Although she did not indicate why she is stepping down, connections are being drawn between her very public mistake--which put national security at risk--and the unexpected resignation.
That is why getting the debt down to prudent levels is the most important economic challenge of our time.
With most earnings beating forecasts, why is the stock market down?
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The real mystery to me today when Groupon is down 25% or so is why anyone would believe anything this management has ever or will ever say about how they are going to rebuild this business into something terrific.
Adam Shacknai who said she was in distress which is why he cut her down.
One reason why it is nicer to walk down Barcelona's Ramblas than through Manchester's Exchange Square is the weather and not even the most inventive council can do much about the infamous Mancunian rain.
And the main reason why unemployment has come down is that, in fact, many countries have adopted labour-market, pension and other liberalising reforms in the past few years, and are now reaping the benefits.
Mr. NICOLAS SARKOZY (Minister of the Interior, France): (Through translator) In the face of more frequent and more violent crime in Saint-Denis, I don't understand why the number of people incarcerated is down.
Ask them why the numbers of Welsh speakers is down here, there, pretty much everywhere and they'll tell you it's a combination of things - over-reporting in 2001, parents not speaking it to their children, older Welsh speakers dying, fewer children being born, bright, young Welsh speakers leaving the heartlands to come to Cardiff, leaving Wales and disappearing from the figures altogether.
This thinking and the painfully long time it took DELL to learn it was wrong is precisely what led DELL down the wrong road and is the reason why DELL is still struggling to build a durable business model.
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We take leaders of the Congress, the Speaker of the House and the Senate Minority Leader at their word that they do not want a shutdown, which is why we believe that there is still reason to hope that if everyone sits down at the table and is reasonable, that we can find an agreement.
Which is why sacking the boss ultimately comes down to the judgment of a firm's directors.
Mubarak certainly understood the power of the Internet and mobile phones, which is why he ordered operators to shut down service in Egypt in January 2011.
The researchers reckon that the reason why so many honey bees are dying is down to a combination of factors that are found only, so far, in America.
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That is why I drafted the watered-down version.
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If he is to be taken at his word, then it is clearly time for him to stand down, and make it clear to people why he is doing so.
Given this history, and the fact that Abdelmutallab himself indicated at the time of his capture that more attacks were being planned, now is clearly not the time to let our guard down on monitoring who is here from overseas and why.
It is unclear why Breyer has chosen to step down from so many high-profile boards.
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Banamex does not have access to bags of foreign capital, which is one reason why Bancomer turned its offer down.
If he obeys the debt ceiling, he cannot spend the money that Congress has told him to spend, which is why most government functions will be shut down.
The impact of the buy-to-let phenomenon on the property market is one reason why rents have been kept down, as a huge supply of properties to rent have come on the market in the past decade.
The Conference is a big part of the reason why the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index is up 3% through Wednesday in an otherwise down week for the overall markets.
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And that makes it a decorating conundrum: The larger the screen, the more it looks like a gaping black hole in the wall which is why the "television question" is one of the first designers raise when they sit clients down.
One reason why Mr Thaksin remains so popular is that he cracked down on the overlords.
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