While the data are hard to find and isolate for just the U.S., which remains the dominant home for the infrastructure of the digital economy (for now), the global trends are indicative.
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So will the result be global standards or just new rules for the U.S. banks?
So despite research documenting the health and productivity benefits of taking time off, a long vacation can be undesirable, scary, unrealistic or just plain impossible for many U.S. workers.
Just for Laughs is in its fourth year in Chicago, as the first U.S. spinoff of Just for Laughs Montreal, a multiweek, bilingual event in July.
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Its enterprise ratio is 19, just below the number for the U.S. Wal-Mart Stores.
Russians also spend freely on clothing and footwear, which gobble 9% of their outlays, versus just 4% for ostensibly hungry U.S. consumers.
In addition, foreign countries and companies will have a stronger legal basis for their complaints than just U.S. law.
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And it wasn't just a difficult holiday season for the U.S. auto industry, the entire year has been painful.
It's a reminder of just how difficult it is for any U.S. president to make progress in this long-running conflict.
Yet for all the hoopla that renewable energy receives, wind and solar account for just 6% of total U.S. power generation.
So how does Europe move up the food chain, allowingEuropean startups to be more than just Soylent Green for cash-rich U.S. rivals?
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In other words, purchases of U.S. Treasury securities by China accounted for just over 14 percent of the new debt issued by the U.S. government during that period.
Job aggregation website Indeed.com, a Google-like search engine for help wanted listings, has just released data about the U.S. companies with the most online listings for internships.
We're all together to ask for a just legalization bill in the U.S. Congress.
Williams has played just one Fed Cup doubles rubber for the U.S. team and an exhibition match against Serena since withdrawing in New York on August 31, and she will make her return as a wildcard at the Miami Masters this week -- an event she has won on three occasions.
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Just as now is the time for the U.S. to come to grips with its looming fiscal wreck, it is also time to consider how a global banking system has grown up in a world of fiat money, with no anchor or backing (as in the past, to gold) but instead just the full faith and credit of nations and their agents, the central banks.
But because of higher margins, international insurance accounts for one-third of earnings before taxes, whereas U.S. life insurance accounts for just 23%. that we anticipate high revenue growth for MetLife as the company seeks to expand in Asian markets.
So I'm thrilled to finally have the chance to come here and see for myself, and I want to thank Secretary Vilsack not just for being out front on this issue but for his leadership and work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
It makes Mass Effect 3 for Wii U, being released just a few days before, look a little awkward.
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However, it is not just the U.S. that hungers for more or better roads, rail, ocean- and airports, power, water and telecom networks.
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So even though The Social Network, which just topped U.S. box offices for the second weekend, is giving millions of viewers one portrayal of Zuckerberg, other media are giving them another.
High-definition DVDs, which will account for just 3.5% of total U.S. revenue from home video purchases and rentals in 2007, will make up a third of total revenue in 2010 and nearly two-thirds -- 64.8% -- of the market in 2013, Holden says.
CheckPoints awards consumers just for scanning bar codes on products in 2 million U.S. stores.
The renewed allegations of a massive Enron-style fraud should serve as a clear call for robust whistleblower programs, not just in the U.S. but around the world.
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The recordings he made 45 years ago for Romanian Electrecord, with fiddle, accordion, bass and cimbalom (hammered dulcimer), have just been issued in the U.S. for the first time.
Just after these bond transactions, the yield chart for U.S Treasuries (and all bonds) peaked and crossed a years-long uptrend line to the downside, thanks to the wise decision-making of a Fed boss who inspired confidence, Paul Volcker.
What matters are the bond prices, and the subsequent weakening of the foreign currencies as demand for U.S. Treasurys increased just prior to the end of QE2 and the beginning of the Washington novella known as the debt debate.
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With the inclusion of nongaming apps for the Wii U, the gaming console appears to be positioning itself as a hub for more than just games.
This provocation underscores the need for action -- not just this afternoon at the U.N.
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