Friday's meeting was an opportunity for the U.S. to gauge Tokyo's intent to join negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, a regionwide free-trade pact pushed by Washington.
British railwaymen chose Stephenson's standard gauge over Brunel's wider one in the first half of the 19th century, as they did in America and most European countries.
Tweaking these systems, it's hard to gauge how that's going to achieve the ideal player experience.
The agency's new gauge of the meteor's size was a marked increase from its initial estimate.
While they pause for breath, America's investors must try to gauge whether the stockmarket's impressive bull run has finally ended.
Indonesia's manufacturing also expanded in February, with HSBC's gauge at 50.5 from 49.7 in January.
Meanwhile, the Conference Board's gauge of leading economic indicators, also due at 10 a.m.
The University of Michigan's gauge of consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in three months in November.
The last official PMI reading, the government's gauge, came in at 50.6 for December, a third month of expansion.
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Thomas Galati, the commanding officer of the Intelligence Division, said most of those conversations were used to gauge people's reactions to overseas events.
Since the recall, analysts and investors have struggled to gauge Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) legal liability.
Cashman reached out to the two-time All Star to plant the seed and gauge Lee's thoughts and didn't rule out Lee joining the team.
The ZEW economic research institute's gauge of expectations for Germany, based on a poll of 300 analysts and investors, fell to -41.4, from -40.7 in April.
They can gauge people's expressions, discern the frenzy of hand signals, even overhear price gaps between, say, contracts in the 10-year and the 30-year pits--all of this drama unavailable to screen traders.
Although the last reading of Case-Shiller's gauge of prices for 20 cities was flat against a month earlier and down 2.6% year over year, it may be missing a robust turn in housing.
An early chance to gauge Russia's response will come on October 1st, at talks in New York between Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council (including America, which is seeking to engage Iran) as well as Germany.
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The fossil fuels used to transport that waste, experts say, is not typically considered in calculating solar's carbon footprint, giving scientists and consumers who use the measurement to gauge a product's impact on global warming the impression that solar is cleaner than it is.
The bank is watching U.S. oil demand trends closely for direction to gauge whether the U.S. employment outlook and car sales will pick up during next year.
During the 2008 investor conference, sponsored by Sandler O'Neill, Mr. Greifeld crowed to a group that included Mr. Niederauer that Nasdaq's market share in stock trading was climbing, while a key gauge of the NYSE's clout had slipped below 28%.
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The wholesale price index--India's main inflation gauge--rose 6.84% from a year earlier, compared with January's 6.62% increase, government data showed Thursday.
Sure, it's a semi-useful gauge of the broader economy, but it's inherently no more valid than any other flawed market yardstick.
All the data are run through software that can gauge the driver's overall stress level.
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However, ministers say they provide an important gauge of children's progress and have raised standards.
Vertical thrust alone may not be the most appropriate memorial or the most fitting gauge of capitalism's resilience.
By this gauge, Asia's economy will probably exceed the combined sum of America's and Europe's within four years.
The nearest Wal-Mart, and I guess that's the gauge, is 70 miles away.
The artwork in Banbury station was painted to mark the 150th anniversary of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's broad gauge railway.
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The Wholesale Price Index, India's main gauge of inflation, eased to 6.62% in January, down from 7.18% in December.
India's Wholesale Price Index, the country's main gauge of inflation, eased to an 11-month low of 7.18% in December.
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