In the meantime, we expect most of the initial acquisition activity to be in smaller, less visible and less politically contentious deals where the negotiations between Chinese buyers and private sellers can be carried out under the radar and over a longer period of time.
Google 's splashy stock debut of 2004 and the frenzied activity of private equity and buyout funds last year weren't enough to stoke initial public offering activity in the world of lesser-known startup tech firms.
But after this initial flurry of activity, many of us probably won't look at it again.
We also believe that the adjustments occur as Apple evaluates the initial sell-though activity related to the 100 countries launch of the iPhone 5.
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Specifically, initial claims and hiring activity will be delayed.
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First, as in past downturns, weapons accounts are being hit harder than other categories of military activity in the initial wave of budget cuts.
London has seen a wave of "copycat criminal activity" since the initial disturbance, the Met Police said.
The NATO military coalition said in a statement that "initial reports" showed no enemy activity in the area at the time.
Det Ch Insp Saunders said initial information revealed the last-known activity in the flat was on Thursday morning.
The initial funds set in motion a flurry of activity.
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News the International Monetary Fund beefed up its emergency lines of credit was not a major factor in the market place, after an initial and short-lived flurry of price activity.
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Monitoring new leads, looking for buying signals, tracking activity and nurturing the buyer through the initial vendor selection and buyer decision process is often a long and unpredictable period of time and process.
Manufacturing activity in China picked up speed in March, an initial HSBC survey has indicated, adding to hopes of a sustained recovery in its economy.
During the first quarter of 2012, Viddy spoke with Facebook on numerous occasions, as the social network prepped for its initial public offering and looked to promote new content like video to boost activity on its site, Mr. O'Malley said.
Originally developed as a technique to measure brain activity in NASA pilots during flight simulation exercises, neurofeedback has shown promising initial results for helping retrain the brainwaves of children with ADHD and autism and people suffering from chronic migraines.
The initial results from HSBC's January Purchasing Managers' Index survey of Chinese manufacturers showed activity there contracting, though at a slightly slower pace than in December.
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