Gov. Rick Perry of Texas sought on Friday to ease concerns of Republican primary voters who have questioned his credentials, highlighting his unwavering support for some red-meat conservative issues: Fighting abortion.
Nor did it ease concerns of some allies.
Mediocre U.S. jobs numbers released Friday, however, appeared to have eased concerns of a major rollback by the Fed.
While American job creation is still slower than in a typical recovery, the new data could ease concerns of a sharp slowdown in the U.S. economy.
That helped ease concerns of a deterioration in labor market conditions after employment had its smallest increase in nine months in March.
The rise in the April index "suggests that the earlier easing measures have started to work and hence should ease concerns of a sharp growth slowdown," Qu Hongbin, China economist at HSBC, said in a note accompanying the release Monday.
Some in Chicago have accused the bureau of a lack of transparency, which has done little to ease concerns of criminal justice advocates in the city, where the A.T.F. has been accused of racial bias.
The commission also said that other bidders could be allowed to purchase Safeway, but that the buyer might need to sell stores in some markets to ease concerns of a monopoly.
Australia's treasurer approved the deal last week after imposing conditions intended to ease concerns of the military that SingTel, which is 78percentt owned by Singapore's government, might gain control over sensitive military communications carried by Optus satellites.
The rescue plan, which was announced Sunday, would give federal officials the power to inject billions of dollars into the beleaguered companies through investments and loans, easing concerns of failure at the two companies which together underwrite nearly half of all mortgage lending in the United States.
That has frustrated environmentalists, while easing concerns of affected industries.
