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...ratio of 7 to 1, while in New Hampshire and South Carolina, he spent more than McCain by at least 5 to 1. And in the past month, one rival campaign estimates that Romney has spent twice the amount spent by any other candidate. He has also worked to gain an advantage in what consultants call "earned media" - the free, generally friendly local news coverage that a candidate generates by swinging through town. On that front, he's made high-profile visits to the state since 2005 - when he had an off-the-record meeting with then-Governor Jeb Bush...
...Others are skeptical that travelers will gain much through mergers of domestic carriers such as Air China and China Eastern. Air China has little expertise to lend its potential new partner when compared with Singapore Airlines, which is known for top-flight service. "Bring in Singapore, and you can be confident service levels will go up," says Pinkham, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation analyst. "With Air China, the improvement is a lot less certain...
...world than it did eight years ago. On Iraq, McCain supported the invasion and still does. But he was an early critic of the way the Bush Administration was prosecuting the war and called for a change in strategy that would include a surge in U.S. troops to gain control of Baghdad. At the time, advocating an increase in U.S. troop levels in Iraq rather than a reduction was unpopular even within the G.O.P. But McCain stood by Bush when the policy was implemented...
...attempt to stave off a slowdown. In morning trading in Europe, though, stocks fell. Britain's FTSE 100 dropped 1.25%, Germany's DAX index slid 2.16%, and France's CAC-40 fell 2.10%. Markets in Asia rebounded however, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rising 10.7% - its biggest gain in 10 years - and indexes in Korea, Singapore and Japan gaining more than 3 percent...
Mitt Romney: Can his retooled message, focusing on his Mr. Fix-it record and his business credentials, gain traction? The other candidates will be limping into Florida with little money; Romney's wealth gives him the capability to write himself a check for tens of millions. And having won the little-contested Nevada caucuses on the same day as the South Carolina primary, Romney comes to Florida with bragging rights for having won the most votes and the most delegates to date...