Word: influxes
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...hasn't hurt that Hong Kong stocks have been on a tear. The benchmark Hang Seng Index repeatedly set new all-time highs in the latter part of 2006, gaining 34% for the year. The rally got a big boost from an influx of investors hoping to cash in on the appreciating yuan by buying shares in mainland companies. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, which includes only China stocks, soared...
...Jump in Houston's 2006 population, due largely to Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Houston's mayor cited the influx as a major reason for the crime surge...
...just one place where immigrant workers are showing new assertiveness: walking off jobs, going on strike and joining unions. In the past, unions used to regard immigrant workers as the enemy, saying they depressed wages, took jobs and agreed to work without benefits or contracts. Now, with the large influx of Latino immigrant workers, unions are taking a different tack - moving to organize this growing work force by learning to speak Spanish literally and figuratively...
...recent months, the market has responded to this demand with an influx of popular brand names (Marc Jacobs and J. Crew among them). But Renfrew welcomes the competition, steadfast in her belief that the basic mission of Best & Co. will ensure the company's success. "We're singularly focused on children's clothing, and we therefore will do it best because that's all that...
...Despite the top-notch quality of its students, Deep Springs’ community has critics. Over the past two years, Deep Springs has received an influx of media coverage with prominent articles in The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. Both articles tout the cowboy-intellectual aspect of the college, and students say in doing so the articles missed the meaningfulness of Deep Springs...