But mated with the standard 5-speed automatic transmission (only the base LX is available with a 5-speed manual) in a vehicle that weighs just 2, 855 lbs, performance is acceptable.
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The base 3.5-liter V6 engine receives a number of friction-reducing enhancements for 2012 and generates a lively 280 horsepower and 254 pound-feet of torque.
Third, the new U.S.-spec Passat can be had with a choice of three and only three engines, one of which, the base 2.5-liter in-line five-cylinder, is a hunk of lumber pulled from the ribs of an ancient Norse longboat.
It is almost three years to the day since Bank slashed the official base rate - by 1.5 percentage points - in response to the banking crisis.
The firm forecasts global base metals demand growth will rise 5-6% in 2013.
While the base model comes with a 385-horsepower 5.0-liter V-8, the XJL Supercharged we tested included (as the name would imply) a heartier supercharged version that generates 470 horsepower and 424 pound-feet of torque.
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No one was on base and New York was trailing Boston 5-3 in the bottom of the 10th inning in Game 6.
Even though the mobile contract base grew by 5%, revenues declined by -6%.
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Only 24" wide and 11.5" deep, the Z-Base 320 fits just about anywhere -- even a bookshelf.
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And that is when the bank is likely to start restoring more normal monetary settings, by raising the base rate from its all-time low of 0.5%.
The bank left the base rate at its all-time low of 0.5% earlier this month, but two of the nine members of its monetary-policy committee backed a quarter-point rise, according to minutes published this week.
The base engine gives good love: 300 hp from turbo I-5 that produces 250 hp and 266 lb-ft of torque.
Sunil Garg, a banking analyst at JPMorgan in Hong Kong, said in a note that HSBC would probably be able to fund the acquisition internally, with the purchase representing 3.5% of its asset base, or an 80-basis-point impact on its Tier 1 capital ratio.
To get even more color on her market, Jarecki posted research surveys at her company's site and inserted them into the dye packaging. (Buyers who filled them out received a free "My Betty Is Ready" black cotton T-shirt.) About 1, 000 responses told a surprising story: Less than 5% of her customer base came from the 18- to 25-year-old demographic, and half lived in non-urban zones like Nebraska, Washington and Arkansas.
But Izturis was the only Blue Jay to reach base as the Boston Red Sox broke a three-game losing streak with a 5-0 win on Friday night.
EchoSign already has a large customer base of more than 3 million users, which could provide substantial cross-selling opportunities to Adobe helping it increase its Acrobat user base from the current 5 million.
The adverse scenario for card losses envisaged in American banks' stress tests, a cumulative two-year loss rate of 22.5%, looks increasingly like the base case to others.
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That history of success, a passionate fan base, and a relatively new stadium have earned the team double-digit operating income in 5 of the first 6 years of the new Busch Stadium.
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Icelanders claim that charging 5.5% interest over 15 years is extortionate in an era of near-zero base rates.
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They now have an install base of 4.5 million in the U.S., a sizable lead in the next-gen race.
The 25.5 acre (10.3 hectare) Neatishead base, near Wroxham, includes a high-security fence, a Cold War underground bunker and a helipad.
But, according to George Buckley of Deutsche Bank, the base rate would have to rise from its current 38-year low of 4% to around 7.5% to precipitate a full-scale bust, and he is expecting rates to rise to no more than 5%.
The HD DVD group recently announced it has shipped more than 1.5 million discs to market, but Blu-ray hopes to take the lead in installed base this holiday season and never look back.
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It left runners on base in each of the first seven innings after stranding runners in all nine innings of Thursday night's 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.
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