Export growth plunged in June to 18.2percentt — down from May's rise of 28percentt — because of slowing global demand, prompting suggestions that regulators might slow the rise of China's currency, the yuan, or take other steps to help struggling exporters.
Old Mutual was in demand on suggestions that Standard Chartered wanted to buy the insurer's 54% stake in South Africa's Nedbank.
But in late July, representatives from 12 major brands and retailers, alarmed by the rising labor unrest, prodded the Bangladeshi government to address wage demands, a suggestion rejected by the labor minister.
While Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has attacked the ticket offer as a costly gimmick that all city workers might demand, the suggestion underscores the city's desperation.
With the political mood making it almost impossible to contemplate spending more taxpayer money to juice demand, the suggestion is a different route to stimulus — namely having government-run mortgage lenders ease the refinancing rules on 37 million mortgages they currently guarantee.
Many Europeans claimed to be inspired by Barack Obama's election, but it was possible not just because the candidate was good: people got out and worked for him, or at least responded to overtures from his workers, asking questions, making suggestions, demanding changes.
In addition, before new trucks are allowed to join, Mr. Cohen's team taste-tests all the food, reviews the aesthetics of the truck and makes suggestions or demands.
But it was a cascade of suggestions and demands and reflections, one bumping into the other as they vied for the audience's attention.
As the house began to take shape over eight months, on a budget of about 1.3 billion Vietnamese dong, or $62,400, the design changed constantly as the couple bombarded their beleaguered architect with conflicting preferences, suggestions and demands.
Carl Icahn doesn't make suggestions, he demands results.
