Whatever the outcome, the foreigners' interest will step up pressure on Italian banks to accelerate domestic consolidation.
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That too has been represented as the Government stoking up pressure on Google.
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Somewhere between Clinton's denial and Washington's stepped-up pressure on Pakistan lies the truth -- or furious diplomatic pas de deux.
The Colombian government has recently stepped up pressure on the rebels, offering rewards to guerrillas who surrender and free hostages.
Public health officials, safety advocates, private insurers and employer groups are stepping up pressure to sharply reduce early term deliveries.
Although Wigan seemed content to soak up pressure from the visitors, they went close to doubling their lead on the counter-attack.
Suddenly, QPR began to look dangerous on the counter-attack, soaking up pressure before pushing forward in search of an unlikely winner.
The FDP is stepping up pressure for tax cuts, joined by the CSU, which is almost as nervous about its own future.
NPR's business news starts with Congress ratcheting up pressure on toy makers.
That has ratcheted up pressure on the company to start generating income.
Local authorities and regulatory agencies are also stepping up pressure on Pepco.
This fuels domestic demand, pushing up pressure on prices, particularly of commodities.
Blackburn had to withstand some incessant pressure as they employed their strategy to soak up pressure and catch City out on the counter-attack.
The financial industry has ramped up pressure on government officials to scale back the rule, which is set to be implemented in July.
The Colombian government recently has stepped up pressure on the rebels, offering rewards to the guerrillas if they surrender and free their hostages.
As the number of ETFs expands and marketing expenses rise, brokerage firms are stepping up pressure on ETF companies to pay them 12b-1 fees.
Typically, increasing pressure through exposure is done incrementally, ratcheting up pressure.
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Meanwhile, the opposition Labour party stepped up pressure on News Corp.
"The nature of the bowling determines that if we can build up pressure on the two batsmen who are out there hopefully that can cause wickets to fall, " said Finn.
Carter's call for African leaders to step up pressure on Mugabe came a day before Tsvangirai asked South Africa's Mbeki to bow out as mediator between the MDC and Zanu-PF.
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But momentum on federal legislation has stalled in Congress, and President Barack Obama has planned a trip to Connecticut on Monday to step up pressure to pass a bill.
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Ratcheting up pressure on Republicans with Congress in recess for Presidents Day week, White House spokesman Jay Carney announced Thursday that Obama had phoned Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
But, during the 2004 campaign, Ryan, with such allies as Kemp and Ferrara, kept up pressure from the right to force the White House to make a decision on Social Security.
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti had this week been on a kind of momentum tour, trying to stoke up pressure on the Germans to fall in behind Mario Draghi's promise to act.
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What's more, Capellas has ratcheted up pressure on rivals this year by migrating 10% of MCI's phone calls from old circuit-switched networks--subject to those antiquated access fees--to the Internet, which is free of them.
Ratcheting up pressure on Republicans with Congress in recess for Presidents Day week, White House spokesman Jay Carney announced Thursday that Obama had phoned House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Some players rely on attacking strokes to power past opponents, while others are content to soak up pressure from the back of the court, lobbing the ball back onto the table with heavy amounts of spin.
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Insurers and employer groups have stepped up pressure to stop early-elective deliveries because they can lead to malpractice suits when things go wrong and much higher costs if a baby ends up in a neonatal intensive-care unit.
Villa's 10 away wins in the Premier League is the best record so far this season and has owed plenty to their ability to soak up pressure and catch teams out with their pace in attack.
Recently, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been ratcheting up pressure on the other NATO allies to do more, asking for about 3, 500 soldiers to help train Afghan troops, 16 helicopters, and three infantry battalions with a willingness to fight.
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