Jeff Clarke, chief executive and president of global travel firm Travelport, called the rate cut a "quite decisive move", which "clearly has stemmed the fall" on stock markets around the world.

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That's right, there's about 2, 200, 250m gone of the race of a 2000m race, that we'd moved out to quite a decisive lead in some respects and I felt at that point that there was no way that we were going to lose.

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Sunderland-bound Cristian Riveros headed wide, while Antolin Alcaraz and Santana both peeled away from their markers with far too much ease but could not quite make the decisive contact.

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And your decisive action is not only in the interest of France, but quite frankly the United States and everyone.

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It is quite possible that the rude health of German economy is what prevents its politicians from taking decisive action as Spain careens towards catastrophe.

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