Many elderly Irish Americans who do not have surviving family in the US have expressed an interest in returning to Ireland at some point in the future, but economic turmoil in their homeland has put some off the idea.
But as recent turmoil in the tiny but hugely important state of Delaware illustrates, it's not always clear what makes an account active or inactive.
But turmoil in its ranks has emboldened smaller rivals to go after its turf.
But with Republicans in turmoil, Mr Pawlenty is proving just how difficult the road to 2012 will be.
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This is a huge value-add: most investors know what to do, but in times of turmoil or uncertainty, doing the right thing is difficult.
Hurd had a gift for team building at the top ranks of HP, but the turmoil he created in making HP huge and profitable made him pretty unpopular in the ranks.
Kyrgyzstan was once seen as the most stable and liberal of the ex-Soviet Central Asian republics but it descended into turmoil in 2005 when a popular revolt ejected President Askar Akayev and brought Kurmanbek Bakiyev to power.
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The parallel between the United States then and China and India today is uncanny, not only in terms of long-term growth prospects, but also in the potential for short-term turmoil.
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But most questions focused on turmoil in the housing market.
"There's still good activity in media and tech, but financial services is the one area that's in turmoil, and that's a lot of what drives midtown, " said Robert Sammons, vice president of research at Cassidy Turley, a commercial brokerage.
Brief, glancing scenes indicate tensions and trouble ahead, but it's glossed over in the turmoil of the wedding preparations.
On any other day, a gain of that size would go unheralded, but not after the turmoil that began in late 2008 and persisted through a slow, sometimes stalled recovery.
But Zimbabwe is now in the throes of violent turmoil at home.
But, as he explains here, the turmoil in the city means his decision has not gone down very well with friends and family.
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But there are dangerous curves ahead economic turmoil in Europe, slowing growth in China and an overstuffed portfolio of brands to manage.
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Political turmoil is nothing new in Ukraine, but when commodity prices were high and foreign credit cheap it had little impact on the economy.
The country is a close U.S. ally and has been one of the most stable in the region, but it has seen recent internal turmoil and discontent.
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But what if the stock market turmoil sets off another deterioration in the wider global economy?
Carrefour, a French hypermarket, has been in Asia longer, but is continuing to expand through the economic turmoil.
Groucho is sitting, chin in hand, smiling benignly - but also knowingly, aware of the turmoil ahead.
From December 2007 to September 2008, turmoil in the over-leveraged housing and financial sectors but 2% growth outside of these industries.
Financial institutions are in turmoil in the U.S. and Britain, but banks in continental Europe appear to be in better shape.
Economic turmoil has served in some ways to inspire innovation, but for the timid, it has only served to inspire fear and risk aversion.
For more than a year, the European sovereign debt crisis was defined thusly: the world could handle the turmoil in piglets like Portugal, Ireland and Greece, but once the tumult migrated to full-grown Italy and Spain things would be at risk of going very badly, very quickly.
But considered alongside them, it gives yet another sorry picture of a nation in turmoil.
But as with other aspects of Asia's turmoil, this gold rush in reverse is destabilising the most distant markets.
Asia's turmoil may well drag down America's growth rates, but, in doing so, it will help to restrain overheating.
If you are considering investing in the public finance sector this year, but you have worries about the fiscal turmoil plaguing Washington, you may be able to put some fears aside.
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But the selloff in credit has been building slowly for days, suggesting to some that the market turmoil may not be over.
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