In the past few years Mexico's improving economy, slowing population growth and a weak jobs market in the north have cut the flow of immigrants across the Rio Grande.
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In 1987 it threatened to cut the flow off, and in 1990 it did so, for a month, to allow the lake behind its giant Ataturk Dam to fill up.
BP, which had been leasing the rig from Transocean, says the safety device that was supposed to cut oil flow on the ocean floor in the event of a well blowout did not perform its function.
The topic, of course, was monetary policy and whether or not the country was going to raise interest rates further or continue act on measures to cut the flow of credit, or a mix of both.
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Transocean ( RIG - news - people ), says the safety device that was supposed to cut oil flow on the ocean floor in the event of a well blowout did not perform its function.
"We cannot cut off the flow of foreign workers abruptly but we have to slow the growth, " he said.
Would Iran cut off the flow of oil out of the Middle East?
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Low-flow fixtures inside the building cut water consumption by 42% and GE eliminated outside landscape irrigation, accoding to the company.
New Jersey Natural Gas cut off gas flow completely on Thursday in order to stop the fuel to these fires, but much damage was done.
But Syria could certainly cut off the flow of re-supply to Hezbollah, which eventually would be felt, and Hezbollah could not ignore that if Syria took that step.
Secretary of State John Kerry, on a surprise one-day visit to Baghdad, pressed Iraqi officials Sunday to cut off the flow of Iranian arms to the Syrian government and warned that future American aid to Iraq could be at risk if it doesn't.
If troubles at home eventually cut off the outward flow of capital, the U.S. economy among others would suffer.
EU's privacy directive also authorises member states to cut off the data flow to other countries, including the United States, which do not have (by its lights) adequate privacy laws.
Journalists whose writings displease such a politician are cut off from the flow of information, for example, by not being invited into the officeholder's house for the informal evening chats where selected tidbits of information are handed out like candies.
One big investment manager does 50-60 percent of its flow through broker DMA, but they cut it up between four or five brokers.
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Satellites at Mars have long captured images of channels on the planet's surface that were cut by some kind of flow, assumed to be liquid water.
The 0.5% cut was designed to increase the flow of money in the US financial system and boosted share prices around the world.
Beyond high net cash levels, firms making the First Cut have positive earnings and operating cash flow, as well debt levels below the norm for their industry.
If the character of the order flow changes, the outgoing order monitoring device should immediately cut off the orders.
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Wall Street's scrutiny of these firms seems to have increased the flow of good, timely information to investors, and cut the amount of speculative development.
Over a century, engineers altered the flow of the Mississippi River, the swamps shrank and then got cut into Swiss cheese to make room for shipping lanes and pipelines and levees.
But they face growing pressure to cut costs, and 40-50% of their revenues still flow to employees.
As a result of the financial crisis, many REITs cut common stock dividends as part of a painful but necessary cash flow strategy.
The risks cut both ways: Too much stock can bring slower turnover and cash flow, while too little can mean lost sales.
Curle then cut staff from 22 to 11 and steered the company to positive cash flow by only going after customers with consistently big budgets, like manufacturers and the military.
Jobs were cut from overhead and at stores, product lines were cut, and stores were closed every quarter in an effort to preserve dwindling cash flow.
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Perhaps even worse, the flow of bonus checks has persuaded successive city governments that it's not necessary to diversify the economy or cut exorbitant costs.
That leads us to opportunistic deal flow, which caught fire in the third quarter as issuers rushed the field to print loans to finance dividends, cut spreads via repricings, or extend maturities.
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