Word: clear
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...Because both Chinalco and Minmetals are state-owned companies, the deals face significant regulatory scrutiny in Australia, but are likely to go through with few major problems. Kevin Rudd, the prime minister, is a fluent Mandarin speaker who had made it clear that solid ties to Beijing are among his top priorities. And with the mining industry now flat on its back as the global recession deepens, it's unlikely Canberra will go out of its way to insult the only people around who have some money left in their pockets - and the willingness to spend...
...another stimulus package if needed. Moreover, recent reports from the credit markets indicate that the great credit freeze may finally be starting to thaw. Morgan Stanley says that its analysts are seeing an improved credit landscape in most of the industries they track. "With the exception of utilities, a clear majority of firms in every other sector reported that credit availability had either remained the same or become easier over the past three months," Morgan Stanley's February 17 report notes...
...more at risk for the contagious diseases that the vaccine typically prevents. Parents who choose not to immunize their children thus endanger other people’s children; this disregard for others’ health is unreasonable, given the lack of benefits of forgoing immunization. It is clear that the word of the scientific community is not enough to convince parents that immunizing their children will prevent—not cause—further problems. The government therefore has a duty to combat this misinformation by spreading verifiable scientific knowledge regarding the benefits of the MMR vaccine. Bereft of sound...
...state banks, as well as the U.S. Treasury itself. Not the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, not the Federal Reserve System, not any central bank—this node of finance was the New York Clearinghouse. Established in 1853, the Clearinghouse pooled reserves so that member banks could clear debits and credits daily. It also functioned as a private central bank, which took care of its own in the many banking panics of the late 19th century—especially 1857, 1873, 1893, and 1907—until the Federal Reserve System came to town...
...proclaims that “private sector buyers [can] determine the price for current troubled and previously illiquid assets.” Why should private investment funds supply this capital? And why would private firms be any better at pricing these toxic securities, when the Fed has had no clear success in that endeavor over the past months...