Word: foothold
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...reserves are in countries that allow companies like ExxonMobil free rein, according to consulting firm PFC Energy. Fully 65% are in the hands of state-owned companies such as Saudi Aramco, and the rest are in the likes of Russia and Venezuela, where Western companies can get a foothold one day but lose it the next...
...emergence of Fatah al-Islam six months ago fed fears that al-Qaeda was getting a foothold in Lebanon. But Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's government has accused Syria of sponsoring the group to sow strife. Syria denies the charge, although the faction recently broke away from a Palestinian organization formed by Syrian authorities...
...enter into the vaccines market and strengthen its foothold in future drug sales, British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is snapping up MedImmune of Gaithersburg, Md., for a cool $15.6 billion...
...that the organic movement has a foothold in the American corporate machine, it's easy to forget that the biggest innovations in the newly socially conscious market usually begin with a very small and pure idea. In the case of Erbaorganics, a new line of bath and body products for mothers and infants available at Target that will benefit the Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO), it was as simple as a baby massage...
...National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell believes al-Qaeda is regaining a foothold in the border area of Waziristan. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 27 that "to the best of our knowledge, the senior leadership, No. 1 and No. 2, are there, and they are attempting to re-establish and rebuild." Tasneem Aslam, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, says Pakistan is policing the region with 80,000 troops, some 800 of whom have died in skirmishes with militants. "We are doing our utmost to stop the cross-border activity," Aslam says. "What are the Afghans doing...