Perhaps most important for the health of the economy is the improved position of the banks.
He told BBC Wales that the Sherman was being left in an improved financial position.
It is more of a last resort and often found to cause a vicious circle instead of a long-term improved competitive position.
Privately held U.S. companies, on average, have a slightly improved credit position than a year ago, according to new data from Sageworks Inc.
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His party improved its position in the October 2008 election, winning 16 more seats than in the 2006 election, but still fell short of an overall majority.
Profitable sales from late 2009 onwards further improved the position.
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While the agency is projecting U.S. industry sales will range between 14 million and 14.5 million vehicles this year, with moderate growth after that, GM is strong enough to weather another economic downturn and still stay profitable because of its much-improved cost position in North America.
Since then, the club has earned three promotions and improved its league position from one year to the next in all but one season.
The company noted that it improved its cash position in the quarter by about 800 million Euros, 650 million of that from Nokia Siemens Networks, to 4.36 billion.
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MBIA, which had its ratings affirmed in February, said that no material adverse changes have taken place since then and that its capital position had improved.
Mr. Obama's advisers called it encouraging the president has at least maintained small leads in most battleground states, and they suggested their position may have improved.
"We've made losses as a result of selling them but at the same time we've improved our longer-term position in terms of our wage bill by reducing the wages for those particular contracts, " he said.
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Brigadier Monro also said that healthcare had "improved considerably from a very poor position".
"Their relative position versus Nvidia has improved compared to six months ago, " says Dean McCarron, president of chip tracker Mercury Research.
"Their relative position versus Nvidia has improved compared to six months ago, " says Dean McCarron, president of chip tracker Mercury Research. amd is also building ati's graphics capabilities into a new CPU that may see the light of day in the second half of 2009.
Only six of the 20 improved the team's league position in their first full season or part-season and just four left the team higher up the table than when they took over (and two of them are Hiddink and Avram Grant, who were never meant to be permanent managers).
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But the reward can be significant career progression, personal satisfaction and an improved short-term and long-term financial position.
We believe Juniper is entering 2013 in a strong position, with good opportunities in routing and switching and a greatly improved Enterprise security portfolio as we continue to deliver on the promise of the high performance network.
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Delta Air Lines has improved its situation with its credit-card provider, and may soon be in position to wriggle more money out of its pilots.
Delta Air Lines (nyse: DAL - news - people ) has improved its situation with its credit-card provider, and may soon be in position to wriggle more money out of its pilots.
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In response to questions on the position of women in Afghanistan, Ms Greening said that while the situation had improved, "no-one should be under any illusion that there is a long way to go".
The Spaniard traded fastest lap times with team-mate Sebastien Buemi in a quiet opening half hour and improved his lap time by over six seconds, but he still finished the session in 20th position, one place behind his team-mate.
Mr. Gross's improved performance in 2012 stands in stark contrast to last year, when he slashed the fund's position in Treasurys just before the market embarked on an epic rally.
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