These areas have some of the steadiest and strongest winds in the U.S., and are relatively close to large areas of electricity demand, particularly the US mid-Atlantic.
We generally favor developed country over emerging equity markets, particularly the US, where policy is still easing, immediate growth prospects are best and risks are relatively low.
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Perhaps the most visible way in which prestige affects higher education nowadays is college rankings, particularly the US News rankings, which, as Kevin Carey notes, are almost entirely on measures of prestige.
Although the Pew Center's numbers for Brazil are lower than the Vatican's, this isn't true for all countries, particularly the US. According to Hackett, this is mainly due to the migration of Catholics.
The claims caused alarm in the West, particularly in the US, which has been training troops in Mali and neighbouring countries to tackle the militant threat for several years.
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Are Visa and MasterCard worried about competitive moves being made in the mobile payments market, particularly in the US?
The development of cheap gas, particularly in the US and at a time of economic hardship, has radically turned around perceptions of energy markets and the drive for cheaper fuel.
With the Mexican economy highly dependent on exports, particularly to the US, Mr Calderon will be leading calls against protectionism.
The simple fact is growth has slowed, particularly in the US, Western Europe and other developed regions, much of it due to macroeconomic issues.
Foreign companies (particularly in the US) that export to China will become more competitive.
While the US government has never been shy about using sanctions as a foreign policy tool, there has been great reluctance, particularly from the US Treasury, to link these measures in any way to the US capital markets.
The issue of subsidies to farmers in the developed world, particularly Japan, the US and the EU, is expected to dominate next week's key summit of the World Trade Organisation in Cancun, Mexico.
Unlike the situation in the US - particularly in the era of Fox News - there are no significant communications outlets in Israel that are not controlled by the Left.
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The prospect of the insurer joining the lawsuit had already sparked anger in the US, particularly given the firm is currently in the middle of a "Thank you America" advertising campaign.
But the project has caused anxiety in the US, particularly following the 2010 leak at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, which dumped millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
However, the less pious - particularly from Australia and the US - have logged in as Satan, ranted from the virtual pulpit and shouted expletives in the aisles.
Many foreign companies listing in the US, particularly energy companies, have operations in countries under US embargo and will be affected by the new requirements.
He also expressed concern about the safety of US ports, particularly given the vast size of the maritime industry.
The measure has the egalitarian appeal of forcing our representatives to live as the rest of us do, particularly since the effects of not passing a budget are directly causing working class Americans to go without their pay.
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"Participation in this programme will help us to further enhance our skills and capabilities in the design and manufacture of large composite structures, particularly wings, thereby helping us to compete successfully in the international market place, " he said.
Fitch said the US and European banks "are particularly sensitive to the increased challenges the financial markets face".
Which is pretty depressing for them, and not particularly cheerful for the rest of us.
And they particularly resent the fact that the US is leading the charge for change.
Published tax rates in the US, particularly corporate tax rates, are excessive and about to become much moreso.
Chinese tech stocks listed in the US were particularly hard hit.
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Police here say they particularly go after retirees from the US, and in the past they have had reports of people's entire life savings being taken.
The French government's intention has been to use the new broadcaster as a platform to counter the prevailing US view of world affairs, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, where France has mostly good relations.
Second, he seeks to significantly reduce the US military presence in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq.
Attention will now turn to the overseas markets with the US being of particularly interest.
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We are hugely dependent on what happens around us, particularly on the Eurozone.
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