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  • This has nothing to do with political orientation—it refers to a region's position relative to the Gironde estuary that divides two sides of Bordeaux.

    Getting to the Bottom of Bordeaux Lettie Teague 2011

  • Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal 2009 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d'Asti Le Orme, $14 There are more noble wines made in Piedmont e.g., Barolo, Barbaresco but few are more food-friendly than Barbera—aka the region's "everyday" grape.

    The World's Best Food Wines Lettie Teague 2011

  • "This will in a way counterbalance Brazil," he said, referring to the region's rising power.

    NYT > Home Page By SIMON ROMERO 2011

  • "This will in a way counterbalance Brazil," he said, referring to the region's rising power.

    NYT > Global Home By SIMON ROMERO 2011

  • BRUSSELS Reuters - Unrest in North Africa has set back in the short term ambitious plans to develop solar energy for use locally and in Europe, but for the longer term the region's abundant sunshine offers huge investment potential, the head of France's Medgrid said on Thursday.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • The Australian economy suffered its sharpest contraction in 20 years, reinforcing that the region's strong recovery from the global economic crisis appears to be waning.

    What's News— 2011

  • Eighteen of the region's 33 state parks are slated for closure next calendar year—one of the highest concentrations in California, where the state Department of Parks and Recreation plans to shut 70 locations after the legislature cut $22 million from the parks budget for the year beginning July 1.

    Parks Turn to Nonprofits for Support Jim Carlton 2011

  • At the moment, it takes little to give the euro a lift, even as the region's bond markets reflect intense nerves over the solvency of Greece, the most troubled of the currency bloc's 17 members.

    Euro Tells a Tale of Disdain for Dollar 2011

  • Whether Maybank or CIMB wins, making a beachhead in some of the region's better-established banking markets could be difficult.

    Takeover Battle Bolsters Malaysia's Banking Ambitions James Hookway 2011

  • Over the past year, several of the best known Web companies from the Bay Area—Zynga Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. from San Francisco and Palo Alto's Facebook Inc.—have opened satellite offices in Seattle in large part to tap the region's pool of software engineering talent.

    Bay Area Technology Firms Put Down Roots in Seattle Nick Wingfield 2011

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