In addition, consumers have become more price sensitive in recent years due to the economic crisis.
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The first challenge is directly linked to the economic crisis and the management of its consequences.
Reaction to the economic crisis of the 1970s ushered in the Thatcher and Reagan reforms.
Europe has been a particularly tough market due to the economic crisis still unfolding in the euro zone.
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This year firms have cut their hiring due to the economic crisis.
This study indicates that by and large this is not directly related to the economic crisis, but it may have magnified the discrepancy.
Put simply, we risk slipping back into the old imbalances that contributed to the economic crisis in the first place and which threaten global recovery.
Due to the economic crisis, parents have to work long hours (if they are lucky enough to have a job), and often, kids are neglected.
Charles Schumer of New York--are already starting to rally behind the nominee, who has been a major player in the government's response to the economic crisis.
If there is a counter point to the economic crisis it is the fact that 66% of the people who have jobs are not all that engaged by them.
Political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin says much of the roiling discontent now is due to the economic crisis, which has hit Russia particularly hard after almost a decade of oil-fueled growth.
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Mr Marchionne's first reaction to the economic crisis, which halted his successful turnaround of Fiat, had been to try to grab Opel, the European bit of GM, which was up for sale.
The first one is that many CIOs (chief information officers) have become risk-averse to new technologies, thanks to the economic crisis, and the adoption rate - at least in my opinion - has slowed down.
But thanks to the economic crisis, the number of Romans leaving for ferragosto has diminished, with Italian newspaper Il Messaggero reporting that only one in three Romans will leave for a week or more this year, down 10% from last summer.
While the merger will have to overcome several political obstacles, it is a sign that the Greek banking system begins to respond to the economic crisis, and a vote of confidence by foreign investors that can become the model for other Greek and European banks.
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We have renewed the push for peace in the Middle East, charted a course to secure vulnerable nuclear materials within four years, and reestablished our leadership in the Pacific Rim, while taking the lead in forging a response at the global level to the economic crisis.
The following day he returned to announce that tents to accommodate 14, 000 people had been made ready and said that he intended to divert to L'Aquila and the surrounding area some of the money set aside for construction projects as part of Italy's response to the economic crisis.
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Opening the debate, Italian social democrat MEP Francesca Balzani said MEPs had to "seize the moment" and use the budget "to counteract the economic crisis".
The two are poles apart on the crucial issue of the economy and how to tackle the economic crisis in Catalonia.
The end of the Thatcher-era also comes at a point when many politicians are debating to what extent the neo-Liberal economic model espoused by Thatcher is to blame for the economic crisis of the last five years and what direction to take next.
Strong consumer interest fueled a rebound in the prices of DTC rough diamonds by an average of 27% over the year to levels above those prior to the onset of the economic crisis, according to the statement.
The President and Prime Minister discussed their respective responses to the global economic crisis and how they are dealing with the domestic consequences in their countries and the international impact.
Finance is one of the most crucial posts, as Zimbabweans hope the power-sharing deal will lead to action to tackle the economic crisis.
Geithner, 47, has a boyish face, but he's an old hand on economic and financial policy and is no stranger to the current economic crisis.
Other than the naming of a new Director-General (afternoon of 15 October) and the adoption of the 2010-2011 Programme and Budget, the agenda of the 35th session features a Ministerial Forum on strategies to overcome the economic crisis and on the future of UNESCO as a multilateral organization, on 8 October.
Because its collapse is directly tied to the European economic crisis, MF Global is a direct reminder to already jittery investors that foreign entanglements expose all of us to unforeseeable, often instantaneous risk.
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Bachelet, Brown, Lula da Silva and Stoltenberg will address the gathering Friday night to speak about charting a progressive path in response to the global economic crisis.
That includes the economic transition team that will have to deal with the economic crisis.
Customs revenues plummeted due to the global economic crisis and a drop in South African imports.
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