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...this year and next. Foreign direct investment poured into Turkey this decade as companies ranging from French insurer Axa to U.S. private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts snapped up Turkish assets. But that flood has now been reduced to a trickle. The burgeoning middle class is starting to curb its free-spending ways, and the nation's two major export industries - automobiles and textiles - are watching nervously as international sales drop...
...economy. She rattled off investments in "mass transit, roads, bridges, et cetera, schools and housing and...broadband" as givens. "That is something that we all know that we have to do," Pelosi said. Ideally, such investments could be a two-fer - pouring money into programs that might ultimately help curb U.S. demand for foreign oil. "Many of those green-collar jobs," she added, "are also blue-collar jobs...
...Elsevier spokeswoman said that she could not comment on the specifics of Light’s case, but added that the publisher recently launched several measures to curb unethical practice...
...surfaces midway through to offhandedly reveal that his son has a philosophy degree—come off as pathetic and clumsy as Sidney’s attempts to pick up women. Weide, the Emmy-winning producer and director of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” fails to translate the comedic mastery of that show to this movie. “Curb,” while eccentric, derives its humor from the escalation of mundane situations through plausible means. Larry David may aggravate his interactions by acting petty or rude, but the original setups...
...security risk. Cities such as Atlanta, Dallas and Charlotte, N.C., have considered imposing fines on anyone who lets his drawers show, while Flint, Mich., and some Louisiana parishes have local laws similar to Riviera Beach's. And the city authorities had a strong voter mandate for the curb: 72% of voters in a local referendum called for a ban on saggy pants...