That, combined with its industry clout, means when it relaunches iTunes with streaming, it may be able to negotiate a much cheaper subscription rate, such as $5 a month rather than the $10 Spotify charges.
It has enabled this programme with its financial clout but the real leverage is vested in the two charities and the independent mentors".
Thereafter, "one country two systems" meant only what Beijing was prepared to let it mean – and as much as Hong Kong, with its commercial clout, was able to insist.
With its new clout as a leader in a region long dominated by the United States, Turkey has also been basking in its roles as the voice of regional indignation against Syria and the chief critic of Israel.
But anyone who tries to predict exactly what the Muslim Brotherhood — whose primary focus has long been religious and social work — will do with its newfound clout is simply fooling himself.
But China, now the world's leading exporter and a giant buyer of oil and other natural resources, is also no longer content to trust the security of sea lanes to the Americans, and its definition of its own core interests has expanded along with its economic clout.
There's no doubt that Amazon is positioning itself as a major competitor to Netflix, and with its growing clout as a media company, backed by the addition of its new Kindles, Netflix has reason to be nervous.
Now, though, reformers believe Keidanren's obduracy has begun to undermine its clout with government: it is surely a promising sign that the LDP feels emboldened to take on a group that is one of its biggest traditional sources of funds.Mr Abe has made external directors a cornerstone of his economic programme, known as Abenomics.
In Efforts for Myanmar The United States is being confronted with the limits of its clout in dealing with a Myanmar junta that human rights advocates say is putting its own survival before that of a storm-ravaged population.
