Getting back to 2013, the global markets have been acting well, as euro fears dissipated last week.

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Mark Byford, former director of World Service and Global News, is currently acting director general.

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That has caused some alarm because China was acting as the engine of global growth.

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Morgan Securities, Citigroup Global Markets. and Barclays Capital are acting as joint book-running managers.

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Nor did renewed turmoil in global financial markets stop the bank from acting.

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The more gloomy possibility is that the hedge funds are right and that commodities are acting as a leading indicator of a global recession.

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Most of what you see and hear from alarmists regarding global warming can be most accurately described as play acting on the meme of settled science.

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They are acting on a belief that tapping into the global reach and expertise and determination of these entities is the best way to achieve real impact.

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Uncertainy over the direction of the economy is acting as something of a brake on the U.S. manufacturing at a time when global rivals are less constrained.

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