"The state is confident that difficulties experienced in the past will not recur.
He noted that difficulties in modeling were widely acknowledged and disclosed in the literature.
Barclays warned, however, that difficulties in Europe and uncertainty in global markets could weigh on future profitability.
Nevertheless, pharmaceutical companies realize that difficulties getting patients screened and treated could limit the use of their drugs.
Antitrust lawyers say it is rare for this length of time to go by without a signing, raising speculation that difficulties have emerged that have delayed the agreement.
The Americans worked on an assumption that difficulties did not require a deep analysis and no one could in the end resist American power.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, meanwhile, released a report on Friday warning that difficulties in transferring digital files among devices hindered the development of content.
While analysts, for the most part, remained cautiously optimistic, investors showed concern that difficulties at SBC could signal similar problems at other large providers of local telephone service.
President Hu Jintao warned at a government meeting last weekend that difficulties in the global economy threatened to undermine growth in China.
27] suggests that difficulties in obtaining zoning variances experienced by Mormon and Jewish congregations in Westchester may be a "polite form of discrimination" against "minority religions".
