Strong ties to Latin America bring in diverse cultural and economic crosscurrents that pose challenges.

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To be sure, there are a fair amount of crosscurrents at work in the markets that require a supercomputer to decipher.

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Among these crosscurrents, my thesis is simple: The question of whether America is in decline cannot be answered yes or no.

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Mr. Greifeld said Nasdaq's ordering system had successfully handled 480 IPOs in the prior five years, but was unprepared for the crosscurrents around Facebook's IPO, one of the biggest ever.

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The last rule for positioning a brand in China is that products must address the need to navigate the crosscurrents of ambition and regimentation, of standing out while fitting in.

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Not only does it provide a rapid canter through an emerging policy alternative that may soon be the mainstream thinking among Tory backbenchers, but it also maps out the dangerous ideological crosscurrents in which policies, and indeed governments, can easily flounder.

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Investors have been trying to stay afloat amid crosscurrents of conflicting economic data, yet it all boils down to one key question: Is the decline in housing a statistical anomaly related to the expiration of the first-time home buyer credit or is it a leading indicator of another sharp decline in the housing market?

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