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Though preliminary results had shown Calderón leading by 400,000 votes, or about one percent, the official count yesterday, with 100 percent of the electoral districts reporting, gave him a margin of 234,000 votes out of 41 million cast. The Federal Election Institute reported that Calderón received 35.9 percent of the vote to López Obrador’s 35.3 percent. López Obrador has declared that he will protest the results and had demanded a recount in the electoral courts...
...even further now that he's announced he might separate from the party, which could make it even more difficult for him to win the primary. And if Lamont, a millionaire cable executive, pulls out a victory, it might give him enough momentum to start reducing that 38-point margin quickly. Some of Lieberman's high-profile supporters in Washington are already saying they won't support him if Lamont is the Democratic nominee. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, for example, have both endorsed Lieberman in the race, but said they will back whoever wins in the Democratic primary. Some...
...With 96% of polling stations reporting after Sunday's balloting, fewer than 400,000 votes (about 1% of the total) separate the leader, Felipe Calder?n of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), and Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD). Federal election authorities call that margin too thin to announce a winner before a more detailed count can be completed - but both Calder?n and L?pez Obrador wasted no time last night declaring victory. "We won the election without a doubt," Calder?n told his supporters near midnight, while L?pez Obrador went so far as to assure backers...
...once said), Tesco has launched in-house lines of food, ranging from economy pasta to hand-stretched Tuscan pizzas, with something to appeal to the frugal and the foodie. Leahy perfected the art of pulling in customers with Tesco's low-cost reputation and then selling them high-margin nonfood items like TVs and home furnishings. And he has successfully developed both mammoth one-stop stores and more modest convenience shops. The strategy has left rivals playing catch-up: Tesco boasts a 31% slice of the British grocery market, according to research firm TNS Worldpanel. Running a distant second, with...
...dental offices there, all with an identical high-gloss, minimalist look, and seven more are under construction in Florida and Massachusetts. In the U.S., Vital Dent plans to draw traffic by offering new patients free cleaning, X rays and dental exams. Then it hopes they will return for higher-margin procedures such as dental implants and orthodontics. The stores have longer hours than traditional dentists' offices and are open even on weekends. They also offer patients financing and payment plans...