Word: firming
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...older housewives like Yamamoto who have been the kei's most faithful customers. In Japan's less prosperous regions, minis easily outnumber full-size cars. "Japanese consumers don't need big cars to show off their life," says Masa Ogawa, managing director for the automotive industry group at research firm J.D. Power. To many Japanese, "a car is just another tool...
...Group (HDAG) drew a crowd of 40 students to a vigil on the steps of Memorial Church before joining a citywide rally. The group’s demand: that Harvard adopt a policy of divesting from companies that do business with the Sudanese government.Harvard continues to hold investments in firms accused of financing the ongoing genocide in Darfur. And despite selling its direct stakes in two oil firms with ties to Sudan, the University continues to maintain “indirect” investments in such companies through funds in its portfolio.The University’s holdings in three...
...firm handshake and an unexpected round of applause saw incoming French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday usher his predecessor from the Elysee Palace - and out of a political career that spanned nearly four decades. It also officially ushered Jacques Chirac's 12-year presidential record into history, where his domestic and international legacies will be a matter of ongoing debate...
...Prince Saud saw an encouraging sign in the fact that "the government is standing firm. It is working to quell the fighting and it is keeping united." The Palestinian leaders, he said, have told the Saudi King that they would halt the fighting and punish the perpetrators...
...time, when all efforts are extended on the peace process. It definitely means that there are - on both sides, Fatah and Hamas - people who have vested interests in keeping the fighting going and in preventing the peace process from continuing. [A] positive issue is that the government is standing firm. It is working to quell the fighting and it is keeping united...