Retained
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Nonetheless, because of oil, they
retained
US support.
He also sought to shift the sense of crisis away from economics to politics (where he
retained
an iron grip) by removing his designated heir, Anwar Ibrahim, who was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
For others, it was an end in itself, to be settled and
retained.
Among the drivers of growth, domestic capital formation
retained
much of its momentum from preceding years.
China ’s corporate sector has financed much of its investment out of
retained
earnings without having to raise capital from the household sector.
In last October’s municipal elections in the West Bank – the first in six years – the largely secular Fatah party technically
retained
its authority; but voter turnout of only 55%, following Hamas’s call for a boycott, reflected waning support for the party.
To be fair, given the SOEs’ legacy costs (stemming from their responsibilities for social services and insurance), together with their financial distress in the 1990’s, it made sense for a while to let them keep their
retained
earnings and not place additional claims on them through the government budget.
The situation is more complicated for services, which are not fully covered by the EU’s single market, because national governments have
retained
the right to issue licenses for architects, doctors, and other credentialed professions.
Second, even if Khamenei hands the nuclear portfolio to Rowhani (which is not certain, given that he
retained
it under Ahmadinejad), the new president must come to terms with the IRGC, whose support – at least tacit – is necessary for any nuclear deal.
Indeed, France does actually better than most of its rich country rivals and, unlike Germany, the UK, or the US, has
retained
the same global market share in the industrial sector that it had in the early 1970's.
The Ukraine Nuclear DelusionGENEVA – An argument now widely heard is that Ukraine would not be in the trouble it is in had it
retained
its substantial stockpile of nuclear weapons at the end of the Cold War.
Financed via Special Purpose Entities, mortgages were parceled up in debt packages and securitized entities in which neither originators nor sponsors
retained
any material long-term stake but paid credit rating agencies to award a nice little ribbon marked AAA.
To safeguard their interests, bankers have lobbied relentlessly against regulations that would require them to rely less on borrowing and more on
retained
earnings or new equity to fund their lending and investments.
Today’s European strongmen have
retained
popular support by maintaining the relative economic freedom on which long-term prosperity depends.
But they
retained
the clause subjecting any Russian to charges of treason for creating risks to the international security of the state.
These, he wrote, “are means, and powerful means, by which the excellences of republican government may be
retained
and its imperfections lessened or avoided.”
Greece remains in poor shape, but it has
retained
its EU and eurozone membership.
In the event, most social media-enabled popular uprisings failed for want of effective leadership, and traditional political and military organizations
retained
the upper hand.
Investment from
retained
earnings should be as attractive as debt financing.
Progress in all three areas can only be resolved through continuous coordination of the discretionary powers
retained
by EU members, which is not what the Maastricht Treaty envisioned.
Because it has not adopted the euro, the UK has
retained
the autonomy to set interest rates; but integration into Europe’s single market has yielded clear gains in terms of growth and employment.
Xi seems to have
retained
within him the belligerence of Cultural Revolution-era youth.
For much of the crisis, Berlusconi
retained
his grip on parliament, but daily it became ever more tenuous, with the balance shifting to other members of his coalition and to the opposition.
Not surprisingly, then, we began rather cautiously with returning to competitive environments previously nationalized businesses, most of which
retained
their former private sector structures and could be easily delivered from the dead hand of politicized bureaucracy and into the bracing air of the marketplace.
Despite Wakefield’s ostracism from the medical community and the exposure of his deceptions – not to mention numerous scientific studies that did not find any link whatsoever between vaccines and autism – he has
retained
a devoted following in the US.
The PDP is still in firm control of the central and state legislatures, and has
retained
the majority of the state governorships.
During those 20 years, including 1990-1998, when Pinochet remained the army’s Commander-in-Chief, his right-wing allies
retained
the ability to veto legislation.
A large share of their foreign subsidiaries’ future profits, which would be
retained
abroad under current law, are likely to be returned to the US, reducing investment in Europe and Asia.
The worst provisions of the old tax code – such as the carried-interest loophole, which allows job-destroying private-equity firms to pay taxes at low rates – have been retained, and new categories of favored income (earned by so-called pass-through entities) have been created.
For example, Ntege was released only after considerable effort by a team of lawyers
retained
by Reporters Respond, the Free Press Unlimited emergency fund for journalist safety.
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