The cohesiveness among the member nations of the Eurozone, among the wider membership of the European Union, and among officials of the EU, the European Central Bank (ECB), and the IMF that appeared to be emerging in the early months of this year has not been evident in recent weeks. (businessinsider.com)
Closures have been off to a slow start as large numbers of shutdowns are rare in the early months of the year. (etf.com)
Because G.M.'s market share was stronger in the second half of 1997 than in the early months of the year, executives think this year they will finally reverse the slide in market share that began decades ago. (nytimes.com)