On our medium-size metro area list (between 150, 000 and 450, 000 jobs), the top spot goes to Trenton-Ewing, N.

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Alessandro Amato of the INGV said the latest tremor "came out of nowhere", and described it as a classic earthquake for the area - "medium-strong" and "fairly shallow".

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The concept of a citizen group taking responsibility for its own regional economy and finding a way to issue a medium for exchange in its own area is such a powerful image.

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John Regan is a medium-size builder in the Washington DC area who has just completed a high-end condominium project in the upscale suburb of McLean, Virginia.

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An example of a better approach might be to group retail sites by high, medium and low population density in the surrounding 10 mile area.

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But I do feel the need to comment on one area of the title which I believe Gearbox is really driving the entire medium forward.

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Again, turning back to Brazil, I would suggest that some of the medium-sized companies in Brazil that do more business within Brazil and the Latin America area are probably under-represented.

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If the euro area's governments make a credible commitment to repair their finances over the medium term, Mr Trichet should in return offer them the reward of an accommodating monetary policy.

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