Based on estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, by the end of 2010 the stimulus had created close to three million jobs, which is not far off the outcome that White House economists predicted in early 2009.
"THEY are good figures, we should celebrate," said Mariano Rajoy, Spain's prime minister, after data released on April 23rd showed the country's recovering economy had created close to half a million jobs over the past year.
Over the years, I have created close friendships with many successful men, many of whom I have made a lot of money for through deals that I brought to them or business counsel that I have provided.
Some retailers (for example, Burberry) have created closed ecosystems around brand loyalty that combine the user's mobile and web history/preferences to offer targeted in-store experiences and offers.
As the hyperconnected world we have created closes in on that splendid isolationism, and the peace and security of the rest of the world is increasingly intertwined with our own, our pocketbooks are also growing thinner, all further limiting our future choices and forcing us to think more strategically -- with the longer run and bigger picture in mind.
Increased concentration of buying power and procurement had created closer market relationships, with a few intermediaries playing multiple roles in bidding, issuing tenders, wholesaling, and acting as purchasing agents: ' corporatism', one UN procurement manager called the emerging market structure.
"A lot of investors have been hiding out" in sectors like utilities and telecommunications that have reputations for paying big dividends, and that has created valuations close to multiyear highs, Mr. Buckingham said.
Yet the military has created something close to a single-payer system, and regardless of their politics, the doctors are grateful for the collegiality and lack of competition among the physicians, and for not having to worry about parents' ability to pay.
It is not only a movie that steers away from the wild and unsettled single men of his earlier efforts (like "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"), but also one he has created in close collaboration with his wife, who stars in it along with their daughters.
The non-dom- or tax exile-owned Mail, Express, Telegraph and Murdoch media groups have unleashed an avalanche of propaganda against Miliband, whose modest break with the political and corporate consensus has created something close to panic in parts of the establishment.
It has created as close to a blank slate as we get in human affairs, and given us a chance to rebuild a city that wasn't working.
