The most recent data shows that due to these changes, particularly increased Pell grants, there was a substantial 24 percent growth in Latino college enrollment from 2009 to 2010, resulting in Latinos now being the largest minority group in the higher education universe.

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For all the mess it made of the US, it is still an unusual British business and British retailer in having made a success of initiatives in parts of the world where retailing culture and practice are very different from the UK (although a recent bashing in South Korea, due to regulatory changes, shows there will always be downs as well as ups).

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Among other recent changes is a likely increase in the weighting assigned to the Australian dollar due to its position as a key supplier of industrial commodities to China.

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