The announcement followed a campaign by some of the company's shareholders and criticism from Swiss politicians.
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Political analyst Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the University of Southern California says that, as Thompson pushed his official campaign announcement back from July 4 to around Labor Day, he has seemed to lose momentum.
Although angry investors sputtered about the surprise announcement, citing Conservative campaign promises to leave the sector alone, the portents were all there.
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Note also that he made the announcement in Ohio during a campaign rally.
Why just today the Sierra Club is out with an announcement that its Beyond Coal campaign is halfway to its goal of shutting down a third of U.S. coal plants.
Kerry made his official announcement after months on the campaign trail, but at a time when his candidacy is facing a stiff challenge from his Democratic rivals -- particularly former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.
This may help explain the Yugoslav government's announcement on September 28th that its campaign against the Kosovar separatists was at last over.
The announcement was forced from the Palin campaign by a slew of nasty internet rumours about her personal life (most of them untrue) circulating in the last few days.
But the Obama campaign reacted to the announcement making familiar charges against the architect of GOP budget plans and tried to tie him to the incumbent's predecessor, which is consistently blamed for the country's economic doldrums.
President Samper's announcement of a grand human-rights campaign days before General Bedoya's dismissal might suggest so, and that was the explanation offered by the defence minister immediately afterwards.
However, during a conference call with his wife, Karen, campaign manager and staff before his announcement on Tuesday, Santorum said the decision was based on personal and political factors, according to a Santorum source.
Campaign group UK Uncut said Starbucks' announcement was "a blatant admission of guilt" that it had intentionally avoided tax.
The Shafiq campaign criticised the Islamist group for its victory announcement, saying it represented "bizarre behaviour" ahead of any official confirmation of the final result.
In his four-minute announcement from the Oval Office, Bush said the military campaign, supported by 35 nations, would make efforts to spare Iraqi civilians.
Mr Jones, a former chairman of the Welsh affairs select committee, said he hoped his announcement would allow a new candidate to fight an election campaign "on their own terms".
But John Dickie, head of the Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, said the announcement was "a massive step forward" in the campaign to ensure healthy meals for children, whatever their home circumstances.
The programme examines the decision to use stealth taxes in the first Labour parliament of 1997, and the decision to dodge questions about tax rises in the 2001 election campaign - less than a year before the announcement of a big rise in National Insurance.
Edwards is expected to make an announcement later today in New Orleans, where he launched his campaign just over a year ago.
John McCain who today officially announced his presidential campaign -- not to be confused with the announcement he made on "The Late Show with David Letterman" in March or his "Straight Talk Express" tour two weeks later.
John Kerry's announcement that he will file papers this week to establish an exploratory campaign committee.
Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch welcomed Mr Clegg's announcement.
The charity made the announcement of the new figures at the start of a public awareness campaign aiming to reach the estimated seven million people at high risk of diabetes.
The Shiite Muslim Hezbollah militia had promised to end its civil disobedience campaign and move toward political solidarity after the Cabinet's announcement.
Following the announcement, Bush, his wife and their three children made their first campaign swing from Tallahassee to West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami.
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The announcement by Ann Barnes was one of her main manifesto pledges in the campaign leading up to her election as the county's first PCC last November.
Just after midnight Wednesday, Mr. Weiner's longtime campaign website showed a "Weiner for Mayor" banner and the announcement video.
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The announcement comes after Scouting's national headquarters received numerous complaints from a grass-roots campaign targeting the policy.
"Ofcom's announcement today is encouraging news for the 32, 000 people who pledged support to our campaign calling for fixed to mean fixed on mobile phone contracts, " said Which? executive director Richard Lloyd.
It says the announcement that Manchester United were willing to sell him "gave Joan Laporta a boost in his campaign to win the Barcelona presidency".
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