Word: bolstered
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...losses and industry complaints. The ensuing negotiations, which are still progressing unhurriedly and uncertainly, have been the cause of much friction between Beijing and Washington. Another touchy area is that of China’s currency. Many U.S. trade groups accuse China of keeping the yuan artificially cheap to bolster exports. The yuan was revalued in July from a direct 8.28 peg to the U.S. dollar to an approximately 8.11 managed float, but the 2.1 percent revaluation is still far below the 10 percent wanted by Washington. These issues have all strained Sino-U.S. relations in the past...
...certified financial planner and partner in Brown & Tedstrom Inc. in Denver. It also depends on your time horizon. Planning to stay in your house 10 years or more? Then taking the extra cash from refinancing and investing it in something that has a higher rate of return can really bolster your retirement portfolio...
...billion in revenues last year and has been expanding rapidly, particularly in China. To that end, CMA partnered with the state-controlled China Shipping Group, the industry's eighth largest, in a joint bid for CP Ships, valued at $1.46 billion. A share of CP's 80 vessels would bolster the 193-ship CMA fleet, and the partnership would help strengthen CMA's position in China. In 2004, 46% of U.S. containerized imports came from China, and shipments from China to American shores grew 32% last year alone. No wonder there's a trade imbalance. --By Jeremy Caplan
...want payback in the form of a big chunk of the 25 square miles of settlement land that will come under Palestinian control when the last Israeli soldiers leave (they're scheduled to depart in six weeks). Hamas wants to build low-income housing on the land to bolster popular support in advance of parliamentary elections set for January. Its leaders are casting Hamas as a national, rather than a purely Islamic, party that can beat Abbas' corrupt and unpopular Fatah party at the polls. If Abbas doesn't give Hamas some land--and his aides say the settlement territory...
...software will bolster a CIDA education that is designed to train disadvantaged young South Africans for the business world...