Russia's financial markets reacted calmly to Mr Fradkov's appointment, with the main share index recovering quickly after an initial decline.

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But the big difference is that South Korea's economy seems to be recovering quickly from recession, while Japan's continues to languish in the doldrums.

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It was the fourth-consecutive weekly decline, but the figure did not fall as much as economists expected, a sign that while the labor market is improving it is not recovering quickly.

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Just as America went into, and came out of, recession earlier than most economies in Europe, so American companies are recovering more quickly than European ones.

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As the United States shakes off the recession, however, New York and New England are recovering more quickly, according the Price WaterhouseCoopers Money Tree survey released Friday.

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The UK Department for Education says that the number of schools being placed on special measures was declining - and those that were were recovering more quickly, falling from 25 months to 18 months.

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Notice that Apple has held this key moving average throughout its upside move since the market bottom in early 2009, dropping through it once by 3% on a daily closing basis before quickly recovering and moving to new highs.

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Shares of companies like VeraSun Energy, Pacific Ethanol and ADM, which had been beaten down by as much as 60%, quickly began recovering when news of the higher mandates broke.

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Shares of companies like VeraSun Energy (nyse: VSE - news - people ), Pacific Ethanol and ADM, which had been beaten down by as much as 60%, quickly began recovering when news of the higher mandates broke.

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And now that the government is going to own these assets based on mortgages gone wrong, there is also a tension between recovering mortgage assets as quickly as possible - which could require more foreclosures - and allowing more homeowners to stay in their homes, which could make it harder to sell them back into the private market.

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After recovering from the shock of what had happened, Tom was quickly picked up by a competitor and was soon leading successful product development teams again.

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