Credit a local tycoon who wants to provide jobs for his neighbors — and a desire by Chinese companies to secure a relatively low-cost foothold in the European Union, the largest single market in the world.
Even more frightening for the Republicans, a shift of four Senate seats would cost them that foothold.
The asking price for his foothold among the middle class?
"By guaranteeing a bigger foothold for low-cost carriers at key U.S. airports, this settlement ensures airline passengers will see more competition on nonstop and connecting routes throughout the country," according to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who added that the agreement would result in "more choices and more competitive airfares".
In a bid to acquire a foothold in low-cost generics, the Japanese firm paid 737 rupees a share last June, forking out a premium of 31% to the company's stock price at the time.
(Tate Donovan's Jimmy, in particular, shows the cost of trying to keep a foothold on the slippery slope of wealth; his nervous smile becomes more compulsive and frantic as he falls apart).
There was a particular emphasis on Japan with these excursions, our tipster says, but it also reached China, India, Spain and many more markets where lower cost devices have a very strong foothold.
It also has a foothold in the low-cost airline business as the 65% owner and operator of Hahn, a former military airfield 110 kilometres from Frankfurt that is used by Ryanair and others.
Canon, a camera and printer maker considered a leader in profitability in corporate Japan with its aggressive cost-cutting, is angling for a foothold in the growing market for mirrorless cameras with interchangeable lenses, where it faces stiff competition from Sony, Olympus and Nikon.
Strategic partnerships in the biotechnology industry allow new technology based firms to gain a foothold in this high-cost, high-risk industry.
Ultimately the pro-poor land recordation system should bring tenure security to the poor at faster rates and lower costs, and should thus enable a foothold on the lower rungs of the property ladder.
