Walmart had sounded out rival retailers, which had showed no interest.
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The "Curb Your Enthusiasm" music wouldn't have sounded out of place.
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Bumiputera had sounded out some foreign insurers for a strategic investment.
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Its playing, while energetic, often sounded out of tune and distractingly scrappy.
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N) had initially sounded out large consumer groups such as Procter & Gamble (PG.
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At the second meeting, Mr. Buffett sounded out Mr. Weschler about a job.
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It has already sounded out firms in the real estate, transport and financial sectors.
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The president has now sounded out several people as possible replacements for Mr. Kelly.
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Cries of delight emerged from the crowd, and the rapid clicking of cameras sounded out.
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When he entered the area, several rounds of bullets sounded out, but he wasn't hit.
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Japan's Asahi newspaper said on Thursday Japan had sounded out North Korea about a bilateral summit.
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The E123 have not, though they are reported to have sounded out EU support for them.
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He pleaded guilty to only a single charge, but none of the allegations sounded out of character.
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I sounded out the words in my head, a dictionary in my lap, and searched the letters.
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"SEX" shows how text, simply read or uttered, is sounded out and thus becomes physical and sensual.
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Everybody took turns shaking his right hand, and he sounded out everybody's name in a strained, bellowing manner.
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Japan's Asahi newspaper said on Thursday Japan had sounded out the North Korean government about a bilateral summit.
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It had already informally sounded out some mid-market business-focused cloud apps for acquisition earlier this year.
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Belgian finance minister Johan Van Overtveldt has also been sounded out to see if he would run, officials said.
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"The Organisation Department has sounded out all three candidates and completed background checks," said the source with leadership ties.
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The sovereign has sounded out international investment banks through a London-based advisor, Newstate Partners, according to several sources.
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While Amazon's executives were successful in mostly sticking to the corporate script, at times they sounded out of touch.
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America and Australia have both sounded out Papua New Guinea on the prospect of new bases in the southern Pacific.
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Such denials would be credible if McMaster's comments sounded out of character for senior members of Trump's national security team.
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Later on Mitchell offered a more personal assessment, which wouldn't have sounded out of place coming from Nunberg on Monday.
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Environmentalist Nicolas Hulot, whom Hollande had sounded out to join his cabinet, said on Thursday he would not accept the offer.
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BOSTON — Six-year-old Princess sounded out the words her mother wrote on construction paper as they worked side by side.
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Ferrovie and its adviser, investment bank Mediobanca, have discreetly sounded out Atlantia after being turned down by a string of other companies.
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IFR reported in October that banks running the deal sounded out investors on potential "structural tweaks", before throwing in the towel completely.
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" She sounded out of touch to some when, in the same interview, she offered her advice to laid-off journalists: "There are jobs.
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The Sunday Times said Prime Minister Theresa May, an Anglican, and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn are being sounded out to join them.
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The group member told Reuters that as the prospect of a default has neared, potential legal and financial advisors had been sounded out.
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Waha flagged its plan to raise a new private equity fund late last year and has since sounded out investors, three sources told Reuters.
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In January 2016 the government imposed a 20% tax on foreign-exchange transactions and sounded out the International Monetary Fund about a possible loan.
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A tranche of 10-year bonds, with a partial guarantee from Japan Bank for International Cooperation, is being sounded out at around 0.53 percent.
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She sounded out the name—Not See Kola—and was completely surprised that the product existed, and that it was on sale in Utah.
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He recently sounded out Rick Perry, the current energy secretary, about taking over the department, according to two people close to the White House.
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Michael T. Flynn, a former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has been named national security adviser, while Mr. Trump's aides sounded out Gen.
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It is a rebuke to Mrs May, who might be in a better position today had she sounded out opinion before the Brexit negotiations began.
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The group has repeatedly denied it is up for sale but a banking industry source in August said Recordati had sounded out potential market interest.
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The other, without a JBIC guarantee, involves three-year notes, being sounded out in the 170-190 basis points area over yen offer-side swaps.
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American officials sounded out Mr. Kohl about letting the president off the hook, to no avail, according to former Secretary of State George P. Shultz.
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Having sounded out other bondholders, the GGMB was confident the agreement was supported by the 75% needed, said Thomas Laryea, legal advisor to the group.
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The president's own former deputy chief of staff secretly sounded out liberal interest groups about going to Mr. Clinton to pressure him to step down.
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Through the device, a word created by lining up a series of tiles can be sounded out, helping with reading comprehension and "decoding" of a word.
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Yet the prince has held two recent meetings with senior Saudi officials to discuss a possible Aramco listing and diplomats say investors are being sounded out.
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Speaking from Amman, Jordan, on Thursday, Yingst said something that sounded out of character with so many things heard on Fox News over the previous day.
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Two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said last week that Takeda had sounded out its major creditors for loans to fund a potential Shire bid.
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Australian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver said the governing body had not sounded out Hayne on a switch to rugby but said his door was wide open.
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One of the sources on Friday said Mustier had sounded out the foundations over the planned share issue without providing any detailed figures about the overall plan.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande has sounded out an environmentalist to join the government in a cabinet reshuffle widely expected soon, a source said on Wednesday.
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Trump has at times sounded out allies about potential replacements, and Kelly has told people he'd be happy if he made it to the one-year mark.
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Wade was exhausted as the Russian controlled him, but the crowd didn't sound too happy with the clash as boos sounded out around the State Farm Arena.
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Japan's Asahi newspaper reported on Thursday that Tokyo has sounded out the North Korean government about a bilateral summit, just days after Kim met Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Takeda has sounded out creditors including its main bank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, the two sources said on Thursday, declining to be identified as the matter was confidential.
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Paul Achleitner, the chairman of Deutsche's supervisory board—perhaps sharing investors' impatience, perhaps to shore up his own position—has reportedly sounded out possible replacements for Mr Cryan.
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But EU officials noted that Tusk, the European Council president, has sounded out most national leaders in recent days — he briefed May by on his preparations on Thursday.
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His Jewish accented vernacular speech is sounded out as musical tones, rough edges made exquisite in the alchemy of his poetry, which spins base materials into precariously shimmering fabrics.
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China Three Gorges, a Chinese state-owned utility, has sounded out European firms including Italy's Enel, Spain's Iberdrola, France's Engie and German firms E.ON and RWE, the sources said.
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Finanz und Wirtschaft's Praktikus column says Goldman Sachs has sounded out professional investors about what price they would be prepared to accept to tender shares in logistics group Panalpina.
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The class rhetoric of the New Deal sounded out of date, and the problems it addressed appeared to have been solved by the wide prosperity of the postwar years.
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Business Insider searched through articles, both its own and those of other news organizations, talked to current and former employees, and sounded out recruiters to aggregate the departed partners.
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Japan has sounded out the North Korean government about a bilateral summit, and Pyongyang has discussed the possibility of a leaders' meeting with Japan, Japan's Asahi newspaper said on Thursday.
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White House officials said the Army sounded out General McMaster, who is a three-star general, about four-star commands after he left the White House, but he declined them.
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Since the private sector-backed rescue blueprint was announced in late July, hundreds of investors had been sounded out about buying stock but interest has been lukewarm, said the source.
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When America sounded out governments in the area to see if they might criticise China's repression in Xinjiang at the UN or the Organisation of Islamic States it got no takers.
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May's government insisted on Tuesday that it has no plans to delay the March 29 departure, following a newspaper report that British officials had sounded out the EU about a postponement.
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I slowly sounded out the Korean letters on the screen, and realized these weren't scores – they were names of different places in Korea, and the number was a corona infection tally.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has sounded out the North Korean government about a bilateral summit, and Pyongyang has discussed the possibility of a leaders' meeting with Japan, Japan's Asahi newspaper said on Thursday.
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LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A select group of investors have been sounded out on a jumbo US$2.59bn-equivalent loan backing the buyout of UK payment processing company Paysafe, banking sources said.
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The fund is not undertaking a formal sale process, but has sounded out investment bankers about whether they have clients that would be interested in a deal, two of the sources said.
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Clah-thunk. The pounding of official stamps has sounded out the rhythm of bureaucracy in Croatia for decades, well after many other European nations had stopped relying on paper and went digital.
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He fobbed off business to competitors, an unusual practice in the cutthroat world of Kathmandu tanker men, and even sounded out a mechanic about converting a flatbed truck into a new tanker.
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Courting the "Yang Gang": Mr. Bloomberg reportedly sounded out Andrew Yang about gaining the endorsement of the former Democratic candidate and Twitter favorite, apparently dangling the vice-presidential slot, the WSJ reports.
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Japan has sounded out the North Korean government about a bilateral summit, and Pyongyang has discussed the possibility of a leaders' meeting with Japan and other countries, Japan's Asahi newspaper said on Thursday.
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While a listing is the priority, the sources said Nexi's owners have already sounded out appetite for a merger, especially with Nets, and believe there is scope for talks should the IPO fail.
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Campos Neto will take the place of central bank chief Ilan Goldfajn, who had also been sounded out about his interest in staying in the post, according to people familiar with the matter.
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If not "actively" searching, Mr. Trump has informally sounded out associates about possible replacements, including Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director, and Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the House Republican majority leader.
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But after about 90 minutes of puzzling and fretting by Canadians over a possible nuclear Armageddon, the warbling siren sounded out again from phones across Ontario with another alert taking it all back.
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Helping the mood were media reports that Japan had sounded out North Korea's government about a bilateral summit, and that Pyongyang had also discussed the possibility of a broader meeting with other global leaders.
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LONDON, May 13 (IFR) - The underwriters of Lone Star's N&W Global Vending LBO have sounded out investors on a potentially rejigged high-yield bond package, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
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When Facebook sounded out Clegg about a job, it was grappling with the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal and other data breaches, as well as facing questions about election interference and harmful content.
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In 2014, Mr. Akinmusire released a more chilling and expansive follow-up, "Roll Call for Those Absent," consisting of the names of casualties sounded out by a child, over a darkly unsettled synthesizer hum.
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Pressed about the national implications of the cases and the national outcry that has sounded out in the wake of numerous police shootings of black men in recent years, Sanders stood by her comments.
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Trump, who sounded out the idea of selecting James with trusted advisers around Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, is "very impressed by him ... and sees him as a rising star," the source said.
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Juul Labs is exploring selling its compact vaping devices in Asia and has sounded out government officials in Indonesia, one of the world's most smoker-friendly countries, although gaining approval there could face significant hurdles.
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In October, Bolsonaro's transition team informally sounded out Roberto Castello Branco, a former Petrobras board member and ex-chairman of iron ore miner Vale SA, about his interest in the post, Reuters reported, citing sources.
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Pharma group Shire rose 2.7 percent after sources told Reuters that Japan's Takeda has sounded out its major creditors for a loan as it moves towards a bid for the London-listed rare-disease specialist.
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" He sounded out Buttigieg's name as "Boot-edge-edge" and took note of O'Rourke's dive in the polls by recalling the former congressman's assertion to Vanity Fair that he was "born to be in it.
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Next steps On Friday, Trump will enter the third week of his vacation at his south Florida club, where he's sounded out a plethora of advisers -- both formal and more casual -- about his next steps.
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CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) - The Muslim call to prayer sounded out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember the 50 people killed by a lone gunman at two mosques a week ago.
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LONDON (Reuters) - McLaren say they are "considering options" with engine suppliers Honda amid media reports that the Formula One team have sounded out former engine partners Mercedes over a possible future supply following problems in testing.
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UniCredit, led by Chief Executive Jean Pierre Mustier, has been sounded out several times by the regulators and Carige advisers over the Genoa-based lender but has so far turned down overtures, one of the sources said.
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The bank's shares rose more than 10 percent on Monday after a newspaper report said Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had sounded out state holding company Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) and Italy's strongest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.
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The ministry had sounded out defense attaches in other EU countries about the plan in recent months with "very different results", Der Spiegel said, with Eastern European countries particularly worried about the impact on their own recruitment.
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The crowd roared approval for an idea that would not have sounded out of place in the platform of several leftist Latin American leaders in recent years but that seemed shocking from a mainstream candidate in Colombia.
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Mr. Johnson's public wavering elicited calls from President Trump and a visit from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Gary D. Cohn, chairman of the National Economic Council, all of whom sounded out Mr. Johnson about his concerns.
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Petrobras, as the company is known, has sounded out banks and investors for a potential IPO of Liquigas Distribuidora SA, but advisers said it would be a hard sell, especially to international investors, according to the sources.
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PSA and Opel have sounded out automobile engineering firms over the last few months on offers for four sections of the R&D business which is valued at about 500 million euros ($584 million), Le Monde reported.
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The President has sounded out people recently about whether to keep Bannon, including some conservatives who convinced Trump that getting rid of Bannon would damage the President with his base, a person familiar with the conversation told CNN.
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A banking industry source said that Recordati had sounded out potential market interest but added the family had very high expectations in terms of price and only a "fairy-tale offer" could tempt it into considering a sale.
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At a state-organised forum in southern Russia this weekend, participants, including members of the ruling party's own youth wing, voiced grievances over corruption and inequality that would not have sounded out of place at a Moscow opposition rally.
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TOKYO, April 12 (Reuters) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd has sounded out creditors for loans, including its main bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, to buy London-listed rare disease specialist Shire, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
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BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian presidential candidate Ciro Gomes has sounded out steelmaking tycoon Benjamin Steinbruch as a possible vice presidential running mate in October and he would join the ticket if invited, a person close to Steinbruch told Reuters.
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It would likely take another month to sell four Italian banks rescued last year, Il Sole 24 Ore reported adding private equity funds such as Apollo and Lone Star could be sounded out again over their interest for the lenders.
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Thus, the density and complexity of the lines "If you don't see me on the block I ain't tryna hide / I blend in with the hood, I'm camouflage / bandana tied" is a lot more impressive sounded out than you probably remember.
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Air Berlin said it had sounded out the German states of North-Rhine Westphalia and Berlin in June to see whether they would provide loan guarantees after Etihad signalled it was rethinking its strategy of holding minority investments in smaller carriers.
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JAKARTA/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Juul Labs Inc is exploring selling its compact vaping devices in Asia and has sounded out government officials in Indonesia, one of the world's most smoker-friendly countries, although gaining approval there could face significant hurdles.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nation's envoy to Syria sounded out the opposition at talks in Geneva on the idea that President Bashar al-Assad could stay on in power symbolically, two opposition sources said on Saturday, but they both had summarily dismissed it.
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Strikingly, such critics as Laura Ingraham, an anti-immigrant tribune reportedly sounded out for the post of White House press secretary, or Mark Levin, a splenetic star of conservative radio, do not accuse the Arizonan of exaggeration, or of muddling his priorities.
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I did ask my Lusophone nephew to provide an English track listing for an album he renders as A Dog in the Milky Way, an image that adds salt and substance to the assonant V's, L's, and T's of the sounded-out Portuguese.
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DUESSELDORF, Germany, July 4 (Reuters) - Opel's labour representatives said they would fight any plans to sell all or parts of the carmaker's research and development business, following a media report that parent PSA Group and Opel had already sounded out possible buyers.
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" (Coats and Rogers decide not to do it.) Also around this time, the report continues, "senior White House officials sounded out top intelligence officials about the possibility of intervening directly with Comey to encourage the FBI to drop its probe of Michael Flynn.
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Since then, the former Federal Reserve governor has sounded out investors holding more than a third of the bank's stock, helped revamp the board – including taking the blame on Tuesday for some of its shortcomings - and spearheading the creation of a stakeholder advisory council.
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Fabio Innocenzi, another of the commissioners now in charge of Carige, said the bank had not yet sounded out suitors because it needed first to stabilise its cost of capital and halve its bad loan burden to less than 10 percent of its total loans.
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The U.S.-listed firm sounded out its intention to raise its Investa bid to a distribution adjustable A$5.52 per share from A$5.3485, after Oxford Properties - a wholly owned entity of Canada's Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System - lodged a competing bid of A$5.50.
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Morgan Stanley has also sounded out investor appetite for around US$700m-equivalent of secured bonds in US dollars and euros at a discount of 90 to 92 cents to the dollar, for a yield of over 9%, sources close to the situation told IFR.
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Fabio Innocenzi, another of the commissioners now in charge of Carige, said the bank had not yet sounded out suitors because it needed first to stabilize its cost of capital and halve its bad loan burden to less than 10 percent of its total loans.
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For months he had sounded out a range of figures in journalism, including Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, and Martin Baron, the editor of The Washington Post, seeking advice on whom to hire and even offering them the job.
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Costa also said that his Finance Minister Mario Centeno, who is credited with devising a way to reverse many of the austerity policies of the previous administration while at the same delivering the lowest budget deficit in over 40 years, has been sounded out to become the next Eurogroup chief.
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Talks over a potential 35 billion euro ($40 billion) deal and its potential structure are still at an early stage and there is no certainty over their outcome, four sources said, although Gas Natural chairman Isidre Faine has already sounded out his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Mexia about a tie-up.
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In the rush to "do something," we created an entirely new department (and gave it the creepy name of "Homeland Security" that wouldn't have sounded out of place in communist-era Eastern Europe), and we now spend billions upon billions of dollars in maintaining a new national security state that dwarfs the one we created to handle the existential threat aimed at us during the Cold War.
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Lil Wayne – Drake, Take Care, 2011 I always felt that the exact moment that Lil Wayne jumped the shark was when he sounded out the words "oh my God, Becky, look at her butt" on "The Motto," thus aligning himself with Sir Mix-a-Lot, who may be a poet but is hardly the type of person I wanted Lil Wayne looking to for inspiration.
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HBO Chief Executive Richard Plepler also was sounded out but indicated he wasn't interested, the people said..." Read more of Tuesday's "Reliable Sources" newsletter... And subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox... Politico's record year This Joe Pompeo piece for VF reveals that Politico "made $113 million globally in 2018, the highest revenue number in its history, and roughly double what the company made five years earlier.
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