There may be troubles ahead, however, not least from the economy.
For many Wall Street professionals, their worst financial troubles may be behind them.
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Thailand's troubles may be one example of the way in which corruption can undermine development, and a government's effectiveness.
In the long term, Mr Kabila may find his troubles lie less with his enemies than with his would-be friends.
The world's financial troubles may have been triggered by America's housing bust, but it is other rich countries that are hurting most.
There, too, the economic troubles may have hastened generational change.
Even now, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's recent troubles may not dim their influence on Capitol Hill, says Mike House, director of FM Policy Focus, a lobbying group that's campaigned for years to regulate the GSEs more strictly.
Their privacy troubles in 2009 may offer guidance for the future micro-celebrities of America.
Analysts said that given its troubles, Sharp may find it tough to survive in the long run.
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As they review their regimes in the light of their troubles, governments may decide that the alternatives are economically better, and politically no worse.
Both companies may benefit from the myriad troubles at AOL Time Warner 's (nyse: AOL - news - people ) America Online division, which is struggling with executive changes, lack of a coherent growth strategy and questions about its accounting.
Indeed, the company may benefit in 2003 from the troubles of AOL Time Warner.
The troubles of Deutsche Telekom may now be drastically limiting the options of its US subsidiary.
The troubles of neighbouring Argentina may make voters play safe, and seek the continuation of Mr Cardoso's prudent policies.
In one battle in September she was crushed against a wall, which may have set off the breathing troubles that killed her.
The genesis of the latest troubles go back to May, when the Defense Ministry, which Wiranto also heads, submitted a new security bill to parliament.
And for all the abundance he sees, he finds the questions put to him ask where men may repair for succor from the troubles that beset them.
Given Mr. Welch's medical needs, she knows that may not happen, a prospect that troubles her.
Although enjoying broad-based support at home for his commitment to the US, Azanar may find that his position could cause troubles for Spain abroad.
So while Wilson's example may be garnering greater media attention than troubles past, his behavior, and the insurance implication it carries, is nothing new.
If Japan's troubles continue, its banks may have to raise cash to meet critical international capital ratios by selling off their huge hoard of U.S. Treasury notes.
It also means that the economic troubles in the rest of the world may not leave the United States unscathed, as Matthew Yglesias argued this week.
Focusing on women in those powerful, monied institutions and the troubles, challenges and opportunities available to them may seem self-indulgent.
Unfortunately, as troubles in the Eurozone have emerged, it may be too late to get into stocks in a conventional manner.
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America's labour market may be unique in the extent of its middle-class troubles, but not in their existence.
Businesses with better prospects may find it hard to get credit, as long as troubles in Germany's banking system remain unresolved.
Moreover, the economic troubles in Asia that prompted the talk of deflation may start to work in favour of bank shares.
The rise in the dollar has hit commodities, but by 2012, dollar weakness may reassert itself, they said, once the focus from troubles in the EU is removed.
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