Just for Laughs is in its fourth year in Chicago, as the first U.S. spinoff of Just for Laughs Montreal, a multiweek, bilingual event in July.

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Investors are hoping that a recent decision by central banks of the United States, the euro zone and Britain to lend billions in multiweek loans will boost activity in the global debt markets.

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Under the plan, starting in 2013 the primary route to the big tour will be through yearlong performance on the developmental tour, culminating in some kind of multiweek super-tournament that includes low finishers from the PGA Tour.

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