the European Union, initially planned to join both the two-year obligatory precursor to the euro zone, the ERM-2, and the bloc's banking union at the end of April.
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In another bid to calm fears that ERM-2 entry may devalue the lev currency, which is pegged to the euro, and hit people's savings, Borissov reiterated the fixed exchange rate will be kept until Sofia adopts the common currency.
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Bulgaria, a small and open economy, hopes to join the eurozone's obligatory two-year "waiting room", the ERM-2 mechanism, by next April, and it aims to balance its fiscal books in 2020 and keep it that way by 2023.
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ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia will formally launch a bid to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM-2), an early stage on the route to membership of the euro currency, by the end of this week, its finance minister said on Wednesday.
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Bulgarian officials said on Thursday they wanted to file a formal application in the middle of this year to lock their currency in the Exchange Rate Mechanism 2 (ERM-2) — a two-year stability test for national currencies before joining the euro.
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Sofia's application last year to join the EU's Exchange Rate Mechanism II (ERM-2), a waiting room before full euro membership, is likely to be successful "by the middle of this year," Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said in a live chat on social media.
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Sure, we may be more accustomed to HRH and the former president discussing issues like state policy, mental health and immigration, but as part of Prince Harry's takeover of radio programme Today, we were treated to subjects like Suits and, erm, boxer shorts.
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The model and cookbook author took to Twitter last night to call out fans for making too much of her highly entertaining post-Grammys Snapchat, in which Legend helped remove her jewelry because she was, erm, too boozy to do it herself.
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"On the startups you're certainly trying to get the process units in the refineries that produce the highest margins - the units taking low-value feedstocks and turning them into high-value products," said Eric Dietert, partner at consulting firm ERM in Houston.
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On Black Wednesday the Bank of England raised interest rates to 15 percent to try and prop up the pound, before abandoning the ERM altogether and allowing the pound to slide as it slashed rates to just above 5 percent by February 1994.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Croatia has submitted a formal bid to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM-2), an early stage on the path to membership of the euro currency, the head of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers said on Monday.
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Origin Energy, which also reported its results on Thursday, said it was undaunted by the pending entry of Shell in power retailing, saying Origin has managed to grow its share of commercial and industrial customers even with ERM as a strong competitor to date.
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BRUSSELS, July 8 (Reuters) - Croatia has submitted a formal bid to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM-2), an early stage on the path to membership of the euro currency, the head of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers said on Monday.
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SOFIA, June 2 (Reuters) - Bulgaria has a long way to go before it is ready to adopt the euro, but allowing Sofia into the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM-2) will be an acknowledgment of the Balkan country's reform efforts, its finance minister said on Friday.
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The whole design seems to take some pretty clear, erm, inspiration from HQ Trivia but the live voting component adds a more impactful community vibe to it though once users see they aren't included amongst the finalists, it might be hard to hold onto viewers.
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Howe was an enthusiastic European who wanted to join the ERM, and although Lawson was less committed, he began a policy of "shadowing the Deutschmark," or pinning sterling to the strongest European currency, as a means of controlling inflation, which he did without telling Thatcher.
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But since I've heard so many friends sing their praises — how easy they are to wear (what?!) and how flattering they look (erm, debatable) — and since I've come across so many versions of the trend, I felt like I must have been missing something.
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After that, Croatia will join the ERM-2, where it will stay for at least two years before it could start the practical preparations to join the euro zone, a process that takes roughly another year, making 2023 the earliest year for euro membership.
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It's a thoughtful statement on the current, erm, predicament that America, and therefore the rest of the world, currently finds itself in, and, never really one for subtlety, the sparse piano line with which Misty accompanies himself kind of piles on the melancholy even further.
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The service is made even easier if you have access to another stock photo library where you can easily upload professionally-shot images into Design Wizard (if you don't have one, we have a recommendation, erm... 101 of them, for you to check out).
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"I am a moderate optimist that in July, if all goes well with the asset quality review and the stress tests ... we will have a reason to apply for ERM entry and will expect a positive result," Goranov told a public debate on the euro adoption.
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While I don't plan on signing up for any more online courses anytime soon—I, erm, have guitar practicing to do—I do plan on going through the other "Paths" in Fender Play, which include blues, folk, country, and pop (my first pick was rock, obviously).
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As erm, cute, as "The Boy Does Nothing" was, what I need from you most of all are your club-style bars, barked with a force that could kill a man, against a Mis-Teeq garage rager with a sweet, sweet Sabrina and Su-Elise hook.
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Citu, who has estimated the consolidated budget deficit will return below the EU's 3% ceiling in 2022, said on Monday that with proper measures in place Romania could get its economy ready to join the ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism, the precursor to eurozone membership in 2024.
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Cameron had a front-row view of a currency crisis as a 25-year-old Treasury adviser in 1992, when then Prime Minister John Major was forced to pull sterling out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), a system intended to reduce exchange rate fluctuations ahead of monetary union.
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"We stand ready to work closely with Bulgaria in these areas so that they can join both the ERM-2 and the banking union, which is, so to say, a stepping stone toward joining the euro area," the EU Commission's vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis told journalists before the meeting on Thursday.
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So your blogger choked on his nightly cocoa when Mr Johnson said, on last night's BBC Ten O'Clock News (around 14 minutes in), that: I would remind you that everybody said the pound would fall as a result of our leaving the ERM and on the contrary the pound strengthened.
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He's also to thank (blame?) for the never-ending ascent of Ed Sheeran, who had a massive leg-up in the UK when he featured on SBTV back in 2010 before going on to feature with some of the hardest MC's in the grime scene, including JME, Stormzy and, erm, Nizlopi.
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Not that it's a solid-gold-standard contender in its class, so far as the mechanical side of things goes: you tap your buttons in time with the beat, those buttons corresponding to different lanes, down which glide and slide alien nasties that get zapped apart by your, erm, speakers. Obviously.
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"Last year if you recall the foreign secretary -- then Boris, erm, Boris, Boris Johnson -- the bicycle guy -- Boris Johnson was here with ambulances," Kenyatta said as he responded to a question about the repatriation of stolen funds in Britain to finance development projects in Kenya's health, education and other sectors.
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The scenario: Your "friend" ends up at the bar most nights, where one drink has a way of morphing into seven followed by 2 AM EasyMac and a faceplant that could be described either as "losing consciousness" or "sleep," depending on how honest you're being with yourself—erm, he's being with himself.
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The scenario: Your "friend" ends up at the bar most nights, where one drink has a way of morphing into seven followed by 2 AM EasyMac and a face plant that could be described either as "losing consciousness" or "sleep," depending on how honest you're being with yourself—erm, he's being with himself.
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On Tuesday the EU insurance watchdog EIOPA gave its nod for Bulgaria to enter the euro zone's "waiting room" in a letter to the European Commission, leaving the European Central Bank as the last EU institution to have its say on whether Sofia should be allowed to join the ERM-2 mechanism.
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This year alone, a Voice Performance category would hold the potential for an ursine showdown between Ben Whishaw (for Paddington 2) and journeyman Jim Cummings (for Christopher Robin), not to mention a handful of big names who provided CGI character voices for Avengers: Infinity War (Bradley Cooper, Carrie Coon, and, erm, Vin Diesel?
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Kostov, 61, appointed to the post in July 2015, said intensive work at his department over the past years meant he wanted to step down in the middle of his mandate last year but delayed it due to Bulgaria's plans to seek entry in the euro zone's ERM-2 mechanism and the EU's banking union.
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The city with the highest percent increase in matches over the holiday was Detroit (54 percent surge), followed by Houston (43 percent) and Washington, D.C. (41 percent) Before you hit all your local hometown hot spots — and see how much your crush has, erm, changed — make sure to follow our very scientific Dating Over the Holidays Guide.
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In large part, the demise of the band is blamed on the unlikely figure of, erm, Ryan Adams, who is named by a number of the band's members and those around them as playing a part in Albert Hammond Jr.'s heroin addiction (giving rise to the immortal quote "Albert getting into smack was just ridiculous," via former A&R guy James Endeacott).
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Judging by the recent uproar surrounding the BBC's decision to axe its online recipe section, Britain is pretty big on written cooking guides (and, erm, Gregg Wallace's recipe for "Stuffin' Muffins"?) A glance at the groaning kitchen bookshelf of even the most cooking-averse household will also attest to the fact that we just can't seem to feed ourselves without the help of Nigella's latest coffee table tome.
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Delivered as an extensive oral history, it reveals the main stumbling blocks for the band, which appear to have been Albert Hammond Jr's brush with heroin, a level of critical success that didn't translate to commercial sales, and, erm, Ryan Adams: It appears that Adams, with whom The Strokes initially shared a manager, Ryan Gentles, was not the most positive influence on Hammond Jr. He of course disagrees, and had this to say about his eventual forced exit from their scene: "I would suspect that they soon learned that I was not the problem" may well just be the most Nail Polish Emoji thing Ryan Adams, or indeed, anyone, has ever said.
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