Traffic wasn't this bad a decade ago, according to longtime Angelenos.

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"Expectations are lower than a year ago, but they are still not sensible, " says Anil Thadani, a longtime Asian investor who is chairman of Schroder Capital Partners in Singapore.

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, a longtime Google executive before being lured away nearly seven months ago, has pledged to produce more impressive growth in future years.

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Some weeks ago, through a volunteer effort of mine, I met a longtime corporate responsibility consultant, Neil Smith, of SmithOBrien, one of the more seasoned corporate responsibility consulting outfits.

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About two months ago Regal-Beloits Durst power transmission division in Beloit bailed out a longtime customer when the customers supplier couldnt deliver a certain axle shaft in time.

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