• GM, which has done a much better job than Ford of running its foreign operations, is in reasonable shape.

    ECONOMIST: America's car industry

  • Mr. Khuzami said the SEC now has a much better handle on electronic trading, which has become a priority.

    WSJ: Writing on the Wall: What Can Help Restore Investor Trust? Maybe the SEC

  • As an example of the sort of senator that progressives ought not worry about losing, I cited Bayh, a longtime leader of the pro-corporate Democratic Leadership Council, which has for the better part of a quarter century worked to turn the Democratic Party into a kinder, gentler version of the GOP.

    NPR: The Nation: Bye Bayh, Bring On The Populists

  • The extra hardware and software costs start to push the price of a netbook towards that of a standard laptop, which will invariably be better because it has a bigger processor and superior graphics.

    ECONOMIST: Rational consumer

  • For example, I emailed the company several weeks ago asking why it was still doing business with Light Impressions, a supplier of archival framing and storage materials which has a consumer warning from the Better Business Bureau and is the subject of multiple complaints on various photography Web sites.

    FORBES: Finance Firms are Going to Twitter and Social Media With Mixed Results

  • With its roomy, minimalist cabin and a square body, which many say only looks better once it has had a few knocks, the current Defender is obviously better suited as a serious workhorse.

    BBC: Business

  • At home you are competing only against your opponent with nothing or very little at stake but at a major tournament you are competing against your nerves, pressure and a highly skilled opponent which has made many a gamer let the whole event get the better of him or her.

    BBC: Pro gamers fight for recognition

  • Hong Kong, which does have a currency board, has fared better than neighboring economies.

    FORBES: It ain't over yet

  • Merck has tended to try and position Vioxx as more powerful than Celebrex, which has in turn been portrayed as having a better side-effect profile.

    FORBES: Novartis' Arthritis Drug Beats Celebrex

  • Instead, they will perhaps learn that a film about some Indian guy, which they did not see, is better than a film that has Kate Winslet in it.

    ECONOMIST: Why the Oscars don't matter

  • After you find a fare, see if Southwest, which lists its fares only on its Southwest.com website, has a better deal (remember that Southwest doesn't charge for the first two checked bags, so you need to factor that in as well as the fare).

    CNN: The skinny on finding airfare deals

  • "He is walking unaided, which has been requested medically, and is in a better state now, " Wenger said.

    BBC: We can win the title says Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger

  • "Just to get through today -- September 12 has to be a day in which I feel better, knowing that I have completed a year of grief, " she said.

    CNN: Relatives recite poems, give tribute, try to heal

  • The camera app, which was already a highlight of ICS, has gotten even better in 4.1.

    ENGADGET: Jelly Bean, Android 4.1 revealed by Google, rolling out in mid-July

  • Watch out for the Sunday Walking Street, which has better-than-average products and a good dose of provincial culture.

    BBC: Shopping in Chiang Mai

  • When people do talk that way, it's often in service of marketing an idea that their company has "thought leadership, " which stands for a better understanding of the world.

    FORBES

  • Now, you'll find a better solution from Mosaik Solutions, which has released an Android app that provides data from the carriers themselves.

    ENGADGET

  • It couldn't come at a better time for the industry, which has seen sales decline over the past year amid high gas prices.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • If all sport could be enjoyed with the same generosity and family friendly atmosphere which has generally accompanied these Games then the world might be a better place.

    BBC: An Olympian spirit of generosity

  • But with its mix of consumer-friendly PCs, printers and big business servers, HP is a better leading indicator than IBM, which has a thriving hardware and services business but is less diversified.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The other 133 pages of the report are what stop it from getting three cheers, but those two paragraphs alone make this a better policy than anything at all which has been done in either Europe or the US as yet.

    FORBES: The Australian Carbon Tax Plan: Pretty Good Actually

  • "There is probably a better balance between all the players, which has not been the case in previous seasons, " he says.

    BBC: Lisandro poses threat to Reds

  • Renault is particularly keen to promote fast-charging stations, along with exchange centres on motorways where depleted batteries can be quickly swapped for another one during long journeys. (This approach is being championed by Better Place, a start-up which has developed robots to handle the battery-swapping process.) Meanwhile the tinkerers are already at work: some are planning to build small, petrol-powered generators which can be towed behind battery-only cars on long trips.

    ECONOMIST: Rational consumer

  • Though perhaps a bit catty, the joke makes a good point, which is that Opus Dei has sometimes been better at explaining what it is not rather than what it is.

    NPR: A Glimpse Inside a Catholic 'Force': Opus Dei

  • But this sort of whole-genome sequencing, which has so far been completed on five bacteria, should allow a much better understanding of how bacteria work, what they have in common, and what makes individual species unique.

    ECONOMIST: Stomach turning | The

  • As members on both sides of the aisle have said, this is not a step that should be undertaken lightly and it is one, as the Democratic members have argued, that should not to a fishing expedition to find something better than that which has been sent in the original referral.

    CNN: Transcript: Schippers, Lowell briefings before Judiciary panel, part 2

  • Gardner was acquired in 2010 by Better Capital, a private-equity outfit, which has backed its expansion.

    ECONOMIST: Britain��s Mittelstand

  • But better than the standard form of pancreatic cancer, which has a 98% mortality rate over five years.

    FORBES: Is Steve Jobs Ill?

  • His hat-trick in Bielefeld's 4-1 triumph has made his market value rocket, which could not have come at a better time.

    BBC: Momo ponders his future

  • The Global X Silver Miners ( SIL) has held up much better than either GLD or SLV, which is a bullish sign as the recent period of consolidation shows a flag formation, lines c and d.

    FORBES: Gold: Another Technical & Seasonal Low?

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