Optimists, of whom there are still a few, point out that previous trade rounds have all taken longer than scheduled to complete.
The perception that gold should now account for at least a few percentage point share in an asset allocation program convinced even the most successful hedge fund managers to invest in this yellow metal.
Using Katrina as an example, which was three times more costly in terms of damages, Sandy will likely produce a noticeable impact on industrial production and retail sales of a few tenths of a percentage point and a modest decline in consumer confidence, Barclays economists in New York calculate.
But I will share a few pieces that point the way to the future.
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It's not all crazy high-speed prosumer hybrid cameras for Casio today, as the company also dropped a few new Exilim point-and-shoots.
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Shaving a few more tenths of a percentage point would yield several million in savings and could have a positive impact on the bottom line.
But it should also mean that when a few key economies make a turning point toward recovery, those countries will quickly lift the rest of the world with them.
The idea that a car is only for getting you from point A to point B may seem just as quaint in few years.
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The other is private volunteerism, usually undertaken for a few hours a week, at any point in your life, and through local bodies such as churches.
Strangely, a Unicom spokesperson is saying that the agreement with Apple to actually sell these isn't finalized, so if they're going to wrap up the paperwork, get the cash from point A to point B, pump out a few million localized handsets, and get 'em on shelves in time for Fall, time is definitely of the essence.
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Combine this with a 3D printer (we hear you've got quite a few choices at this point) and the world becomes your playground.
Such are the questions left to the experts at Caltech, which have just concocted a new device that can focus light to a point just a few nanometers wide.
Attempting to hit street speeds, and even turning, seems a bit too risky at this point and after a few test runs, which attract a handful of passersby, the C-1 is wheeled back to its resting place.
In my former capacity at the Journal I took probably a few dozen calls from him to straighten out a point.
Light passing through each microlens focuses at a point a few tenths of a millimetre beyond it, and thereafter spreads out as a cone.
It is a point that few of Europe's leaders would dare publicly to disagree with and thus much more devastating than being on the receiving end of an occasional swipe from the Thatcherite handbag.
Previous on-chip nanofocusing devices were only able to focus light into a narrow line, making them inefficient, whereas Caltech's contraption can be focused in three dimensions, producing a point a few nanometers across, and using half of the light that's sent through.
So, if the Kobo reader isn't quite the future of reading devices, it's certainly firmly entrenched in the present, with enough likeable qualities at a price point that few could argue with, to keep it on our list of readers we wouldn't mind spending a night at home curled up with on the sofa, reading Wuthering Heights while our significant other plays Red Dead Redemption.
It might seem rudderless without a boss, but the fundamentals of the oil market still point to a fairly comfortable few months ahead for the price-fixers.
In a few short years the trend snowballed to the point where no one scoffs anymore when a manufacturer launches a phone with a giant screen.
But Hill restored the 12-point lead a few minutes later with his second penalty of the game.
This is your opportunity to showcase your ability to convey an important point in a few sentences.
After a few samples are taken, they point out, minke meat ends up in Japan's sushi bars.
Fortunately, there comes a point after a few days in Montana where there's nothing left to do but think.
There are countless examples of this, but to point out a few.
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The Ucas spokesman stressed that the December sampling point was a few days before the end of term for many schools and suggested that many applications would have come in after that.
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When law firms hardly benefit from accountants' huge client base and accountancy firms are allowed to offer legal services only to a few clients, there is little point in accountants having a legal arm.
Although Ms Short and other government delegates were unimpressed by the final Johannesburg text and its separate political declaration, they point to a few specific commitments and a useful emphasis on fighting poverty rather than on conservation.
There was drama at the end as Barnsley's last pair faced the dilemma of chasing a few more runs for a bonus point at the risk of losing their last wicket and letting York have two more points for dismissing them.
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