Anderson has always been disappointingly inconsistent and does not have the steely confidence that gets Stuart Broad through a difficult contest.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

This has to be taken as a signal of increased confidence that the Chinese economy is robust and operating off a broad enough base to be able to manage a stronger currency.

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The best thing we can do for business confidence is produce a compromise that averts the fiscal cliff and achieves a broad-based, balanced deficit reduction package that helps our economy grow and helps it continue to create jobs.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

But the UK Government must deliver its Electricity Market Reform programme quickly and effectively to give confidence in the future market and allow companies to plan and invest for a future secure, stable and broad based electricity generating mix.

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