Early next year, the eight-year expansion looks set to become the longest in US history.

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The first half of 2010 has witnessed an increase in front-office hires and revenue-generating roles as banks set themselves up for expansion in the region.

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Kikkoman's move into America in the 1950s set the template for the company's foreign expansion.

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Parents in Sevenoaks set up an online petition to campaign for the expansion.

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In other words, the expansion of credit, caused by a flexible, expandable money regime, set the whole economy ablaze.

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If we were in government we would be saying let's set some clear targets on climate change and then judge it in the context of airport expansion and economic competitiveness.

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In addition to engaging the fans, the Sounders organization set out to avoid the typical poor performance of an expansion team.

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Internationally, Harley is targeting large scale expansion in emerging markets such as Brazil and India, and these are the only two countries where the company has set up an assembly plant outside the U.S. Its motorcycles segment has performed exceptionally well in Latin America and Asia in the last few years.

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