However, Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily said Mrs Merkel was willing to see the ECB step up its buying of bonds from indebted eurozone countries, as a bridging solution until budget controls took hold.
But the disputes underscore what has become an unfortunate fact that seems to hold true no matter which party controls Congress, says Patrick Morrissey, a health care lawyer and lobbyist and former congressional staffer.
The Sonic also comes packed with standard goodies like Bluetooth capability, a USB port, steering wheel controls, a hill-hold feature to keep you from sliding backwards as you stop on grades, and a 5-year, 100, 000-mile powertrain limited warranty.
Citigroup has been told by regulators to hold off on major acquisitions until it cleans up its internal controls.
The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on Johnson Controls, with 13 of 21 analysts rating it hold.
Tata Sons--which controls India's diversified Tata Group--will hold a 30% stake and Telestra the remaining 21%.
Tata Sons--which controls India's diversified Tata Group--would hold a 30% stake and privately held Telestra Tradeplace Pvt.
ExxonMobil (nyse: XOM - news - people ) controls concessions covering 12 million acres off the coast of Angola that hold an estimated 7.5 billion barrels of crude.
China has relied more on quantitative measures, such as direct controls on lending and changes in the amount of reserves that banks must hold at the central bank.
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Moreover, Malaysia's sweeping new capital controls will impede trade, because they make it harder for importers to get hold of foreign currency.
ExxonMobil (nyse: XOM - news - people ) controls concessions covering 4.8 million hectares off the coast of Angola that hold an estimated 7.5 billion barrels of crude.
And Forrester expects that Amazon alone, which now controls around 65% of the market and leaves Sony with most of the rest, will hold onto at least half of those sales.
Mr Tsvangirai's party dismissed a recent suggestion from SADC's leaders that the home ministry, which controls the police, be shared with the ruling party, while Mr Mugabe's side would hold on to the army and intelligence service.
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Next week, the leading industrial democracies will gather in Paris to hold what may be one of the most important meetings in the history of the Coordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Controls, a group known best by the acronym COCOM.
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