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  • SpaceX previously indicated it was working on a more-powerful version of the Falcon 9 that would be launched from Southern California.

    SpaceX Plans Bigger Rocket to Seek Air Force Launches Andy Pasztor 2011

  • Mr. Musk on Tuesday is expected to lay out plans by the closely held, Hawthorne, Calif., company to develop a substantially more-powerful version of its Falcon 9 rocket.

    SpaceX Plans Bigger Rocket to Seek Air Force Launches Andy Pasztor 2011

  • It also plans to import the Golf R, a more-powerful four-wheel-drive version of the hatchback, and is contemplating bringing a sport-utility vehicle to the U.S. that is larger than the company's Touareg model.

    VW Revamps Passat for U.S. Push Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

  • The sale is fraught with tension, as the impoverished nation struggles to balance selling its resources while staying independent of its larger, more-powerful neighbors, China and Russia.

    Financial Briefing Book: Feb. 10 2011

  • But they also have a tendency to be successful, though economists question whether it's the interventions that cause a change in a currency's direction or other, more-powerful underlying factors, such as trade flows and interest rates.

    Yen Intervention Paying Off Alex Frangos 2011

  • The plane that went down in Reno, for example, had both its wings shortened by several feet and its nose extended to hold a more-powerful engine—all designed for less drag and extra velocity.

    Air Shows Draw Scrutiny Jim Carlton 2011

  • Scientists are developing more-powerful pheromones for farmers to use in traps.

    Out of Odor: Offensive-Smelling Bugs Put U.S. Farmers on the Defensive Heather Haddon 2012

  • The Internet, along with cable and wireless, will be controlled by fewer and more-powerful companies.

    Marty Kaplan: Pessimism Is the Last Taboo Marty Kaplan 2011

  • The four-member Mekong River Commission's decisions aren't binding on any individual member, but regional analysts say Laos, the smallest and poorest country in the Mekong region with an economic output of around $6.34 billion a year, is wary of pushing ahead with the Xayaburi project if it is objected to by more-powerful members—especially Vietnam, with a gross domestic product of about $103 billion and 16 times as many people.

    Big Dam Project Delayed on Mekong James Hookway 2011

  • The ruling Democratic Party of Japan's majority in the more-powerful Lower House assures the passage of the budget.

    Kan Slammed on Downgrade Response Toko Sekiguchi 2011

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