But with little evidence of a broader tie between marriage rates and such spending, researchers chalked up that increase to its rapidly changing demographics.
NYT's Ana Swanson and Paul Mozur: "United States officials have effectively killed a Chinese company's $1.2 billion plan to buy MoneyGram, the money transfer company, signaling the Trump administration's growing skepticism of Chinese purchases of American companies and of broader business ties between the two economic powers.
The restrictions could also make it difficult for Swiss companies and universities to recruit foreign staff and could affect broader research ties between the European Union and Switzerland.
The two set up a study group in June to examine the creation of a common trading system that could lead to broad trading ties between the two exchanges.
Today it enjoys broad ties to the outside world.
Leaders who establish broad ties to their communities have deeper resources in times of hardship.
Safranski, however, places "The Birth of Tragedy" at the core of Nietzsche's work, emphasizing not only his ties to music but the broad and dangerous ties between the worship of art and the fear of democratic politics, or even of social progress — an area in which Safranski balances insights into the subtleties of Nietzsche's thought against an unswerving condemnation of its implications.
Senate investigators plan to question Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and a close adviser, as part of their broad inquiry into ties between Trump associates and Russian officials or others linked to the Kremlin, according to administration and congressional officials.
And though the White House has offered no public criticism of Park's decision, her broader efforts to deepen ties between Seoul and Beijing is expected to be at issue when President Obama welcomes her for a summit meeting Friday.
While questions have been raised in Washington about Trump's firing of FBI director James Comey, and about the broader investigation surrounding possible ties between Trump's campaign and the Russian government, they've so far failed to gain much traction across that political divide.
