Patrons at the city's cafes sip wine and munch peanuts, seated in rickety chairs facing the street.
Opening his laptop, he pulled up an illustration by Monocle magazine of the perfect city block and pointed out how similar it was to a typical Taipei one, with storefronts facing the street and residences and parks tucked inside.
Adoboli has put the focus on a whole new set of challenges that are awfully reminiscing of the unseen problems facing Wall Street before the financial meltdown caused by the subprime implosion.
This is a good sign, but it will be one of the biggest challenges facing Wall Street and financial professionals to change the conversations they have with clients from selling products to providing common sense advice about how to save for a secure retirement.
McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, told supporters in Jacksonville, Florida, that the problems facing Wall Street would not occur again if he became president.
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But, there is nothing special about the issues facing Wall Street.
Buck drove Street's first pitch off the facing of the second deck in left for his second homer of the series, and Street then retired three in a row for his first save.
Wall Street is now facing the sober reality.
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Instead of facing off with the police on Wall Street, if Occupiers wanted to do something really useful for the 99% they should have spent the day phone-banking for whomever they deem the more progressive candidate.
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The challenges facing the U.S. banking industry are not limited to the Too Big To Fail Wall Street set, and for regional banks thinner net interest margins are a much-discussed hurdle to growth.
These are the kinds of issues facing news media companies that don't boast titles as universally respected as The Wall Street Journal, or traffic in the lucrative business of selling financial data.
But like in other attempts at regulating lucrative lines of business regulators are facing resistance from Wall Street friendly lawmakers looking to extend the deadline.
With chickpeas, mushrooms, and tabouli piled high to the heavens, I sat at a street-facing window that invited people-watching.
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Downing Street's been taking notice of the financial difficulties facing many of our market towns.
In addition, Wall Street is facing three strong headwinds as it strives to race towards the pre-2008 crash levels.
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David Dunaway, from the plastic surgery and craniofacial unit at Great Ormond Street, was the lead clinician and is also a trustee of Facing the World.
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Downing Street says the council offers a new approach to the immense economic challenges facing the country.
Wall Street doubted that the second generation could replace Larry and Bob and solve the problems facing Loews.
Following consultation with the Royal British Legion and the War Memorials' Trust, it is proposed that the memorial be dismantled, cleaned and re-assembled in a new position facing Guildhall Square along Queen Street.
Furthermore, given the state of Wall Street right now, where layoffs are common, many of these people might be facing an extended period without a paycheck.
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