But much of this improvement has come from heavy discounting or with government help.
With government help, buyers will be able to offer more than they would if relying solely on their own resources.
As parochial lobbies form, he said, each gains, then fiercely defends, some benefit for its members, usually with government help.
After leaving welfare for a job at the checkout till, they got enough training and education, often with government help, to become nurses, teachers or social workers.
The charity Skill Force is already running a similar programme with 35 teams across 200 schools in England, Scotland and Wales, and the report says it could be expanded with government help.
Former Bear chief executives James Cayne and Alan Schwartz testified that they could not have foreseen the severe disruptions in the credit markets that ultimately led to a run on Bear Stearns in March 2008 and that they were as shocked as anyone when Bear had to be rescued by JPMorgan Chase with government help.
So that said, I also worked with the government to help me with my business.
He said the company was also working with the government to help manage the closure of the mine.
He sued the US Government with the help of the Public Citizen Litigation Group to obtain all the documents in the Einstein file.
This new guidance should help clarify that aid workers who are partnering with the U.S. government to help save lives under difficult and dangerous conditions are not in conflict with U.S. laws and regulations.
Popcorn growers slipped in a provision making sure they, too, get government help with crop insurance.
This week Somalia's transitional government, with the help of Ethiopian forces, entered the capital, Mogadishu.
He said he had been "exploring" what options were open in terms of government help with Mr Cable.
With the help of government subsidies they held on to their workers, betting that order books would quickly fill up again.
With the help of government officials, the exchange was cleaned up.
The Congolese government, with the help of the largest U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world, is attempting to regain control over the Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to Cem Marti, an analyst at Ata Investment, the expansion also may help with government plans to sell off part of its 98% stake in the airline.
And by building roads and creating jobs and business opportunities for the Pashtuns, the Pakistani government, with American help, could counter the money and other material blandishments offered by the extremists.
Brazil has countered by seeking a judgment on a clause in America's patent law which lets it demand that products invented with the help of government aid be made in America.
In 1993, he established the Coulston Foundation in Alamogordo -- considered the largest chimpanzee laboratory in the world -- where he carried out his research on chimps and loaned them out to other laboratories, with the help of government funding.
Lloyds, once seen as a stable investment that paid high dividends and was consistently cash generative, is enamored with the task of writing down legacy assets from HBOS--with help from the British government's asset protection program--as well as rebuilding its presence in the U.K. domestic banking market.
And we will continue to work with the Afghan government in the effort to help calm the situation and continue with the implementation of our policy.
Lastly, a panoply of new tax credits and deductions has added to implicit fiscal subsidy with one hand as the government has tried to curb explicit help with the other.
Helen Bilton, of University of Reading's Institute of Education, called for the government to help with the upkeep of school pools.
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Even if GM makes it to 2010 with help from the government, the company will probably need to slim down even further to break even.
Today, with the help of a government loan, that empty space is being used to manufacture solar shingles that are being sold all across the country.
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With the help of massive government bailouts (except in Canada), the banks survived a stint on life support and many are not only profitable again but have repaid some or all of their loans.
Confusion over property ownership, the unforgiving geography of Port-au-Prince and its tightly-packed housing are all major challenges, explains Michael Wyrick - one of those contracted by the government to help with debris clearance and building demolition.
Parliamentarians said that a government handout to help people deal with the rising cost of living was not enough, while the government fretted that spending more would fuel inflation, already close to 10% a year.
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