Whatever Nokia's got planned, several analysts also said the company needs to act fast.
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Analysts also said that the heavy demand at the auctions was helped by the amount of cash that the European Central Bank is injecting into the system.
Analysts also said gold is underpinned by ongoing European debt issues, a continuation of central-bank buying after Bank of Korea purchases, plus still-soft U.S. economic data that means continued loose monetary policy and perhaps even more stimulus.
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Health analysts have also said conventional hospital building projects could take decades to complete.
Some analysts have also said the rules announced in July may make foreign investors reconsider investing in Indonesia, where the banking sector was previously the most open of any in Southeast Asia.
But other analysts said the move also muddied the waters, raising questions about who is in charge, while heightening the risk that Fields could be hired away.
SemiLEDs (LEDS) posted a a second quarter loss that was less than analysts had predicted, but also said that the second quarter results will be weak due to oversupply pressuring margins.
Buying back shares and raising its quarterly dividend 25% is a signal that Merrill's management feels confident about growth targets, though analysts said it could also indicate that Merrill sees those actions as better alternatives than a big acquisition.
Analysts said improving global economic conditions also contributed to the increase.
Some analysts said Mr. Samaras might also try to lure the Democratic Left party into joining a coalition in order to build a bigger majority in Parliament.
Other analysts said the stock market was also being lifted by investors moving funds out of bonds and into stocks, as a result of bond yields falling.
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Steel also said, as other bank analysts have mentioned, that recent emerging market buying has been very light.
Analysts had anticipated such a slump but had also said that the rising demand in, especially, Russia, China and India would, again, necessitate the increased development of uranium.
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Some analysts said being governor from 2005 to 2011 also garnered him greater attention not only within the ranks of his party but within the national media.
Analysts said the volatility in the Indian currency may also prevent the central bank from easing its policies immediately.
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The European Central Bank also is meeting next week Analysts at Brown Brothers Harriman said some sort of monetary accommodation is likely, with a rate cut possible.
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Some in Israel also said Mofaz went too far, but analysts said it shows Israel's growing concern with an Iran that seems to be moving ahead with a nuclear program.
He has also vowed to renegotiate the eurozone fiscal agreement, but analysts said Hollande will likely be a pragmatic leader.
Analysts said the bank's renewed commitment to the euro also increased the chance of further strategic buying of the European single currency by central banks.
Gold also bounced as some of the recent selling dried up, analysts said.
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Addressing "fit and proper" concerns may be more difficult, analysts said, given that Mr. Murdoch and his son James, who is also expected to take a senior role at the entertainment business, have been widely criticized in the U.K. for their handling of the phone-hacking affair.
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Pegatron also has been willing to accept thinner profits as it courts Apple's business, analysts said.
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"I often question the motives of analysts that work for institutions that are also in the market to broker the shares of companies, " said Mr Yearsley.
Analysts said the arrest suggested the new president would move aggressively not only on education, but also to pass deeper overhauls to Mexico's economy, including opening up its telecommunications sector to more competition and the closed energy sector to greater private investment.
Also, life expectancy is rising in South Korea, which could boost demand for insurance products, analysts said.
Several analysts said copper could fall some more in the next couple of months due to this uncertain backdrop, and also because of slower seasonal demand during the vacation season and maintenance shutdowns in the Northern Hemisphere.
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