Nearly 11 months ago, Saks removed a "poison pill" aimed at averting a potential hostile takeover by Mr. Slim, who had rapidly raised his stake in the company when the shares fell below $3 in November 2008, during the global financial crisis.
Moody's said its A1 ratings (the fifth-highest) and stable outlook reflected successful reforms that have rapidly raised national income, propelled China's exports–now second only to Germanys and boosted foreign exchange reserves.
Along with Facebook and Zynga, Twitter is part of an elite group of Internet companies that has rapidly attracted users and raised money at multibillion-dollar valuations.
The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has rapidly increased in recent years, raising worldwide public debate.
This means most female cancer patients of childbearing age in the U.S. are faced with the prospect of having to rapidly raise thousands of dollars to freeze eggs or embryos before chemotherapy begins ― usually within days or weeks of a cancer diagnosis, itself a disorienting and expensive life event. .
Furthermore, even though the government had repeatedly and rapidly raised the minimum qualification requirement for early childhood educators since the mid-1990s, because of limited financial resources, many kindergartens simply could not afford the expenses for staff development and the salaries necessary to bring appropriately qualified staff into the field (Chan and Chan 2002).
The technology, too, has rapidly developed.
Overall, Indonesia has rapidly progressed, he said.
It's simultaneously discomforting but also encouraging to learn that Penn State alumni have rapidly employed social media to raise $360,000 out of an initial target of over half-a-million dollars, in support of -- how appropriately -- a major non-profit devoted to combating sexual abuse and supporting victims, the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN).
It rapidly raised twice the £7,000 target.
