And nations with close U.S. ties, like Mexico, are making economic gains by comparison.
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Tunisia, Algeria and Yemen have also been close U.S. allies in the fight against al Qaeda and are experiencing continued political unrest.
Stolt-Nielsen SA is a large British holding company whose subsidiaries have come under close U.S. government scrutiny for obfuscating their corporate ties to Iran and Sudan.
Bush has been widely criticized in world capitals for what even many historically close U.S. allies have considered a unilateral push for military confrontation with Iraq.
The company is one of five worldwide in a joint-venture to develop the South Pars offshore gas field (the others include companies from close U.S. allies France and Canada as well as Indonesia and Russia).
"The degree of close U.S.-China cooperation in the process of coping with the global financial crisis will directly affect how fast the global economy can extricate from the difficult time, " said a commentary in Global Times, a state-run Chinese newspaper.
President Barack Obama spoke with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday afternoon to discuss both countries' "efforts to limit the spread of the 2009 H1N1 flu strain and the importance of close U.S.-Mexican cooperation, " the White House said in a statement.
For instance, Rio Tinto Alcan said it plans to close its U.K.-based Lynemouth smelter.
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He also said he would resume steps to shrink and eventually close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
This is as close to U.S. style free money as Brazilians have ever seen, and those low rates just might stick around for a while, too.
Swiss bank Wegelin to close after U.S. tax evasion fine.
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Obama suspended the military commissions by signing an executive order on his third day in office, the same day he signed an order to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo within a year and announced a 120-day review of the whole process.
These figures show that close to 60% of global online job postings are in the U.S. Using this figure, and our estimate of close to 2 million monthly U.S. job postings, we arrive at a global market estimate of close to 3.3 million monthly job postings.
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However, what was a bit bearish for the gold market and other raw commodity markets is that the Fed said it is aware of the costs of a very easy U.S. money policy and that it will be keeping a very close eye on U.S. economic growth progress.
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However, what was just a bit bearish for the gold market and other raw commodity markets is that the Fed said it is aware of the costs of a very easy U.S. money policy and that it will be keeping a very close eye on U.S. economic growth progress.
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Some banks may close accounts of U.S. citizens and sell off U.S. holdings rather than comply.
Barofsky gets very good at using the press, considering he used to be a close-lipped U.S. attorney.
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Officials described the course of events as standard procedures when a small boat gets too close to a U.S. Navy ship.
Storms are more likely to form close to the U.S. coast, meaning a tougher forecast year in spite of fewer storms.
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However, the Pentagon is now facing the pressure of deficit-driven, smaller budgets while looking to scale back or close overseas and U.S. domestic bases.
The presence of compelling offshore-wind resources close to major U.S. coastal cities has attracted attention from municipal planners and decision makers in New York City.
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Sulejman Mujagic's extradition was the result of close cooperation between U.S. and Bosnian authorities to bring alleged perpetrators of war crimes to justice, said Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman.
Tularik announced after Monday's close that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has green-lighted the design of what could be the final clinical tests for the South San Francisco-based biotech's liver cancer drug, T67.
Keep an extra close eye on U.S. Treasury bonds and notes futures prices, as they are a good daily gauge of the overall worldwide investor risk appetite, or lack thereof, in the market place.
Based on close cooperation among U.S. government agencies and with our foreign allies and partners, authorities were able to identify and examine two suspicious packages, one in East Midlands, United Kingdom and one in Dubai.
"U.S. military leaders in Cartagena, in close coordination with the U.S. Secret Service lead there, decided that, given their skills, experience and expertise, moving U.S. military personnel would've been disruptive to the mission, " said the spokesman, Jose Ruiz.
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In Singapore, at the annual meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said the goal toward joining the Trans Pacific Partnership would be achieved in close consultation with U.S. Congress, which is holding up the ratification of a U.S. free trade agreement with South Korea.
Mr. Karzai gained power following the U.S. ouster of the Taliban regime in 2001, and initially enjoyed close ties with the U.S., holding weekly videoconference calls with President George W. Bush.
According to the Census Bureau, minorities currently account for one-third of U.S. residents, and that proportion is expected to be close to half of all U.S. residents by 2050.
The company is negotiating with unions to close two facilities in the U.K. by mid-year and recently struck a deal with unions to close an assembly plant in Genk, Belgium.
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