Sentence examples for mutual clout from inspiring English sources

Even with Nadal's recent frustrations and resignation from the player council, this is a significant development, and it could loom larger still if the unprecedented ongoing talks between these leading men at the peak of their mutual clout and the heads of the Grand Slam tournaments result in a greater percentage of revenue (and power) flowing to the players.

Strengthening consumer clout, promoting mutual tolerance and giving the underdog a shot would help define the stubborn optimism that tough times demand.

Caisse d'Epargne was negotiating the terms of a merger with Banque Populaire, a smaller mutual, and will now have far less clout in the discussions.

This hardly seems punitive; indeed, even with the settlement payments, JPMorgan is likely to come out way ahead, given the income and market clout that Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual have contributed to the bank since the end of 2008.

Just like we, as individuals, need to harness our bargaining power to demand better investments, mutual funds need to wield their own clout, in a market haunted by hedge funds and high-frequency traders, to improve their own investing.

Since the scarce goods weren't rationed out by ability to pay, they were doled out in proportion to clout, influence, connections, ruthless calculations of mutual advantage.

While trade ties have flourished -- bilateral trade grew 30percentt last year -- China's increasing economic might and regional clout and Japan's prolonged economic difficulties appear to have increased mutual mistrust.

If such an electoral pact could be formed and yield unionism two extra seats, and with them further clout in a possible hung UK parliament, this the followers of Robinson hope would create enough mutual trust to strive towards a merger.

In Britain, the Institutional Shareholders Committee, which represents the country's pension funds, insurers, fund managers and unit trusts (mutual funds), has announced a new activist code.That is welcome news: institutional investors, especially if they band together, have the clout to demand change at companies whose shares they hold.

Clout pays off again.

"The EU has clout.