"Given my own plans for the coming years, we both agreed that was not likely to happen at American Express in the short term, " Chenault said in a recent statement.

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While others report divisions among the Fed officials on QE II, Fisher steered away from directly disputing the policy, although he did express discomfort over short-term interest rates of effectively zero.

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The Oracle of Omaha, the legendary investor Warren Buffett, has been a major long-term major investor in American Express through Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), which he heads and controls.

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The term sympathique was chosen by Breguet to express the notion of harmony and concord.

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With the rapid increase in the adoption of mobile devices globally, we believe that expanding Express Deals as a mobile application could turn out to be a good long-term move for the company.

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While you want to express yourself, getting into debt over a gift will likely cause relationship tension in the long term.

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Sentiment about the short-term direction of stock prices shifted last November and we continue to see many individual investors express optimism.

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Opponents in both Houses have, nonetheless, begun to express serious reservations about the FS-X deal, principally on the grounds that the long-term implications for U.S. competitiveness have not been adequately factored into the arrangement.

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Trading in American Express options suggests investors differ in terms of their expectations for the performance of the stock in the near term.

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