Parents and small business owners were keen to share their views following Nick Clegg's announcements on changes to flexible working hours and splitting maternity leave between mothers and fathers.
Back in June, Timothy Geithner, the Treasury secretary, praised China's announcement that it would move to a more flexible exchange rate.
The announcement on Wednesday leaves about $4 billion in the flexible stimulus money available for other purposes, including eliminating taxes or restoring spending cuts.
Thus, while announcements were made early on, implementation was more flexible and could, in this case, be accelerated to meet our research funding schedule.
The announcement comes as immigration officials put into effect new, more flexible guidelines governing the deferral and cancellation of deportations, particularly for immigrants with no serious criminal records.
"We have tried to be flexible in writing these rules," said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta in today's announcement.
It displays a new, more flexible way of thinking that is pervasive throughout the company's announcements this week.
The rebranding deal expands on an announcement made on May 22 involving AMD, Microsoft and Transmeta to bring flexible payment methods to computer users in parts of the world where the upfront cost of a PC is too great.
The US treasury secretary, Tim Geithner, welcomed China's announcement yesterday that it would make the exchange rate of the yuan more flexible.
A senior official of the I.M.F. who insisted on anonymity, welcomed the announcement, saying it would make it possible for the fund to be more flexible.
The agency will use existing research budgets, "but it will guarantee more stability in the funding stream and 'more agile, flexible, and autonomous' management procedures, the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, which oversees Spanish science, wrote in its announcement".
