And his comments today suggested more than ever that he might take action -- more actions to stem the tide, to improve the jobs picture.
The result may be fewer blockbuster federal patent lawsuits and, as a commentator in The Recorder story opined, more actions at the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), where U.S. market exclusion is the exclusive remedy and eBay is not applicable.
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So the more coordinated actions we take, the less there are trade barriers.
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"The current approach is to let the nation state apply its own instruments, but we urge more common actions, " he said.
And given economic uncertainties, we will take more radical actions to accelerate our transformation and reduce quickly our costs structure, especially in Europe.
Since November stock and credit markets have rallied partly as previous initiatives gain traction and partly in anticipation of more aggressive actions by the incoming administration.
They say that if people think they're going green by using a bag for life and recycling their bottles they may be diverted from more significant actions to protect the environment.
What is more, were we to do so, sentiment is sufficiently strong in other democratic nations of the West that American leadership in favor of stiffer sanctions would likely result in more forceful actions being taken by our allies.
"There has been a lot of improvement in Rio but there is still a lot more to be done in terms of security, mainly more preventive actions, alerting tourists both foreign and domestic of the precautions they should take, neighborhoods to avoid, " he said.
Steve Jobs departure from Apple and the Korean firms confidence in its smartphone and tablet business could signal some more aggressive actions in the near future as Samsung looks to fend off recent Apple and lawsuits and make its mark in the mobile computing market. (See Samsung Eyes Opportunity as Steve Jobs Resigns).
To put it simply, we need to worry a lot less about how to communicate our actions and much more about what our actions communicate (p. 4).
There is no reason to expect even more misguided unilateral executive branch actions regarding Bosnia to produce more felicitous results.
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Practitoners have found that short deadlines can result in more enforced collection actions against taxpayer assets.
More importantly, actions provide better metrics and better reporting on the results of your campaigns.
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Republicans and Democrats agreed to budget cuts and a promise to pursue more deficit reduction actions in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.
The make-up of the incoming Senate makes such actions more possible as early as January, when Congress returns and year-end trade figures are announced.
These actions more likely reveal a failure to realize just how dire the Army modernization needs are and a lack of understanding of how readiness and modernization interrelate.
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SWIFT, the international financial messaging firm, should push its new standard for corporate actions more aggressively and move to shut down the older message standard, several market participants have said in an open letter.
Though we have said it over and over again, let us reiterate once more: The actions of these men were in absolute and supreme violation of God's laws, and Islam does not condone unmitigated violence of any kind.
It will create more bureaucracy and more "stove-piping, " actions that are likely to produce more "groupthink" and less timely and actionable intelligence.
She's a little older, writing a story that suggests a little more perspective on her actions.
More generally, government actions will not result in the ideal policies that economic theory describes.
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Mr Magee's most famous client, however, was a more complex character whose actions, and motives, remain mysterious.
Expect more similar SEC enforcement actions in the future, since failure to adequately dislose underfunded pension obligations is rampant.
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Personally I believe that the police should be more prominent in their actions.
Mr Correa's talk may turn out to be more radical than his actions.
In 2008, Congress mandated many more consumer-oriented actions by the CPSC through adoption of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).
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The conservative majority might find a way to craft a new rule limiting such class actions to more narrowly defined groups.
Deborah Glass, the IPCC deputy chairwoman, said the it would be looking into the actions of more than 2, 000 police officers.
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