Medium-sized foreign firms that rushed to create a beach-head in China may consider going offshore again.

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People want that head-to-toe look for the beach as much as they want that head-to-toe look for the street.

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Market confidence is once again drying up, just as everyone is about to head off for the beach - and the half-measures agreed at last month's Summit are not even half-implemented.

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Even Florida judge Charles Burton, the long-suffering head of the Palm Beach canvassing board, flew up to see the show.

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In the days leading up to graduation, with exams and papers behind her, Zedan did not head for the beach with a six-pack to celebrate as other undergraduates might.

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As we enter mid-August, millions of people will load up the car and head out to the beach for summer vacation.

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As a result, bond yields in these countries are artificially low now, says Shane Shepherd, head of fixed-income research at Research Affiliates, an investment firm in Newport Beach, Calif.

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Finally, to escape from the beach, head into the hinterland to Casa Susegad, a restored Portuguese villa set in the atmospheric, seldom-visited village of Loutolim.

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