Although emerging markets are widely viewed as promising higher growth rates than mature developed markets like the U.S. in coming years, it appears for now that investors are staying close to home.

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That seems pretty desperate, and Nintendo knows how it looks with the company apologizing to those who bought the 3DS at a higher price, and promising them free games for their loyalty.

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In a recent tell-all book, former Cramer employee Nicholas W. Maier writes of getting in on popular stock offerings by promising to buy more at a higher price later, to keep the stock up.

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The higher the rate, the less promising the asset.

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Tesla Motors shares are trading higher Monday morning as the electric car company posted promising Q3 results.

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But even in those areas where the Barroso commission can make a direct contribution to higher European growth, the early signs are not promising.

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Labour's manifesto - Ambitions for Britain - set out the party's goals until 2010 promising changes to public services but no rise in the basic or higher rates of income tax.

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Since team owners locked players out on July 1, the prospects for the 2011-12 season beginning on schedule have never looked more promising than they do after this weekend, though the stakes have never been higher to get a deal done.

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Those efforts drove him to start the school in the first place, since he saw many promising high-schoolers who had earned straight-As but couldn't score higher than a 14 out of 36 on the ACT.

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